'Vagina: A New Biography,' by Naomi Wolf

'Vagina: A New Biography,' by Naomi Wolf
New York Times
A very important book. The 5,000-year-old continuing epidemic of unhappy, disrespected female sexuality, as Wolf rightly maintains, not only influences our world, our wars, our cultures, our economies and even our love affairs, but also produces ...

New York Times

Who's buying teen books? Lots and lots of adults
Christian Science Monitor
A new study by Bowker Market Research just served to confirm something that many of us already knew: Many of the readers buying books aimed at the teen market are no longer teenagers. But the numbers are more dramatic than we may have guessed.

Christian Science Monitor

Author of 'What to Expect' pregnancy guide will be grandmother
OregonLive.com
View full sizeThe Associated PressHeidi Murkoff, author of the wildly popular pregnancy guidebook "What to Expect When You're Expecting," will be a first-time grandmother when daughter Emma delivers in February. Murkoff was pregnant with Emma when ...

OregonLive.com

Carlos Santana to publish memoir
CBS News
The publisher, a division of Hachette Book Group, announced Thursday that the bookis scheduled for release in 2014. It doesn't yet have a title. The 65-year-old guitarist is expected to tell stories of such friends and peers as Miles Davis, Eric ...

CBS News

E-book price fixing a concern for libraries
Journal-Advocate
One of the things they're doing is creating monthly reports showing how much more libraries have to pay for e-books compared to consumers, based on prices from the top suppliers for libraries and consumers. “We don't buy a special library edition or ...

Close book on disjointed 'Words'
Times Record News
Esteemed author Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) is giving a reading from his hit novel, "The Words." His book is about fledgling writer Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper) and Jansen's wife, Dora (Zoe Saldana), and the antique briefcase they find in a Paris shop ...

JK Rowling to make TV appearance, books about Hollywood
USA TODAY
Books about movies: This season's box office is dominated by book adaptations from Anna Karenina to Twilight to Cloud Atlas. But check out 10 upcoming books about the movie industry from prominent critics and historians that are out this season, too.

USA TODAY

Questions for Paul Elie, Author of 'Reinventing Bach'
New York Times (blog)
The essay was adapted from Elie's forthcoming book, “Reinventing Bach,” which interweaves the stories of famous Bach interpreters — Gould, Pablo Casals, Albert Schweitzer and Yo-Yo Ma — as they grappled both with the legacy of Bach and the promise of ...

New York Times (blog)

First Book and GM Foundation Bring Books to California Kids
RedOrbit
14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Thousands of California children from low-income families will receive brand-new books of their own this weekend, thanks to First Book and the General Motors Foundation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh ...

Kevin Costner Signs Book Deal for Adventure Series
Hollywood Reporter
Kevin Costner is now an author: the multi-hyphenate star will author an adventure series, per a deal he's signed with Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books. our editor recommends. Stephen Baldwin Sues Kevin Costner's Lawyer Over Oil Spill Cleanup Buyout ...

Hollywood Reporter

North Royalton author Don W. Ray pours his life into new book
Plain Dealer (blog)
Stories in the book include tales of Ray's road to recovery after a horrific car crash, an unknown woman who sat at Ray's bedside when he was hospitalized as a teenager, and the love a dog has for his human family, written from the dog's perspective.

Sports Book Review: Bushville Wins! by John Kimla
Bleacher Report
I have decided to review all of the sports books I read, which is usually one or two a month, to help out others who are also avid readers and want a different perspective in their reviews. I hope this helps.) Half baseball book, half love letter to ...

Bleacher Report

Suri Cruise offers advice to, and criticism of, celebrities in 'Suri's Burn Book'
Fox News
That's where the offspring of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, six-year-old Suri Cruise, comes in in the new book “Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood's Little Sweetheart.” “Every once in a while I ... “It's just a bit of fun.” And ...

Book Review: The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
McCarthy will be previewing his new book with a live chat on Friday, 9/14 at 6pm EST. Readers can RSVP and tune-in via Shindig to get a sneak preview and hear the author read from The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down ...

Inside the List
New York Times
A former member of the Navy SEALs, Bissonnette is the author of “No Easy Day,” which enters the list at No. 1 and describes, among other things, his role in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The book (written with Kevin Maurer) has received ...

