Great Books To Look Forward To In January
Here's a preview of the titles on the January Indie Next List flier, now on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement. A downloadable PD...
Novels
eReaders Through The Eyes Of Thriller Writers
The New York Times | PETER WAYNER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books
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Lee Child,
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Joseph Finder,
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John Updike,
Fonts,
Books News
What do authors think of the new electronic replacements for bound paper? Some are traditionalists who want nothing to do with electronic readers -- o...
Bad Sex Writing Award Goes To Author Jonathan Littell
Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books
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Philip Roth,
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On Monday, the British literary magazine Literary Review awarded author Jonathan Littell their annual Bad Sex in Fiction award. The Franco-American be...
Postcards From the Fun-Employed, Part Deux
Paula Froelich | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books
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Page Six,
Marriage,
The Met,
Simon & Schuster,
Children,
Atria,
Writing,
Africa,
Novels,
Novelists,
George Clooney,
Paula Froelich,
Books News
I started writing a novel called "Female Kryptonite." It was about Jim - a never married, successful (in business and with the ladies), 40-something who starts to realize he's lonely.
"Fat Chick" Finally Gets Its "Fat Chance"
Lorraine Duffy Merkl | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books
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Debut Authors,
Novels,
Yo-Yo Dieting,
Marie Osmond,
First Novel,
Carnie Wilson,
Publishing,
Writing,
Authors,
Kirstie Alley,
Valerie Bertinelli,
Books,
Fat Chick,
Dieting,
Advertising,
New Authors,
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At age 51, I never thought I'd be "debuting". In fact, I thought I'd be on the downward slope of a successful advertising career. But, plans were meant for changing.
An Interview with William Sleator, YA Novelist
Nick Antosca | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books
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Young Adult Books,
William Sleator,
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Science Fiction,
Young Adult,
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Sleator was one of the very few "YA" authors I loved when I was young. Earlier this year, I read a bunch of them out of curiosity, and realized that they're really ingenious, elegantly constructed novellas.
Reading ... the Old Fashioned Way
Ivy Pochoda | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
We have grown distant from our words. Our books are not physical objects, but rather bits and bytes on a screen. Reading aloud makes words tangible and gives them a presence.
Newspapers, Not Books, Are the Key to Engaging Budding College Students
Danny Groner | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media
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College Students,
Internet,
Newspapers,
College,
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9/11,
Charles Dickens,
Paradise Lost,
Albert Camus,
Herman Melville,
The Plague,
Edmund Spenser,
Students,
John Milton,
Chaucer,
Media News
The acts of reading the newspaper and participating in conversation about current affairs are worth more to young college students than interpreting foreign works, no matter their messages.
War and Pieces: A Review of Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows
Adrienne Celt | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
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Literature,
Iraq War,
Politics,
Colonialism,
Nagasaki,
Book Review,
Cia,
Pakistan,
Orange Prize for Fiction,
Pakistani Literature,
Novels,
Globalization,
India,
Atomic Bomb,
Burnt Shadows,
Living News
The book is complex and sweeping in scope, seeking to tie together not just the disparate lives of its inhabitants, but also several of the most noted international tragedies in recent history.
Please, Dear Novelists - Get Real
Johann Hari | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media
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Fiction,
Novels,
Tom Wolfe,
Dave Eggers,
Aravind Adiga,
Slumdog Millionaire,
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New Journalism,
Between the Assassinations,
Booker Prize,
Media News
The Slumdog Kill-ionaire is back, and he is reminding us how exhilarating fiction can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world.
Women Like Reading About Sex
Josa Young | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment
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Women Over 45,
Novels,
Orphaned Adults,
Hen Lit,
Romantic Comedy,
Relationships,
Reading,
Sex,
Parents,
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Far from shrinking from the gaping bedroom door, adult women revel in reading passionate love scenes -- with plenty of detail.
Anna Quindlen's Son Gets Book Deal For New Novel
The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
Diane Salvatore has made her second acquisition as the newly minted publisher of Broadway Books. The longtime magazine editor, who sat at the helm of ...
Challenges for Rick & Bobo
Robert Rose | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics
Reading and writing are basically thinking skills. Once you learn how the symbols for the sounds look and sound, you need to know what they represent or mean.
