The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined

Salman Khan (source: charlierose.com)

Charlie Rose with Salman Khan
in Books on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Salman Khan, Founder of the Khan Academy on his book “The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined” --go to link below to watch entire interview
http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/12798

Book Buzz: EL James talks about her next book
USA TODAY
Jacquelyn Mitchard imprint: Publishers Weekly interviews author Jacquelyn Mitchard about the motivation behind her young adult imprint, Merit Press: to "find today's classics, the next The Outsiders." The author, whose book The Deep End of the Ocean ...

Michael Jordan business icon?: Author tells companies to be like Mike
Chicago Tribune
Jordan shouldn't be emulated just because of the Bulls star's individual success, the author says, but by the way he showed leadership and helped create a seemingly unstoppable team, meshing with different personalities such as the quiet Scottie Pippen ...

The Trouble With Finding Books Online - And A Few Solutions
Forbes
Online peer reviews are notoriously unreliable, and although Amazon and other sites have made significant efforts to eliminate biased or untrustworthy reviews, it is still difficult to judge the quality of a book from consumer reviews alone. I had the ...

Beauty and Beast: the book Dominique Strauss-Kahn wanted to ban
The Guardian (blog)
The book describes how last year Iacub had a seven-month affair with an unnamed public figure, whom she later identified as Strauss-Kahn. The man is described as "king of the pigs", "an artist of the sewers, a poet of filth and abjection" and is ...

The Guardian (blog)

Questlove Adds 'Author' To His Resume
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
“Everyone's favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes and the true originals of the music world,” puffed up today's announcement of the book release. ”He digs deep into the album cuts of his life ...

Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

Vatican spokesman: Pope Benedict 'won't be doing book tours'
Today.com (blog)
“He's not the kind of person who's going on a book tour — he may continue writing, but he won't be doing book tours.” Earlier in the day, the pope arrived for his sendoff in the open-sided “popemobile,” passing through tens of thousands that had ...

Chris Jericho on new TV show, book, tour
ESPN (blog)
It's a long process to write, and the first two books were so well-received that there is more pressure for this third book. I've been so busy. That is one thing about my life. I'm all about branding 'Chris Jericho.' And that's not just wrestling or ...

ESPN (blog)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Book Ban Denied; French Court Rules ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
A French court on Tuesday delivered its decision in the Dominique Strass-Kahn book ban case, ruling that lawyer Marcela Iacub's kiss-and-tell about the former International Monetary Fund chief would not be blocked from stores. However, the ...
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Boy, 6, Writes Book to Raise $30K for Sick Friend | KTLA 5
By shawnmcginnis
Dylan Siegel knows what it means to be a true friend. "He's funny nice kind and cool!," says best friend, Jonah. Dylan's best bud since pre-school, Jonah fights a life threatening disease. And Dylan stepped up to help. "Dylan had decided he.
KTLA 5

Big City Book Club — Women and Sex in 'The Group' - NYTimes.com
By By JAMES COLLINS
... women's movement just ahead of her. But she got sex right, the author James Collins says. ... Big City Book Club. A regular discussion with Ginia Bellafante. To give a sense of what McCarthy's own life was like when “The Group” was published, it's interesting to read a letter that Robert Lowell wrote to Elizabeth Bishop in August 1963. Lowell recounted a recent visit with .... It's dirtier than those famously scandalous books, but also more grown-up about sex. In that way, those scenes ...
City Room

Bork's posthumous book tells of Nixon's promise after Saturday ...
The book, Saving Justice, says Nixon made the promise after Bork complied with Nixon's order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973, the Associated Press reports. Bork said he's not sure whether Nixon made the promise ...
ABA Journal Daily News

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