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Search by:  Books  Edition |  Music |  Software  Video Games |  Video:  DVD  VHS Today's Book News Audio Books Bestsellers Biographies Obama's half-brother writes book 'inspired by father's abuse' Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Obama's father beat me and my mother, Mark Ndesandjo says, as he launches self-published semi-autobiographical novel 阅读中文 | Read this in Chinese Barack Obama's half-brother in China has broken his media silence to launch a semi-autobiographical novel, which he said was partly inspired by their. father's abuse. Mark Ndesandjo... feeds.guardian.co.uk A Flood Of Palin Books To Hit Shelves Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir, Going Rogue , will be released Nov. 17. It's already a best-seller and a target for parody. Going Rouge , a book of essays from two editors of The Nation , will be released the same day. Marjorie Kehe, book editor for The Christian Science Monitor , calls it a perfect. storm for publishers... www.npr.org Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father (AP) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 AP - President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir. us.rd.yahoo.com Harold Evans: A Long Career Of Chasing Stories Thu, 05 Nov 2009 The British journalist talks with Steve Inskeep about his tenure as editor of the Sunday Times in London and his crusade to maintain journalism's commitment to public good. Evans has a new memoir called My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times . www.npr.org Books of The Times: ‘Amaze Me,’ Mother Said, So That’s What She Did Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Mary Karr’s searing new memoir of alcoholism and recovery is every bit as absorbing as her devastating 1995 memoir, “The Liars’ Club,” which secured her place on the literary map. feeds.nytimes.com Exhibition Review | 'A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy': At the Morgan, the Jane Austen Her Family......... Knew Sat, 07 Nov 2009 “A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy,” a new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, includes many personal letters and early manuscripts by the author. feeds.nytimes.com Sarah Palin promises more cities on book tour (AP) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir "Going Rogue" is published later this month. us.rd.yahoo.com Postcards From the Edge: Tocqueville’s Letters Home Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Most of Alexis de Tocqueville’s letters home from America have never been published in English. But Frederick Brown has translated them for a volume due out next year. feeds.nytimes.com Mary Karr talks about memoirs, alcohol abuse and her new 'Lit' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Mary Karr's best-selling 1995 memoir, The Liars' Club, about her rough Texas childhood with alcoholic parents, "kick-started . rssfeeds.usatoday.com Vincent van Gogh - The Complete Letters: review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 This sumptuous edition of Vincent van Gogh's complete letters shows that the artist was as adept with pen and ink as with paint and canvas says Martin Gayford www.telegraph.co.uk Books of The Times: Wartime China’s Elegant Enigma Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Mme. Chiang Kai-shek led a long, vastly complicated life, one that is richly detailed in Hannah Pakula’s long, vastly complicated new biography. feeds.nytimes.com Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father in novel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 President Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel, the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive . rssfeeds.usatoday.com The Letters of T S Eliot: review Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Jeremy NoelTod reads the letters of TS Eliot and discovers the inner turmoil of the author of The Waste Land www.telegraph.co.uk Children's Children's Books Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Top 5 at a Glance 1. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft 2. JULIE ANDREWS’S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES, by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews 3. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner 4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint 5. LISTEN TO THE. WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L... www.nytimes.com A winter's tale Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Celebrated for the Moomins, Finnish novelist Tove Jansson also wrote many books for adults. Being able to read one of her best novels in English for the first time is like discovering buried treasure In 1962 Tove Jansson published a story for children called "The Spring Tune", featuring Snufkin, the. peripatetic musician of the Moomin... feeds.guardian.co.uk Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood by Maria Tatar Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Children's books deserve this grown-up study. By AS Byatt This is a risky and brilliant title. The Enchanted Hunters is the hotel where the predatory monster Humbert Humbert has his way with the nymphet Lolita. Maria Tatar is the author of the excellent Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales as well. as works on the Bluebeard story... feeds.guardian.co.uk Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo | Book review Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Michael Morpurgo's tale of a wild child ranks among his best Children's fiction often finds ingenious ways of getting rid of adults, forcing its protagonists to depend on their own resources and initiative. Michael Morpurgo's method here is more drastic than most. By the end of chapter two, nine-year.