The Free-Appropriation Writer
Copying passages from another author used to be an unforgivable sin. But remix culture is coming to literature.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Novelist says girls are ready to have babies at 14
Hilary Mantel, the prize-winning author, has opened up a public debate over teenage sex by claiming that girls are ready to have babies when they are 14-years-old.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Agatha Christie delivers another mystery beyond the grave
Jewels belonging to the murder mystery author Agatha Christie have been discovered in a battered trunk bought for £100.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
The Day the Music Died
An epic novel of rock ‘n’ roll, from its glory years to the guttering and sputtering of the music industry.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Gilbert Sorrentino’s Last Novel
This posthumous novel collects 50 comic set pieces on life’s absurdities: here an homage to Rimbaud, there a nod to Bellow.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
On Top of the Happiness Racket
A conversation with Gretchen Rubin, the author of “The Happiness Project.”... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Arts | Westchester: A Tragedy of Freedom and Humanity Denied
Toni Morrison wrote the libretto for “Flight to Freedom: The Story of Margaret Garner,” returning to the tragedy which inspired “Beloved,” her 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.... More...
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Obama biography by 'New Yorker' editor due out in spring
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Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin2. THE POLITICIAN, by Andrew Young3. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot4. I AM OZZY, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres5. WILLIE MAYS, by James... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Nightmare on Easy Street
This tender, humane novel, set in Southern California, follows a suburban family that starts falling apart when a real estate deal goes bad.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Crime: Devil’s Island
Mystery novels by Mark Mills, Robert B. Parker, Matt Beynon Rees and Frank Tallis.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
In Richard Bausch’s Stories, Peril and Temptation
This collection’s characters circle a disturbing truth: the power to shape our lives can be as terrifying as it is liberating.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
American Wasteland
A slim but powerful meditation on Yucca Mountain in Nevada, long the proposed site for storage of America’s nuclear waste.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Music Chronicle
A behind-the-scenes rock memoir; a music history of 1989; a study of Andy Warhol and glam rock; and a biography of Phish.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Children of Exile
Peter Akinti’s first novel is a visceral attempt to detail the harsh lives of the poor and black in Britain.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Middle of the Journey
An exploration of the force of spirituality, by a veteran student of life’s fragility.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Murder Most Global
In Henning Mankell’s new crime novel, the causes of a massacre in Sweden stretch into the past and around the world.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Subcontinental Tour
Paul Theroux casts himself as a character in this tantric mystery novel about a travel writer at the end of his rope.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks2. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci3. SHUTTER ISLAND, by Dennis Lehane4. PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE, by Kresley Cole5. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks2. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick3. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave4. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin3. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann4. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler5.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett2. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge3. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown4. POOR LITTLE BITCH GIRL, by Jackie Collins5. WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid
This account of Willie Mays’s career concentrates on the baseball brilliance, reminding us of when the only performance-enhancing drug was joy.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Red Highways
Peter Hessler chronicles the effects of China’s expanding road network on individual lives.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
The Norwegians may have won the Scandinavian medal count in Vancouver, but the Swedes own the best-seller list.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Essay: I Was a Teenage Illiterate
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young and ignorant of the classics was very heaven.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Big Think: How to read a poem
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
The Bluest Eye
A mixed-race girl confronts her identity in this autobiographical first novel.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Nina Simone, Diva Out of Carolina
A biography of the talented and tempestuous Nina Simone.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Murder by the Drop
A rich history of the development of forensics in New York, by a Pulitzer-winning science writer.... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
New Yorker editor to publish Obama biography
David Remnick's book, based on hundreds of interviews with the president and close associates, will be published in the US in April, and in the UK in MayPulitzer prize-winning author and New Yorker editor David Remnick's biography of Barack Obama... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 26 February, 2010
Stolen René Descartes letter discovered at US college
150 years after it was stolen from France, a letter by René Descartes has been discovered at Haverford CollegeA letter by René Descartes that was stolen over 150 years ago has been discovered in a small American college by a... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 26 February, 2010
Batman triumphs over Superman as comic fetches record price
Detective Comics No 27 sells for more than $1m, beating record set by book featuring rival superheroThe 70-year-old comic book in which Batman made his debut has sold at auction for more than $1m (£655,000), breaking a record set earlier... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Up Front: Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill roots for the Mets these days, but he hasn’t really been much of a baseball fan “since the steroid scandals, and the impunity that engulfs them.”... More...
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Weekly books agenda: 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' follow-up, prequel
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Batman beats Superman in record comic book sale
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Friday, 26 February, 2010
Books of The Times: A Nation 400 Million Strong
The urban scholar Joel Kotkin makes bold predictions about what America will look like when the population passes 400 million before midcentury.... More...
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Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Gordon Brown dismisses claims he accused Blair of 'ruining his life'
Gordon Brown has dismissed claims that he accused Tony Blair of ruining his life as "completely wrong".... More...
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Thursday, 25 February, 2010
UK Web Archive launches with plea for law change
British Library will by next year have archived 6,000 of estimated 8m sites and is being slowed down by need for permissionA digital black hole will open in Britain's national memory without a change in the law to ensure the... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 February, 2010
John Grisham to write legal thrillers for children
Thriller writer John Grisham reveals that new children's series will feature a teenage legal maverick, Theodore BooneIf his success with young readers is anything like his achievement with adults, horsehair wigs for kids may soon be ousting Harry Potter merchandise... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Terry Pratchett welcomes assisted suicide policy
Author and euthanasia campaigner says new rules are best possible outcome in absence of law changeThe author and euthanasia campaigner Sir Terry Pratchett has welcomed new guidelines on assisted suicide set out by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) today.... More...
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Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Descartes Letter Found, Therefore It Is
A letter by René Descartes stolen from the Institut de France in the mid-1800s has turned up at Haverford College in eastern Pennsylvania.... More...
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Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Books of The Times: A Devil Who Takes the Side of Angels
In Joe Hill’s new novel, a man who finds himself turning into a demon, with horns sprouting from his head, struggles to stay pure of heart.... More...
