Book Review: Relentless by Dean Koontz
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cubby Greenwich's scathing review of his newest book was only the beginning of the horror. Dean Koontz - Arts - Literature - Horror - Movies
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Book Review: Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun
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Scott Berkun relies on his extensive experience to provide helpful-and amusing-tips for effective presentations. Scott Berkun - Business - Public speaking - Communication - Business Services
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How to save $85.50 on books
The Daily Doubter (Free subscription) | yesterday
At the library book sale today, I purchased 89 dollars worth of books for the grand total of 3 dollars and fifty cents. The titles I got are: The Consolation of Philosophy (pb) by Boethius for $.50. The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History (pb) by Howard Bloom for $.50. Dune (pb) by Frank Herbert for $.50. The Age of American Unreason (hc) by Susan Jacoby for $1.00....
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Book Review: Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cece Caruso witnesses a murder, and all the knowledge gained from watching Hitchcock movies can't help her - or can it? Games - Arts - Murder Mystery - Literature - Religion and Spirituality
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Notable Art Book: Dada In Paris by Michael Sanouillet
Book Soup Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pretty much everything that was considered cool, experimental or groundbreaking in art, film, theater and music in the 20th century can be traced back in one way or another to the Dada group, formed by Tristan Tzara, Hugo Ball, Jean Arp and Marcel Janco, amongst other notables. It all started at the Cabaret Volatire in Zurich, but Dada found its true circulatory center in post-war Paris where the...
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Thirty-Four Ways New Moon the Movie Is Better Than New Moon the Book
Vulture (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last year, Twilight proved to zillions of shrieking Twi-hards that no matter how passionately you love a florid, overwritten, hilarious book, the movie can be even better . How will this year's installment, New Moon , fare with a new director (the non-vagina-having Chris Weitz) and a new love interest (Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner)? Good news! Once again, Hollywood magic has delivered a version...
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A life in books: Mavis Gallant
The Observer (Free subscription) | yesterday
'I felt that the only thing I was on earth to do was to write' A couple of months ago Mavis Gallant had a dream. A messenger came to the door carrying a cardboard box with a lid on it. On top was written "Mavis Gallant" in big letters – and underneath it "Bad Prose". "I was devastated. Devastated for days. I thought, they aren't telling me the truth." In fact, Gallant...
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The Magnificent Mrs Tennant | Book review
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostess Gertrude Tennant, a centenarian born in 1818, was one of those formidable 19th-century hostesses whose names surface today primarily due to their unremarkable encounters with other, more eminent, Victorians. Heavy-browed and scornful-eyed, her chin supported by one of those lace swaddling bands favoured by dowagers...
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Steven Poole's non-fiction roundup | Book review
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Cartoons that Shook the World , by Jytte Klausen (Yale, £20) In what deserves to become the definitive account of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005-6, none of the major actors comes out looking too good. Certainly not the editor of the newspaper Jyllands-Posten, taking deliberate aim at the "sickly oversensitivity" of "mad mullahs"; nor the group of Danish imams...
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Book review: A Change In Altitude
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Change In Altitude By Anita Shreve Little, Brown, 291pp, £16.99
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Book review: Pirate Latitudes
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton is published by Harper Collins, priced £18.99.
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Sarah Palin's Angry Fans Revolt at Book Signing
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Sarah Palin's book tour hit Noblesville, Illinois Thursday night, where 1000 fans were told that they would have their books signed, but their adoration quickly turned to hate when Palin's bus took off early, leaving over 300 former fans chanting "quitter!" and "sign our books!" Palin fandom can withstand anything, it seems, but a personal slight. In other Palin news today, Rudolph...
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Forgotten Books: THE GIRL ON THE BEST SELLER LIST -- Vin Packer
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've made no secret of my fondness for Grace Metalious's Peyton Place , and I've also mentioned Vin Packer's The Girl on the Best Seller List. Packer might be best-known for her lesbian-themed fiction for Gold Medal, but she wrote a number of quality crime novels for the line. Sometimes the novels might be based on actual cases ( The Evil Friendship ). In this case, it's the author imagining what might...
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Book awards honor Colum McCann, Eggers, Vidal
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future. Lifetime achievement winner Gore Vidal envisioned only pulp and dust Wednesday as he contemplated the state of books, while fellow honorary winner Dave...
- Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction - The Washington Times
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Book Stock Watch: Barnes & Noble Sells Out Nook for Holidays
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today the NY Times reported a digital reading milestone for one bookseller's upcoming device : "Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not left completely empty, the bookseller will furnish buyers with a special holiday certificate." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that...
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Window And Door Manufacturers - Business Ratio
bharatbook | 11/19/2009
This Report covers companies active as window and door manufacturers. The Report analyses accounts filed in the three years up to 7 November 2007. Accounts with year ends falling in the 12 months up to 7 November 2007 are assigned to the third analysis period, with earlier accounts assigned to previous periods. The companies included in the Report are: ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=114964&rt=Window-And-Door-Manufacturers-Business-Ratio.html
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Could new talent in the book industry erase some of its gloom and doom?
litlady | 11/19/2009
Publishers in 2009 are reporting declining unit sales and dismal profits. Is this a result of a slower economy or is it something more malignant such as publishers not listening to what readers really want? According to reviews in Amazon and Barnes & Nobles, book buyers rate some of the top selling books as mediocre or worst. These same books garner high sales figures, appearance in the New York best...
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While "The DaVinci Code" could be considered a success from a popularity standpoint, it certainly wasn't a literary masterpiece. Same with "Angels and...
Travis is black - that is why his book is not promoted much.
Travis Hunter's book is not really promoted that well because of racism. Lot of the agents and literary folks are reluctant to promote books by black authors...
Great article.
I have read Travis Hunter's book and they are great reads.
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christmas gifts for girlfriend, gifts for girls
christmasgift | 11/18/2009
While the smell is up to the Christmas gifts for her smaller ideas, such as books as well received. Christmas period is often a signal for a variety of personalities, and television personalities, the autobiography, or a similar product, which makes them the ideal number of books as Christmas gifts for her. As nothing, it's definitely worth the purchase of books, including many places where they are...