New York Times
BOOK REVIEW: 'Skios'
Washington Times
One understands, of course, the “Copenhagen” author's strictness with our understandable but apparently no-longer-legitimate longing for someone to make sense of things, but it does rather leave us wondering why we should care any more about these ...

Washington Times

Book Review: 'Dead Anyway' by Chris Knopf
Examiner.com
Today, Hartford Books Examiner reviews Dead Anyway (The Permanent Press, $28) by Connecticut author Chris Knopf. Out this week, Dead Anyway is Knopf's tenth mystery – and it marks a notable departure from his Hamptons-based Sam Acquillo and ...

Examiner.com

The Movies: 10 Must-Read Books Coming This Fall
Huffington Post
Three of the most insightful critics writing today -- David Thomson, David Denby and Ty Burr -- each have new books coming out, as does one of our most accomplished film historians, Anthony Slide. The Fall 2012 Season will also see a ... It's Uggie ...

Brooklyn book nerd? There's an app for that
New York Daily News
The Brooklyn Book Festival has teamed up with AT&T creating the first-ever e-guide to its ode to authors - growing from a one day event to seven featuring more than 280 writers speaking around the borough. The app features writers' biographies, maps of ...

New York Daily News

Book Review: This Is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz
National Post
Years later, our eldest child suddenly a voracious reader, I had a similar bout of nerves while reading Junot Díaz's new book, This Is How You Lose Her. My worry, more particularly, was that my daughter might take a peak and then ask me to explain what...

National Post

Book Review: The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter
Blogcritics.org (blog)
I've read trilogies that had five books (Douglas Adams) but I've never heard of a debut novel that was, in fact, three complete novels. To be fair, Ariel Winter did --well, write isn't completely correct--publish a picture book. For children. And he ...

A literary 'statecation': Books about New York beyond the city lines
New York Daily News (blog)
A literary 'statecation': Books about New York beyond the city lines. BY Alexander Nazaryan ...Farina was a friend of Thomas Pynchon at Cornell University, set among the gorges of Ithaca, and the book is dedicated to him. He married Mimi Baez, hung ...

5 Reasons Writers Aren't the Only Authority About Their Books
Care2.com (blog)
Last week, a famous novelist was informed that he is not a “credible source” for a book that he wrote. Specifically, writer Philip Roth, finding that the Wikipedia entry about his novel”The Human Stain” ... Wikipedia stuck to its principles, with an ...

Hachette to raise ebook prices for libraries by 220% — paidContent
By Laura Hazard Owen
Hachette still does not make new ebooks available to most libraries; all the books affected were published before April 2010. Random House increased prices for librairies earlier this year. books, bookcase, library, book shelves, bookshelf, ...
paidContent

A Conversation with Quirk Books about E-Book Publishing in a ...
By a TeleRead Contributor
Since its advent, the e-book game has been, comparatively, a more generalized market than its printed brethren. It seems only natural. E-books are inherently a widely democratized form of information consumption—and thus can be marketed ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Recommended Reading – Crestline books | Hemmings Blog ...
By Richard Lentinello
For serious automotive enthusiasts, historians and journalists, the most important books ever published are those known as the Crestline books. Each volume is the most thoroughly assembled automotive book ever published, showcasing just ...
Hemmings Blog: Classic and collectibl...

Foreign Affairs Unveils New Ebook on Iran Nuclear Crisis | Foreign ...
Foreign Affairs magazine this week unveiled its newest ebook, Iran and the Bomb: Solving the Persian Puzzle, which compiles over a decade of Foreign Affairs essays on the Iranian nuclear program. "This collection is the best way to learn ...
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Dan Cortese Is 45, Read A Book | The Awl
By Alex Balk
1 Comments / Post A Comment. Sort by: Chronological; Reverse-Chronological; Popularity. Rob Tannenbaum (#1,403). I, too, enthusiastically, unreservedly, and impartially recommend that you buy this book. It includes cute photos of kittens.
The Awl