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Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Rushdie planning book about his time in hiding
Story of his experience of the fatwa 'needs to be told' says author, as his archive goes on display in AmericaSalman Rushdie is planning to write a book about the decade he spent in hiding after Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Lorrie Moore joins 'richly American' PEN/Faulkner award shortlist
A Gate at the Stairs running against two other novels and two short story collections for $15,000 prizeLorrie Moore's acclaimed novel of the tensions of family and race, A Gate at the Stairs, has been shortlisted for a PEN/Faulkner award... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Feeling at Sea on the Roads of New China
Peter Hessler’s account of his adventures on China’s burgeoning highway system makes for an ambitious portrait of a country that’s feverishly on the move.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Dick Francis's funeral held at his Caribbean home
Dick Francis, the crime thriller writer, was buried at his home in the Caribbean yesterday.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Christopher Hitchens joins the fray: writer backs Martin Amis in row with Anna Ford
Hitchens, the third man in the room, backs novelist's version of what happened at Mark Boxer's deathbedNow come the reinforcements. A third combatant has rolled up his sleeves and hurled himself into the epistolary brawl between novelist Martin Amis and... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
"Assassin's Creed" book plays off videogame
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Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Alexie, Kingsolver among PEN/Faulkner fiction nominees
On February 23, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced nominees for its 2010 fiction award, one of the US's most prestigious literary prizes. Books by Sherman Alexie, Barbara Kingsolver, Lorraine M. López, Lorrie Moore, and Colson Whitehead are all in the... More...
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Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Kindle bestsellers: 'Shutter Island' climbs to top spot
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Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Iranian graphic novel draws interest as multi-language webcomic
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Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery, new biography claims
Charges for which she was executed, long thought to have been cooked up, are likely to have been true, says historian George BernardA new biography of Anne Boleyn is set to claim that, far from being framed for adultery, Henry... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Thousands of authors opt out of Google book settlement
Some 6,500 writers, from Thomas Pynchon to Jeffrey Archer, have opted out of Google's controversial plan to digitise millions of booksFormer children's laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fine and Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling authors Jeffrey Archer and Louis de Bernières and critical... More...
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
First Superman comic sells for $1m
1938 edition of Action Comics No1 with cover showing superhero lifting car sets record for comic book sale... More...
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Martin Amis hits back at Anna Ford
Martin Amis has hit back against claims by Anna Ford that he is a whingeing narcissist who smoked over her husband's deathbed.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Superman comic sells for a million dollars
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Books: Doing an About-Face on ‘Overmedicated’ Children
Judith Warner thought she would find pushy parents and irresponsible doctors behind children on drugs like Ritalin and Prozac. She did not.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Odeon refuses to screen Alice in Wonderland after Disney row
Cinema chain opposed studio's proposal to shorten release window for Tim Burton's 3D adaptation to three monthsIt may be fanatical about film, but Odeon cinemas is drawing the line at showing Tim Burton's 3D adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Poem provides evidence that Anne Boleyn had numerous affairs
A poem about the adulterous behaviour of Anne Boleyn has provided new evidence that she had numerous affairs during her marriage to Henry VIII.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Superman vs. Batman comic book battle fetching $1 million, so far
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
True story behind Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' to be published
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Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Books of The Times: The People We Pay to Look Over Our Shoulders
At its best “The Watchers” provides an insightful glimpse into how Washington works and how ideas are marketed and sold in the back rooms of power.... More...
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Monday, 22 February, 2010
Martin Amis responds: A poor godparent, yes, but I did not 'fill in time' at friend's deathbed
• Novelist responds to Anna Ford's 'ungenerous' attack• Letter suggests 'personal troubles' behind criticismsRarely one to turn the other cheek, the novelist Martin Amis – who was the subject of an open letter from Anna Ford in Saturday's Guardian accusing... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 22 February, 2010
Michelle Obama's 'socialist books' disappear on closer study
'First Lady' who brought historical studies of the American Left to the White House turns out to have been Jackie Kennedy"Photo Evidence: Michelle Obama Keeps Socialist Books In The White House Library," blared the headline on conservative radio host Rob... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 22 February, 2010
China Miéville makes shortlist for Nebula awards
The City and the City nominated for Science Ficction and Fantasy Writers of America's prestigious gongChina Miéville's surreal venture into crime fiction The City and the City has been shortlisted for major American science fiction and fantasy awards the Nebulas.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 22 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Blending Tea and Hearts
Helen Simonson’s first novel has intelligence, heart, dignity and backbone.... More...
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Monday, 22 February, 2010
Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally
Macmillan is introducing software that will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks without consulting the original authors or publisher.... More...
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Monday, 22 February, 2010
Arts, Briefly: Racy Memoir for the French National Library
The French National Library has bought itself a belated valentine in the form of manuscript pages by the hand of Giacomo Casanova, Reuters reported.... More...
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Monday, 22 February, 2010
Hiroshima blockbuster under threat after US airman's tale unravels
• Avatar director Cameron has film rights to book• Veteran's account of flight dismissed as inaccurate... More...
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Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Georgelle Hirliman, ‘Writer in the Window,’ With Answers, Is Dead at 73
Ms. Hirliman’s innovative solution to writer’s block a quarter-century ago gave her a national career as a performance artist.... More...
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Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Is Gay's the Word being priced out of the marketplace?
Ain't nothing going on but the rent at the gay bookshop that's being squeezed to death by the councilThe key player... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Alone at the end: the tragic muse who inspired James Joyce
A new biography reveals the sad story of the Irish author's only daughter, who fell for Samuel Beckett only to be rejected by him and end up in an asylum for 30 years An unprecedented glimpse into the hidden life... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Time for another Martin Amis Arrow
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Sunday, 21 February, 2010
A new age of steam
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Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Time for another Amis Arrow
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Sunday, 21 February, 2010
Off the Shelf: In Practice, Stock Formulas Weren’t Perfect
Advanced mathematics shaped trades that bolstered profits on Wall Street, a new book says, but then the bottom fell out.... More...
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Anna Ford launches attack on Martin Amis
Anna Ford, the former BBC newsreader has launch a high critical attack on Martin Amis, one of Britain's most distinguished authors.... More...
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Of Gold and Bondage
A history of the Chinese immigrants who streamed to America in the wake of the California gold rush.... More...
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Anna Ford to Martin Amis: stop your immature whingeing
Former newsreader accuses writer of a moan too far in open but highly personal Guardian letterOne is a literary titan, arguably the most original stylist of his generation, sparkling chronicler of the absurdities of our postmodern times, author of some... More...