Quiet Teacher: Part Four
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
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Crime Thrillers,
Martial Arts,
Thriller,
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Sherlock Holmes,
Charles Dickens,
Living News
The final online installment of Arthur Rosenfeld's new novel, Quiet Teacher; a new thriller about the lives, loves, and action adventures of Dr. Xenon Pearl, neurosurgeon by day and vigilante by night.
The Insanity of Ayn Rand: The Fountain-Brain-Dead.
Tallulah Morehead | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment
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Bad Movies,
Patricia Neal,
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Ayn Rand,
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Jack Warner,
The Fountainhead,
Frank Lloyd Wright,
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Atlas Shrugged,
Gary Cooper,
Architecture,
Star Trek,
Movies,
Entertainment News
This movie is pro-selfishness and egoism (which is just egotism misspelled), and anti-altruism. It preaches, at length and in a superior tone, that Altruism is Bad. And it means it.
Quiet Teacher (Part Three)
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
This may be the first time a major online newspaper has serialized a book as a pre-publication "tease" for the print edition.
The Road From La Cueva
Sheila Ortego | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living
Women everywhere are still afraid -- of their husbands, of themselves, their own urges, of danger, and of judgment.
Sitara Achakzai, Martyr for Muslim Women
Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
It will be up to Muslims like Sitara Achakzai, myself, and the millions of others like us who remember what Islam was meant to be, to put us back on track.
The Difficulties Of Disconnecting
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living
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Family Time,
Tai Chi,
Disconnecting,
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The Balanced Life,
Living News
I often worry that those things that are most important to me -- spending time with my family, doing my martial arts practice -- are slowly under assault by the very gadgets that I bought to make my life easier.
Flashback: The First Black (Fictional) President
David Wallechinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
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Obama Inauguration Coverage,
Obama Swearing In,
Obama's Inauguration,
The Man,
Obama Inauguration,
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Obama Oath,
Obama Oath of Office,
Barack Obama Inauguration,
Irving Wallace,
Barack Obama,
First Black President,
Politics News
In 1964, my father, Irving Wallace, wrote a novel, The Man, about the first black president. For this, my father received both accolades and death threats.
A Touch of Reality in Print and on Screen
Danny Groner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment
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Television,
Reality TV,
Character,
The Real World,
Mtv,
Writing,
Novels,
Sex and the City,
Darren Star,
Buses,
1992,
MTV the Real World,
Maria Semple,
He's Just Not That Into You,
New York City,
Novel,
Sex,
Entertainment News
Last night, as part of her book tour, Semple spoke with Sex and the City executive producer, Darren Star, about the process of writing her novel, This One is Mine.
In Praise of Fiction -- A Gentle Reminder
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living
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Creativity,
Internet,
Emotion,
Writers,
Writing,
Books,
Fiction,
Novels,
Tradition,
Technology,
Spirituality,
Escape,
Culture,
Living News
Unlike passive varieties of entertainment, the good novel does not leave us numbed up, dumbed down, mentally impoverished, weakened or intellectually dead.
Dudes Don't Read: The Book Biz's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
Chris Goldberg | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media
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Layoffs,
Novels,
Recession,
Publishing,
Reading,
Books,
Male Readers,
Nanny Lit,
Male Writers,
Mommy Lit,
Media News
Dudes aren't reading. But is it our fault? Or have publishers just given up trying to publish and market books that we'd want to read?
Waiting for Blago: A Tale of Corruption Nostalgia
Eric Dezenhall | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
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Politics,
New Jersey,
Rod Blagojevich Corruption,
Crime,
Gangsters,
Growing Up,
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Writing,
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Fbi,
New Jersey Politics,
Money Talks,
Blago,
Chandra Levy,
Politics News
If Barack Obama has pulled a generation into public service through inspiration, I believe Rod Blagojevich will push people into public service through revulsion.
Nine Tips for Surviving Tumultuous Times
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living
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Creativity,
Stress,
Tai Chi,
Economy,
Spiritual,
Novels,
Diet,
Dehydration,
Religious,
Tips for Surviving Recession,
Tips for Success,
Living News
Check a good novel out of the library, turn off the phone and curl up with it. There's nothing wrong with disappearing into fiction for a while. Stay with fiction, though.
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Bookselling This Week | Posted 12.04.2009 | Books