Book Trailer: Fred Armisen Does Penny Marshall : The New Yorker
By Rachel Arons
Page-Turner - Criticism, contention, and conversation about books that matter. « Book News: Alphabet Origins, Three-Minute Fiction · Main · On the Street Where You Live: Real Estate in Literature ». September 13, 2012 ... foolish,” she told the audience. But she apparently approves enough of Fred Armisen's Penny that she has entrusted the comedian, who first perfected his impression on Saturday Night Live, with the task of playing her in this hilarious new trailer promoting her book.
Page-Turner

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Book Club, Part 2, Bryan Caplan ...
By Bryan Caplan
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Book Club, Part 2. September 13, 2012. Sumner Channels Yglesias Against Jones. September 12, 2012. How Does Belief in the Signaling Model Affect Educational Attainment? September 11, 2012 ...
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Obama Campaign Books Nokia Theatre For October 7 Fundraiser ...
By DOMINIC PATTEN
Kevin Costner Makes Atria Book Deal For 'The Explorers Guild', Eyes Series And Kevin Costner Makes Atria ... This article was printed from http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/obama-campaign-books-nokia-theatre-for-october-7-fundraiser/ ...
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With Or Without U: Promoting a Scrabble Book to the Tune of U2 ...
By Dan Colman
And, when it comes to promoting the book, Bukszpan and his publishers aren't cutting corners. In the book trailer above, we find the author channeling the young Bono — the Bono who came into stardom in 1987′s widely-played video for ...
Open Culture

Kobo e-books in indie bookstores: one bookmonger's impressions ...
By Dustin Kurtz
Now, in an agreement with the ABA, independent bookstores will be able to use Kobo to sell e-books and, through Ingram, e-readers in their stores. Presumably Kobo e-book sales will be integrated with the Indiecommerce retail package used ...
Melville House Books
U.S. Judge Approves $69 Million Digital-Book Accord With States ...
A U.S. judge approved the $69 million settlement of a dispute between 49 states and three U.S. publishers over alleged price fixing of electronic books.
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Party for Jeffrey Toobin's Latest Book, 'The Oath' - TVNewser
Politics and law were the hot topics at Time Warner Center last night as colleagues, friends and ...
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Most young adult book buyers are not young adults
Los Angeles Times
Many readers of young adult books are not, in fact, young adults. According to a new study from Bowker Market Research, released Thursday, 55% of buyers of books designated for children aged 12 to 17 are actually age 18 or older. Buyers between the ...

Upcoming Books from Navy SEALS
New Yorker (blog)
1 on Amazon, placing it among the biggest books of the year. And, predictably, similarbooks are already in the works, as publishers look to cash in on the popularity of “No Easy Day” and the public's fascination with the derring-do of U.S. special forces.

New Yorker (blog)

Book helps show a true picture of young African American males
Philadelphia Inquirer
The concept of the 73-page, glossy-covered book, which covers a variety of topics and is illustrated with black-and-white portraits of the young authors, came from a simple declaration by the eight North Philly boys - that "they felt like they wanted ...

Philadelphia Inquirer

Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Smith's Book to Reach Stores Next Month
San Francisco Chronicle
Page 1 of 1. Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Greg Smith, the ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. employee whose March critique of the firm in the New York Times erased $2.15 billion of the bank's market value, plans to release a book next month about his career there.

Roald Dahl is coming to your e-reader! Which books would you like to see?
Entertainment Weekly
But clearly, the biggest oversight on this initial e-book list is Matilda. For shy, bookish girls everywhere, this is the Roald Dahl story — the single book that makes the rest of his oeuvre pale in comparison. It's the first book I read that I ...

Print On Demand: Major Announcement Could Change How You Buy Books
Huffington Post
The new Hunger Games movie DVD comes in a variety of special-edition box sets with free pendants, backpacks, jewelry - but not the book. Yet as  ...

Pussy Riot to Release E-Book Featuring Yoko Ono, Karen Finley ...
By Dan Eldridge
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics. HOME| · AROUND THE ... Andrew on "Inkling Books' Michael W. Perry on the DoJ's E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement - Posted on September 13, 2012. "The alleged ...
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Million-books-for-Oregon-kids effort seeks volunteers to process ...
By Amy Wang, The Oregonian
Bazillion Books for Kids is hosting a "book blitz" in Salem and Portland to unpack, sort and cleanbooks that are headed by the hundreds of thousands to low-income children.
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