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Usain Bolt set to pen autobiography
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
'Worm Hunter,' 'Autonomous Robots' vie for Oddest Title Prize
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Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Takin’ It to the Streets
A social history of New York’s music scene during the fertile 50-year period from 1927 to 1977.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Joy to the World
Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard, argues that public policy should be based on social scientists’ understanding of what makes us happy.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
The Enemy Within
Lee Smith argues that Mideast violence may be a local product, not the result of a culture clash with the West.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
My Life as a French Movie
This novel of a New York courtship is an homage to the filmmaker Eric Rohmer and to Marcel Proust.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Life With Death
Thomas Lynch, a poet and a mortician, looks unblinkingly at death. But nihilism is nowhere in these stories, and love is everywhere embraced.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
The Widow in Winter
The tough Newfoundlander heroine of Lisa Moore’s new novel is haunted by the death of her husband.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Annus Periculosus
Robert Harris’s latest historical novel follows Marcus Tullius Cicero through the dangers of his consulship.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
The President and the Prosecutor
Recounting the Clinton vs. Starr clash, a law professor creates a case study in political excess.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Ted Conover’s Roadside Attractions
Ted Conover’s globe-spanning travelogues can be fascinating in themselves, and his meditations on highways are thoughtful, temperate and generous.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Essay: Do Not Pass
The character who jumps the color line is a fascinating rogue, a self-constructed person, a trickster.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
A Blessing and a Burden
The posthumous memoir of The Times’s first black managing editor.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Front Page, Back Story
A novel that combines newsroom drama, espionage and military adventure.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
The Rose Did Caper on Her Cheek
Jerome Charyn imagines an Emily Dickinson consumed with obsessive desire for a handyman, a scholar and other fictional men.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
3 Known for Creativity Will Oversee DC Comics
Jim Lee, an artist, and Dan DiDio, executive editor, will become co-publishers. Geoff Johns, a writer, was appointed chief creative officer of DC Entertainment.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Glenn Beck sends 'evil' anarchist manual's sales rocketing
The Coming Insurrection's condemnation at the hands of Fox News commentator provides huge boost to anonymous authorsIt's undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to happen, but when Fox News's vocal right-wing presenter Glenn Beck described French anarchist revolution manual The... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 19 February, 2010
Brother of child who inspired Agatha Christie mystery to publish story
Terence O'Neill, whose brother's killing provided a plot for Agatha Christie, has won a publishing deal for a memoir about the eventsThe brother of the boy whose brutal death inspired Agatha Christie to write The Mousetrap has landed a book... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 19 February, 2010
Oddest book title prize pits worm hunter's afterthoughts against Nazi spoons
Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter and Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich lead the shortlist for this year's Diagram prize for the oddest book titleAfterthoughts of a Worm Hunter, David Crompton's musings on his career as a parasitologist, is emerging... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Judge Hears Arguments on Google Book Settlement
The proposal to create the world’s largest digital library has put giants like Sony and Microsoft on opposite sides.... More...
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Publish and be damned: Young writer's ego dramatically punctured
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
Weekly book agenda: Oddest Title online voting, 'Precious and the Puggies'
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Friday, 19 February, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
Political gossip continues to own the podium this week, and there’s even some political hanky-panky in Jackie Collins’s latest novel, new at No. 6 on the fiction list.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Under a Strange, Soulful Spell
A fascinating if turgid new biography of Nina Simone details her rise, her role in the civil rights movement and her long, slow, painful decline.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Anonymous buyer pays £4 million for Casanova's uncensored diaries
Mystery donor presents 18th-century seducer's 3,700 pages of memoirs to French national library... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
JK Rowling plagiarism claim: key passages
These are examples of ideas that JK Rowling stole from Willy the Wizard for the Goblet of Fire, according to lawyers acting for Adrian Jacobs' estate.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
JK Rowling 'stole plot' for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, High Court writ claims
JK Rowling has been accused in a High Court writ of stealing ideas from a children's book about a wizard published in the late 1980s for her novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin2. THE POLITICIAN, by Andrew Young3. STAYING TRUE, by Jenny Sanford4. I AM OZZY, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres5. ON THE BRINK, by Henry M. Paulson Jr.... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks2. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick3. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson5. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis2. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin4. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler5.... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks2. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly3. HOT ROCKS, by Nora Roberts4. FIRST DROP OF CRIMSON, by Jeaniene Frost5. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett3. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown4. WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah5. FLIRT, by Laurell K. Hamilton... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
James Cameron to write novel based on Avatar
Avatar director James Cameron's planned book will not be a novelisation, but a 'big, epic story that fills in a lot of things'Avatar fans desperate for a deeper insight into the world of the Na'vi are set for a treat... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
JK Rowling brands Harry Potter plagiarism claims 'absurd'
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Contest for Oxford poetry professor begins again
Geoffrey Hill and Anne Stevenson are among the names being suggested, as hunt for a successor to Ruth Padel beginsThe names of eminent poets including Geoffrey Hill and Anne Stevenson are being suggested as potential candidates for the Oxford professor... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Faber republish novel smuggled out of Nazi Germany in a cake
Jan Petersen's Our Street, a million seller in its time, to reappear in publisher's print-on-demand seriesA manuscript which was smuggled out of Nazi Germany in a cake is being brought back into print by Faber & Faber.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Newly Released Books
New books by Eric Puchner, Paul Theroux, Cathleen Schine, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Chris Bohjalian and Henning Mankel.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Harry Potter plagiarism lawsuit could be billion-dollar case, says claimant
Friend of Willy the Wizard author Adrian Jacobs says addition of JK Rowling to suit raises possibility of multi-jurisdiction actionPublishers could face legal action worldwide over claims that JK Rowling stole ideas for Harry Potter from a British author's book... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Apple’s Prices for E-Books May Be Lower Than Expected
Apple wanted publishers to discount best sellers, so its $12.99-to-$14.99 range is merely a ceiling, according to people familiar with talks with publishers.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Up Front: Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan, reviewing André Aciman’s novel “Eight White Nights” this week, has good reason to notice the book’s allegiance to Proust.... More...
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
New Karachi literary festival hopes to turn page on bombs
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Free titles and more during 2010 Read an E-Book Week
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Best Translated Book Award announces international fiction shortlist
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Thursday, 18 February, 2010
Books of The Times: A Collector of Road Trips, Just Passing Through
Ted Conover’s globe-spanning book about roads is best appreciated as a set of separate adventure stories.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
A Cartoon Depiction of Real Iranian Life
A comic strip, called "Zahra's Paradise," will blend current events with fictional composites of actual Iranians, and begins in June 2009 during the turmoil surrounding the contested presidential election.... More...
From: NYT > Books
Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
European court rules against Turkey's Apollinaire ban
Human rights court rules that censorship of 1907 erotic novel The Eleven Thousand Rods 'hindered public access to a work belonging to the European literary heritage'Turkey violated freedom of expression laws and prevented access to Europe's literary heritage when it... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
Literary Life
The writer's plight, drink,drugs and novelists, reading fatigue... Mark Sanderson surveys oddities of the books world... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
Rail line launches book club
First Capital Connect is piloting a book club for its passengers, giving away sample chapters on around 10 days each monthJammed into a packed commuter train on a Monday morning, the last thing most people would think of doing is... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
Lucille Clifton, Poet Who Explored Intricacies of Black Lives, Dies at 73
Ms. Clifton was a distinguished American poet whose work trained lenses wide and narrow on the experience of being black and female in the 20th century.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
James Patterson to collaborate on comic book series
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Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
Kindle bestsellers: 'Dear John,' 'Shutter Island,' 'A Reliable Wife'
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Wednesday, 17 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Tolstoy & Co. as Objects of Obsession
Elif Batuman’s odd and oddly profound study of her favorite Russian authors is also an exploration of the question: How do we bring our lives closer to our favorite books?... More...
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Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Fewer than half of children read for leisure or walk to school
Less than half of children aged nine to 14 read fiction more than once a month, a study by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has found.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Half of children don't read fiction
Less than half of children aged nine to 14 read fiction more than once a month, a study by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has found.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Excitement as George RR Martin announces he's 1,200 pages into new book
But bestselling fantasy author insists that he is not finished yet, and urges impatient fans to 'calm down'Bestselling epic fantasy author George RR Martin has sent his fans into a frenzy after announcing that he has written 1,261 pages of... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Jobs Is Said to Assist With Book on His Life
Apple’s chief executive is set to collaborate on an authorized biography, to be written by Walter Isaacson, the former managing editor of Time magazine.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
On the Road: Travel Sites or Guidebooks: Why Not Dip Into Both?
Where do you turn when looking for reliable, practical travel information — online or in print? The answer is all of the above, because one complements the other.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Ralph McInerny, Scholar and Mystery Novelist, Dies at 80
Mr. McInerny was a prolific novelist and scholar of Roman Catholicism who taught at the University of Notre Dame for more than half a century.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Books of The Times: It’s a Plot! No, It’s Not: A Debunking
In “Voodoo Histories,” the journalist David Aaronovitch deconstructs a dizzying array of conspiracy theories with logic, common sense and at times exasperated wit.... More...
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
Letters reveal JD Salinger was writing regularly long after 1965
Letters to go on display for the first time in New York show that JD Salinger wrote regularly for years after he stopped publishingLetters written by JD Salinger to the designer of The Catcher in the Rye's jacket, which are... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 15 February, 2010
Iran blamed for blocking Goodreads networking site
A dramatic fall in Iranian traffic on the Goodreads book networking site may be the result of government censorshipA sudden, dramatic fall in Iranian traffic on the popular social networking site for book lovers, Goodreads, is being blamed on censorship... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 15 February, 2010
Arts, Briefly: Sidewalk Verse in St. Paul
The city of St. Paul has announced the third year of a sidewalk poetry contest.... More...
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
Dick Francis: tributes paid to 'people's champion'
Leading horse racing figures and authors paid tribute to a ''people's champion'' after the death of Dick Francis, the jockey turned best-selling thriller writer.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Monday, 15 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Damages: Bill Clinton’s Legal Mess
“The Death of American Virtue” is a labyrinthine account of the legal nightmare that beset Bill Clinton’s presidency and led to his impeachment trial.... More...
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
The Media Equation: Inviting In a Brash Outsider
Vice magazine’s libertarianism and cultural literacy brings to mind Playboy in its prime, mixing nudity with in-depth reports from the world’s most troubled spots.... More...
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
Dick Francis, Jockey and Writer, Dies at 89
Mr. Francis’s notable but blighted career as a champion steeplechase jockey for the British royal family was eclipsed by a second, more brilliant career as a popular thriller writer.... More...
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
Dick Francis, champion jockey turned thriller-writer, dies at 89
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
New Dr. Seuss apps offer interactive reading experience
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Monday, 15 February, 2010
Descartes was 'poisoned by Catholic priest'
French philosopher was killed by arsenic-laced holy communion wafer after airing 'heretic' views, says academicFor more than three and a half centuries, the death of René Descartes one winter's day in Stockholm has been attributed to the ravages of pneumonia... More...
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Dick Francis dies aged 89
Former jockey-turned-author who rode Devon Loch passed away at his Caribbean home in Grand Cayman, according to a statement released through his publicist.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Dick Francis, Novelist, Dies at 89
Mr. Francis, a best-selling crime writer, drew on his experience as a successful steeplechase jockey for his racing thrillers.... More...
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Dick Francis: a life in pictures
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Thriller writer Dick Francis dies aged 89
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Author Dick Francis dies aged 89
Dick Francis, former champion jockey who sold more than 60m books, dies in the Cayman Islands... More...
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Dick Francis dies aged 89
Former jockey-turned-author who rode Devon Loch for the Queen Mother passed away at his Caribbean home in Grand Cayman, according to a statement released through his publicist.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Sunday, 14 February, 2010
William Tenn, Science Fiction Author, Is Dead at 89
Mr. Tenn wrote satirical science fiction at a time when few writers in the genre displayed a sense of humor.... More...
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Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Forget 'serious' novels, I've turned to a life of crime
Murder mysteries, once looked down on, are now fit for the literary eliteIt was the titles that first lured me in. Shroud for a Nightingale. The Black Tower. The Skull Beneath the Skin. An Unkindness of Ravens. Every time I... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 14 February, 2010
Poet Spans Two Worlds, but Has a Home in Neither
Tato Laviera was rendered homeless after emergency brain surgery left him unable to maneuver in his apartment.... More...
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Saturday, 13 February, 2010
The Life of a Death Penalty Lawyer
David R. Dow is a Houston lawyer. His dark, raw memoir exposes death-penalty machinery that can’t be mediated by truth, logic or fact.... More...
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Saturday, 13 February, 2010
Getting Faster With Age: Sam Shepard’s New Velocity
With a new play and a major revival running at the same time, the playwright has an opportunity to reflect on where he has been, and where he is today.... More...
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Saturday, 13 February, 2010
Crime: Free-Range Villains
Mystery novels by James W. Hall, Robert Crais, Charlie Huston and Elly Griffiths.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Young Adult: Game Face
A damaged former football pro befriends a high school quarterback in this novel.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Morbidity and Hilarity
This novel turns a teen’s fatal condition into a hilarious and hallucinatory quest.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Freedom’s Laboratory
Timothy Ferris argues that the scientific frame of mind played a leading role in the emergence of democratic governance and individual rights.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Cold Mountains
An Appalachian tale of the fraught bonds of motherhood, and of violence passed from one generation to the next.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Home Alone
Women have hurt themselves by being unreasonably picky about whom they’ll marry, Lori Gottlieb provocatively argues.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
What to Expect When You’re Abducting
A woman kidnaps her own 5-year-old and heads south with her boyfriend, causing headaches for all involved in this taut novel about letting go.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Written on Coffeehouse Walls
Justin Taylor’s sharp first story collection documents the confusion of being young, disaffected and human.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Man of Constant Sorrow
Peter Handke’s novel of Don Juan ponders beauty and eternity — and it’s not about sex.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Pride and Avarice
Adam Haslett meditates on the financial crisis through this timely novel’s protagonist, one of the brains behind a rotten banking conglomerate.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Writing and Rocking
A memoir by the critic Robert Hilburn and a collection of essays and reviews by Robert Palmer.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Andrew Young’s Memoir of John Edwards
A memoir by an aide who assisted in the rise of John Edwards — and played a key role in the scandal that brought him down.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
A Different Kind of Love Triangle
In Cathleen Schine’s novel, two sophisticated Manhattan sisters, one wildly emotional, one smartly sensible, come to the aid of their beloved aging mother.... More...
From: NYT > Books
Friday, 12 February, 2010
Children’s Books: Children’s Bookshelf
More children’s books reviewed.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Jews and the Burden of Money
A provocative survey of how Jewish culture and historical accident ripened Jews for commercial success — and why that success led to so much misfortune.... More...
From: NYT > Books
Friday, 12 February, 2010
Empire of Savagery in the Amazon
The history of an early-20th-century crusader against a rubber baron’s abuses in the Amazon.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Children’s Books: Bunny Love
Peter McCarty’s latest picture books — “Henry in Love” and “Jeremy Draws a Monster” — feature a lovesick calico cat and a little boy whose only companions are his drawings.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Essay: Why Orwell Endures
Sad as George Orwell’s early death was, one can’t escape a sense that in some way it was providential.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Odysseus Remixed
This version of the “Odyssey” claims to be based on fragmented narratives unearthed from an ancient rubbish mound.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Do E-Readers Cause Eye Strain?
Despite what your mother might have told you, doctors say that looking at an electronic screen doesn't hurt the eyes. Ergonomics and lighting play a much bigger role in eye strain.... More...
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Newly discovered plantation diary was key inspiration for Faulkner's novels, says academic
Nineteenth-century journal, known to Faulkner, 'likely served as an important source' for his Yoknapatawpha fictionsA 19th century plantation diary was a source of inspiration to William Faulkner as he plotted the creation of his imaginary Yoknapatawpha County, the setting for... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 12 February, 2010
Sweet Valley High sequel to follow characters into 30s
Francine Pascal promises 'shocking' update on the progress of the much-loved Wakefield twinsElizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, the blond, tanned, teenage twins of the bestselling Sweet Valley High series, are set to grow up after creator Francine Pascal announced she was... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 12 February, 2010
Weekly book agenda: 'Mr. Nobody,' 'Abraham Lincoln,' Abu Dhabi book fair
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Friday, 12 February, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett3. FLIRT, by Laurell K. Hamilton4. WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah5. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown... More...
From: NYT > Books
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann2. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin4. A PEOPLE''S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by Howard Zinn5.... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks2. HOT ROCKS, by Nora Roberts3. TATE, by Linda Lael Miller4. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly5. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick2. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks3. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson5. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin2. THE POLITICIAN, by Andrew Young3. ON THE BRINK, by Henry M. Paulson Jr.4. I AM OZZY, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
Rebecca Skloot’s much praised “Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 5... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Mother Nature’s Lost Children, Up Close
T. Coraghessan Boyle’s rollicking new collection has no larger philosophical point to make, just some good, old-fashioned, funny-suspenseful-head-shaking stories.... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Author, 17, Says It’s ‘Mixing,’ Not Plagiarism
Outsized praise for a new novel quickly turned to a torrent of outrage as its young German author admitted to using full passages from another work.... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Catherine Cookson drops out of library charts
Rise of the US crime thriller leaves tales of northern, plucky women on the shelf, figures for most borrowed books revealCatherine Cookson, for years the most borrowed writer from the UK's lending libraries, has been comprehensively overshadowed by the giants... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Unsealed Letters Offer Glimpse of Salinger
A set of 11 letters that are being made public offer a view of his writing habits and his fascination with pop culture.... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Oldest privately-owned Encyclopedia Britannica found
Medical advice including a recipe containing crushed millipedes, and the distinction between a fool and a madman, are among entries in the oldest set of Encyclopedia Britannica owned privately in Britain.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Julian Gough slams fellow Irish novelists as 'priestly caste' cut off from the culture
'We've abolished the Catholic clergy, and replaced them with novelists' says writer, describing his peers as 'a pompous, provincial literary community'Irish novelist and award-winning short story writer Julian Gough has launched a scathing attack on his country's authors, describing them... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Jacqueline Wilson is most popular library book author of noughties
Jacqueline Wilson has triumphed over better selling authors such as JK Rowling and Dan Brown to be named the most popular library book author of the last decade.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Louise Bagshawe running for parliament – and Romantic novel of the year
Prospective Tory MP for Corby and East Northants is shortlisted for her novel PassionA romantic thriller by author turned aspiring Conservative MP Louise Bagshawe is in the running to win the Romantic Novel of the Year award.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Downing Street 'insiders' reveal No 10 office politics
New book by former No 10 media adviser uses interviews with staff who have worked under Gordon Brown to build up a picture of Downing Street after he became PM in 2007... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 11 February, 2010
E-Book Price Increase May Stir Readers’ Passions
The most voracious readers of e-books have shown a reflexive hostility to prices higher than $9.99 for popular titles.... More...
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
'No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency' prequel published in Scots, then English
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Thursday, 11 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Mark Twain: A Public Image as Tailored as His Snow-White Suits
Michael Shelden’s lively and surprise-filled portrait of Mark Twain in his final years reveals an author who had decided to enjoy the perks of his celebrity at the expense of his writing.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Faulkner Link to Plantation Diary Discovered
The author William Faulkner appears to have drawn the names of characters and other inspiration from a plantation diary just discovered by scholars.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize
Katie Davies wins £5,000 award for 'sweet and funny story' of gory pet bloodlettingA children's book that started life as "a collection of horrible hamster deaths" has won the Waterstone's children's book prize for debut author Katie Davies.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Title Deed: How the Book got its Name
Gary Dexter explains the origins of Peter Carey's Bliss... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Katie Davies wins Waterstone's book award
The wife of comic actor Alan Davies, scooped a prestigious children's book award with her first book about a girl's relentless quest for a pet hamster.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Katie Davies wins Waterstone's book award
The wife of comic actor Alan Davies, scooped a prestigious children's book award with her first book about a girl's relentless quest for a pet hamster.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Literary Life
Mark Sanderson's survey of the book world takes in the biggest sellers, extra Gormenghast, Barbara Follett and more... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
David Willetts 'pinched' my book cover
David Willetts has won rave review for his book Pinch, but he is now being accused of doing some pinching himself, by copying a rival author's book cover.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Writers should focus on true crime, says David Peace
'I don't really see the point of making up crimes,' the Red Riding quartet author tells websiteThe future of crime fiction lies not in inventing ever more colourful crimes but in focusing on real-life wrongdoing, according to novelist David Peace,... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Books of The Times: A Nice Guy in a Perfect Baseball World
James S. Hirsch’s biography of Willie Mays is the first written with the baseball great’s participation.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Kindle bestsellers: 'Dear John,' 'Food Rules,' 'The Lightning Thief'
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
Tiger Woods biography to include new details and interviews
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
A Calculus of Writing, Applied to a Classic
Zachary Mason, author of the critically praised first novel “The Lost Books of the Odyssey,” is a computer scientist eager to understand “thought with computational precision.”... More...
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Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Dennis the Menace redrawn to appear less violent, Beano admits
Eight-year-old boy exposes 'boring' Dennis the Menace.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Alexandre Dumas novels penned by 'fourth musketeer' ghost writer
Alexandre Dumas has a special place in France's literary hall of fame as the father of great swashbuckling historical epics.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Martin Amis: 'women went on Napoleonic rampage in attempt at equality'
Women have gone on a "Napoleonic rampage" since the 1970s to achieve parity with men but it will be another century before they achieve it, Martin Amis has said.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency prequel published in Scots
A prequel to the best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels is being published in the Scots language, a year before it is translated into English.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Film reignites literary debate over Alexandre Dumas's ghostwriter
Scholars clash over Auguste Maquet's role in creating masterpieces such as The Three MusketeersHe spent his life in the shadow of one of France's most celebrated authors and in death has become a mere footnote in literary history. Despite having... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
McSweeney's inspiration dies
The eccentric whose name adorns Dave Eggers's literary quarterly has died aged 67The man after whom Dave Eggers named his literary quarterly McSweeney's has died, the journal has announced.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Independent bookshops 'closing at rate of two a week'
Figures from the Booksellers Association show 102 shops closed in 2009, leaving just 1,289 left in businessThe UK's only specialist crime bookshop, Murder One, shut up shop at the beginning of last year, Lancashire's award-winning Kaydee Bookshop was forced out... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
A World of Words Reinvented in Pictures
The initial print runs for a graphic-novel adaptation of “Twilight” and a new graphic novel by Janet Evanovich are staggering.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Delivering Bad News and Bearing It
Sarah Blake has coaxed forth a book that hits hard and pushes buttons expertly.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight
Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
Media Talk: Kindle Books in Snack Sizes
FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
BP's Sun King Lord Browne reveals his darker side
Former oil chief admits to obsession and loneliness during his 12-year reign at BPLord Browne has admitted he stayed at BP too long because he had become obsessed with running the oil group. He has also suggested in his revealing... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 8 February, 2010
Neil Gaiman to write Dr Who episode
The author of novels including Coraline and Anansi Boys told fans they could expect to see the episode in early 2012Neil Gaiman has been picking up literary prizes left, right and centre over the last year, but the fantasy author... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 8 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Ambitious Banker, Not to the McMansion Born, Ascends the Ladder of Class
“Union Atlantic” is a lumpy, disappointing book.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
A Chronicler of the World Now Looks Inward
The historian Tony Judt, who has written nine books and scores of essays, has lost the ability to move nearly every muscle in his body.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person
A new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war — but wars that they for the most part support.... More...
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
US book publishers smiling again as Kindle rivals emerge
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Monday, 8 February, 2010
British Library to offer 19th Century first editions for free download on Amazon Kindle
The British Library is to make more than 65,000 rare first editions of 19th Century fiction available for the public to download for free from the spring.... More...
From: Telegraph Books
Sunday, 7 February, 2010
Parents will raise happier children 'if they put them second to their marriage'
US therapist David Code argues that an over-focus on kids creates demanding offspring and anxious, exhausted parents... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 7 February, 2010
Memoirs shed new light on La Dolce Vita era of drugs, sex and debauchery
The character played by Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's classic film was partly based on a gossip columnist now writing his own account of Rome's scandalous 1950sWhen the gossip columnist Victor Ciuffa emerged blinking from a private viewing of La... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 7 February, 2010
Why the literary world has still got it in for Martin Amis
As his new novel, The Pregnant Widow, is published, the knives are out again for the 60-year-old authorMartin Amis, you may have noticed, has just published a novel. The response to it has been predictable: a couple of appreciative reviews... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 7 February, 2010
The return of the werewolf
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Sunday, 7 February, 2010
Bob Dylan's "All the Animals" inspires children's book
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Sunday, 7 February, 2010
India's book restorers: saving the past for the future
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Sunday, 7 February, 2010
Off the Shelf: Terrorism and the Pocketbook
To fight terrorism effectively, a new book says, governments must understand its economics — and cut off its revenue streams.... More...
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Saturday, 6 February, 2010
New Albany Journal: A Voting Result That Faulkner Could Drink To
In a couple of months, a person will be able to buy a beer legally in New Albany, Miss., William Faulkner’s birthplace, for the first time in more than 50 years.... More...
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Saturday, 6 February, 2010
Random House to publish final Gormenghast book
Titus Awakes, written by Mervyn Peake's widow based on notes left by the author to complete the sequence, set for publication in 2011Three weeks after it emerged that Mervyn Peake's wife had written a fourth book in her husband's acclaimed... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Saturday, 6 February, 2010
Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentine Author Who Merged Fact With Fancy, Dies at 75
Mr. Martínez was an Argentine writer whose fiction mingled journalistic and novelistic techniques.... More...
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Saturday, 6 February, 2010
Drinking and Grieving
The characters in Amy Bloom’s erotically charged, linked stories struggle with love and its loss.... More...
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Saturday, 6 February, 2010
'Mein Kampf' to see its first post-WWII publication in Germany
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Saturday, 6 February, 2010
Questions for Douglas Coupland: Dreaming of a White Olympics
The Vancouver writer talks about artificial snow, Generation X and luge lessons.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Books, Readers and Teachers: A Wrap-Up
Students and teachers weigh in with passionate and personal picks for their favorite titles and authors to read and teach.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Essay: The Book of Self-Love
Christopher Lasch’s “Culture of Narcissism” offered an indictment of American life that displeased both the right and the left.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia
A one-time illegal tagger who started out marking up subway trains now has a book that chronicles a phenomenon born in the ’70s.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Cruel Love
Louise Erdrich’s new novel is a portrait of an “iconic” marriage on its way to dissolution, and it appears to be seeded with deliberate allusions to her own marriage with the writer Michael Dorris.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
He’s So Vain
The life of Warren Beatty, a man as hungry for artistic control as he was for women.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
A Touch of Evil
This slender mystery novel from Roberto Bolaño presents a surreal vision of prewar Paris.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Truth or Dare
Poems that shun trickery and flirt with both beauty and boredom.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
The Scoundrel and the Bride
Clare Clark’s tale of a woman sent to Louisiana to marry a colonist she’s never met is told in the spirit of a 19th-century novel.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
French Contentions
This history examines the moral, religious, artistic and political struggles gripping France before and after the Dreyfus Affair.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
A Wrinkle in Time
Don DeLillo explores the radical manipulation of time in this novel, which brings an Iraq war planner, his daughter and a filmmaker together at a house in the desert.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Some Fun Tonight
An appreciation of Little Richard, one of rock ’n’ roll’s originators.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Moving the Deck Chairs
Joseph Stiglitz has harsh words for President Obama’s approach to the economic crisis.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Faith-Based Defiance
How the church has figured in the lives of black women battling racism and sexism, from the days of slavery to the present.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Slice of Lives
A clever murder and a dose of Big Pharma intrigue sever this novel’s protagonist’s ties to his former life.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Eternal Life
Rebecca Skloot untangles the ethical issues in the case of a woman whose cancer cells have been the basis for a vast amount of research.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
From Russia, No Love
English became a secret path to personal freedom for the author of this memoir, who escaped the confines of the Soviet Union at age 24.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Tales Out of School
A survey of the state of American research universities.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Author Michael Crichton's art collection goes under the hammer
Late author of Jurassic Park left £20m worth of paintings including works by Jasper Johns, Picasso and LichtensteinArtworks collected by the late Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton and valued at £20m are being showcased to the British public before going... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 5 February, 2010
Animals come to rescue of biography market
The biography of Casper the commuting cat is just one of a spate of 'animalit' titles being snapped upThe story of Casper the commuting cat, set to be published this autumn, is the latest in a slew of animal memoirs... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 5 February, 2010
Bondage for Beginners vies with Origin of Faeces as contenders line up for oddest title prize
A bumper year for strange books as longlist for 2010 prize is announcedFrom Bacon: A Love Story to An Intellectual History of Cannibalism, Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich and The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin, the Bookseller magazine has announced... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
What is the Google Books Settlement?
What does Google's proposed plans for digitising millions of books mean for publishers, authors and web users?... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Justice Department criticises Google Books Settlement
Proposals failed to adequately address copyright concerns, says US Justice Department... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
NYC: Did Salinger Leave a Word for Posterity?
Hoping for any unpublished works, yellowing letters or random notes to complete an artist’s biography.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Justice Dept. Criticizes Latest Google Book Deal
While the Justice Department did not explicitly urge a rejection of the deal, its opposition on copyright, class action and antitrust grounds is a setback for Google.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Rebuffing Scholars, Germany Vows to Keep Hitler Out of Print
There is a developing showdown with scholars over the first German publication of “Mein Kampf” since the end of World War II.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Hans L. Trefousse, Historian and Author, Dies at 88
Professor Trefousse was a specialist in Civil War and Reconstruction-era history who taught at Brooklyn College for almost 50 years.... More...
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Chick-lit author killed herself, coroner rules
Susan Morgan, who wrote as Zoe Barnes and Sue Dyson, died after an overdose of painkillersA best-selling author who was regarded as a pioneer of the chick-lit genre killed herself by taking an overdose of painkillers, a coroner has ruled.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 5 February, 2010
Amazon squares up to Apple with its own Kindle
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Amazon squares up to Apple with its own Kindle
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Weekly book agenda: literary fashion, odd titles, the Lost Booker
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Friday, 5 February, 2010
Books of The Times: The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3
Tony Hoagland’s erudite comic poems are backloaded with heartache and longing.... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis2. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin4. A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by Howard Zinn5.... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks2. HOT ROCKS, by Nora Roberts3. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold4. THE ELUSIVE BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens5. TATE, by Linda Lael Miller... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick2. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold3. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson5. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin2. I AM OZZY, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres3. THE POLITICIAN, by Andrew Young4. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert5. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown3. KISSER, by Stuart Woods4. BLOOD TIES, by Kay Hooper5. THE FIRST RULE, by Robert Crais... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
“Gator A-Go-Go” is the first of Tim Dorsey’s 12 acid-splashed Florida crime capers to make the list.... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Best-selling author Zoe Barnes killed herself after marriage break-up
The best-selling novelist killed herself in a hotel room after her husband left her, an inquest heard.... More...
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Authors join fight in Macmillan's battle with Amazon
Writers hit by Amazon's removal of their titles are cutting links to the online shop and calling on readers to boycott itAuthors are fighting back against Amazon.com in its battle with Macmillan after the retailer had failed to restore a... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Oddest Book Title prize draws record number of submissions
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Thursday, 4 February, 2010
Don DeLillo, a Writer by Accident Whose Course Is Deliberate
Don DeLillo got the idea for his new book, “Point Omega,” when he happened upon Douglas Gordon’s video installation “24 Hour Psycho” at the Museum of Modern Art.... More...
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Amazon Said to Buy Touch Start-Up
The Internet retailer has acquired Touchco, a New York start-up, according to a person briefed on the deal.... More...
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Facing Scandal, Keeping Faith
Jenny Sanford’s account of Gov. Mark Sanford’s headline-making extramarital adventure is a surprisingly energetic exemplar of the “little did I know” genre.... More...
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Literary Life
Mark Sanderson casts his eye over Dickens and gays, a new prize, the cost of discounting and other goings on in the literary world... More...
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Scott of the Antarctic's final diary published online
British Library makes explorer's account of final days of doomed Edwardian polar expedition available to worldwide readers... More...
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Kindle bestsellers: Kathryn Stockett’s 'The Help' holds top spot
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Salinger titles to be re-launched with new author-approved cover designs
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Wednesday, 3 February, 2010
Bankruptcy Complicates Deal for Roosevelt Papers
A new twist in efforts to free some 5,000 pages of documents that belonged to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s last personal secretary from legal limbo.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Who should win the Lost Booker prize?
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Books of The Times: A Woman’s Undying Gift to Science
A provocative and moving book about a line of cells taken from a poor black tobacco farmer, without her permission, and how they changed the face of medicine.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Grisham and Updike among authors banned by Texan jail authorities
Bestselling and classic books have been banned from prisons in Texas over security, race or sex concernsWhat does Annie Proulx's tale of the romance between two cowboys Brokeback Mountain have in common with Jenna Bush's non-fiction book about a teenage... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
New Walter Scott prize to honour historical novels
Inaugural £25,000 award to be presented in June at Borders book festivalHe is seen as the father of the historical novel, so it's perhaps only fitting that a new literary prize honouring the genre is to be launched in the... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Ricky Gervais suspects 'Flanimal Rights' extremists after theft of thousands of books
Consignment of 12,000 pop-up books by the comedian go astray in the USPolice are investigating the loss of 12,000 copies of Ricky Gervais's Flanimals books from a delivery truck in the US.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Faber editor bids to woo Morrissey to 'the House of Eliot'
Lee Brackstone says publishing singer's memoirs would be 'the fulfilment of my most pressing and persistent publishing dream'A Faber editor has written an open letter to Morrissey pleading with the singer to bring his "much-rumoured memoir to the House of... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Baghdad Journal: Speaking Freely Where Fear Rules
Salons, a vital part of Iraqi intellectual life for centuries, have sprung up around Baghdad as violence has dropped.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Books on Science: Tale of an Unsung Fossil Finder, in Fact and Fiction
Two books examine the life of Mary Anning, who rarely got the credit she deserved for her early contributions to paleontology.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
England is 'cesspit' breeding Islamists, says Soyinka
England is a "cesspit" and breeding ground for fundamentalist Muslims, the Nobel laureate and political activist Wole Soyinka has said in an interview in which he also accused Britain of allowing the existence of "indoctrination schools".His extraordinary attack on what... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
David Tennant takes on role of rebel UK ambassador
Playwright David Hare brings Craig Murray's Murder in Samarkand to life in play for Radio 4He drank a lot of whisky and had a shamefully leery eye when it came to women but, as our man in Tashkent, Craig Murray... More...
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
'Up in the Air,' 'Precious' among Oscar-nominated literary adaptations
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Original Mr. Men character discovered in archives
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Macmillan raising e-book prices, Amazon opposed
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Tuesday, 2 February, 2010
Old media wins battle in ebook war as Amazon raises prices to match Apple
Macmillan capitalises on bitter rivalry by forcing through price increase for digital versions of its bestselling titlesIn a plot twist worthy of one of its own thrillers, publisher Macmillan has capitalised on the bitter rivalry between two of America's largest... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 1 February, 2010
Books of The Times: Make War. Make Talk. Make It All Unreal.
Like many of Mr. DeLillo’s earlier books, “Point Omega” has an ingenious architecture that gains resonance in retrospect.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Charles Dickens 'gave characters a secret queer side'
Charles Dickens gave many of his characters a hidden homosexual side, according to an academic.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Authors cry foul over Google 'rights grab'
Proposed settlement could prove to be one of the most important agreements in digital publishingBritish authors are divided over plans by Google to create the world's largest online library and profit from out-of-print titles.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 1 February, 2010
'Reverse provincialism' denied Karen Blixen Nobel prize
The Danish author had committee's majority support in 1959, but lost out amid anxiety that too many Scandinanvians had already wonOut of Africa author Karen Blixen missed out on a Nobel prize for literature because judges were concerned about showing... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Salinger's widow thanks neighbours for guarding husband's privacy
Colleen Salinger expresses gratitude for 'protective envelope' provided by the people of Cornish, New HampshireJD Salinger's wife has thanked residents of the town he made his refuge for more than 50 years for protecting the world's most famous literary recluse... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Sir Terry Pratchett calls for euthanasia tribunals
Author wants euthanasia tribunals to give sufferers from incurable diseases the right to medical help to end their livesThe author Sir Terry Pratchett is calling for euthanasia tribunals to give sufferers from incurable diseases the right to medical help to... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
The Media Equation: To Deliver, iPad Needs Media Deals
The iPad is a device for consuming media, not creating it. So are the media providers ready to do business?... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Cornish Journal: J. D. Salinger a Recluse? Well, Not to His Neighbors
To the residents of Cornish, N.H., J. D. Salinger was not a recluse. He was a townsperson — just a guy called Jerry.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
IPad Can’t Play Flash Video, but It May Not Matter
Many video sites have been experimenting with a new format, HTML5, that may reduce an attitude that devices failing to support Adobe’s Flash technology are wanting.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Books of The Times: The Folks Who Live on Easy Road
“The Privileges” is excessively cryptic, but the story is so invitingly told that it’s much easier to be drawn in than turned off.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Publisher Wins Fight With Amazon Over E-Books
In a strongly worded message, Amazon said that while it disagreed with Macmillan’s stance, it would accept the publisher’s plan on e-book prices.... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Lost Man Booker prize longlist to award best omitted novels of 1970
Any of 22 authors, including Iris Murdoch and Joe Orton, could be awarded the coveted Lost Man Booker prize for novels that missed out due to rule changes in 1971The few seconds between the reading of the shortlist and the... More...
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Judges to name winner of 'lost' Booker Prize
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
Lost Booker Prize honors a missing year in Booker history
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
'Sexually, I’m More of a Switzerland:' hyper-literate lonely hearts strike again
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Monday, 1 February, 2010