-old Will has lost both parents... feeds.guardian.co.uk Best Children's Books of 2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 On Monday, Publishers Weekly announced its Best Books of 2009, including our list of 30 Best Books for children. From accounts of civil rights heroes, to harrowing (and hopeful) stories about contemporary teenagers, to picture books that perfectly capture friendship, curiosity, or flights of fancy, 2009. held a treasure trove of wonderful... www.publishersweekly.com Berenstain Bears Books to be Made Into Film Tue, 3 Nov 2009 USA Today reports that Walden Media has acquired the film rights to the popular Berenstain Bears books. Shawn Levy ( Night at the Museum ) has signed on to direct a film based on the children's book series. "To stand that kind of test of time is pretty formidable," says Levy, who will produce. the film through his company, 21 Laps... www.readersread.com This Blog's for You: Ten of the best blogs for folks who take kids' lit seriously (but not too seriously) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 A magazine article changed my life. Admittedly, that sounds like a bit of hyperbole, but it's true. There I was in New York City, with my shiny new MLIS degree, working at my very first children's librarian post. I was still experiencing that first flush of excitement people have when they start a new. job in an occupation they love, and... www.schoollibraryjournal.com Riordan Sets His Sights on Egypt Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Like his Lightning Thief star Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan is a demigod—at least in the eyes of his readers. With the release next May of the first title in his new middle-grade fantasy series, about ancient Egypt, he is set to become a pharaoh, too. In The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid., kids will meet Carter Kane, 14... www.publishersweekly.com An explosive combination Thu, 05 Nov 2009 The author and the illustrator explain how bonfire night banter ignited new careers for both of them It all happened because of bonfire night. As he stood with family and friends amid the oohs and aahs of the village firework display, novelist Conn Iggulden found himself trying to explain, in answer. to a curious child's question, how... feeds.guardian.co.uk Yes, They Can: Google Lit Trips and games give kids a new perspective on social justice Sun, 01 Nov 2009 Children, especially girls, are finding supporters across the globe—some their own age—who are engaging with virtual education programs, an online game, and books that promote social justice and a better world. “Education seems like a simple thing,” says Greg Mortenson, coauthor. of Three Cups of Tea (Viking... www.schoollibraryjournal.com Children's Book Reviews: 11/2/2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 This week's reviews include picture books from Alexandra Day, Peter H. Reynolds, and Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney; starred reviews for new fiction from Katherine Sturtevant and Jean-Claude Mourlevat; comics from Lark Pien and Holly Black; and books to invigorate minds and imaginations. www.publishersweekly.com Comics Viz Comic takes over the Guardian Sat, 07 Nov 2009 On the occasion of its 30th birthday, Britain's fourth or fifth funniest comic does its business - Warf! Warf! – all over our pages. Click the images on the right of the story for our exclusive Viz strips This month sees the 30th anniversary of "the magazine that's not as funny as it used to be". Viz , Chris Donald's foul-mouthed... feeds.guardian.co.uk Life in Comics: The End of Adolescence? Mon, 02 Nov 2009 In 2004, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Michael Chabon gave the keynote speech at the Eisner Awards. Speaking about the maturation of the industry, he referred to some of the excesses of the 1990s as comics "adolescence": "An excess of desire to appear grown up is one of the defining characteristics of. adolescence. But these follies were... www.publishersweekly.com Obituary: Josette Baujot 1920-2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 When the comics artist Hergé (aka Georges Rémi) created his most famous character, Tintin, in the late 1920s, he drew the tuft-haired young reporter in black and white. His fellow Belgian Josette Baujot, who has died aged 88, was responsible for colouring Hergé's Tintin albums for more than. a quarter of a century during the... feeds.guardian.co.uk Marvel Makes Theirs iPhone Mon, 02 Nov 2009 The growing array of comics available for iPhones got a Hulk-sized addition last week when Marvel Comics, the leading US comics publisher, announced deals with four iPhone applications. Comics both recent and classic are now available for download from Comixology, iVerse and Panelfly. Scrollmotion, another. leading app for iPhones that... www.publishersweekly.com Back To The Future: Tor.com Buys Book-Size Webcomics to Serialize Mon, 02 Nov 2009 In an unusual acquisition deal, Tor.com, an experimental Macmillan website/publishing venture focused on launching original science fiction, fantasy and comics, has acquired web-only publishing rights to two full-length 192 page graphic novels and will serialize them over 6 months through the Tor.com. website. www.publishersweekly.com Boom! Studios’ Mark Waid is Unstoppable! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Mark Waid started out in the superhero camp, as an editor at DC and then as a freelance writer, shaping such iconic series as The Flash and Captain Marvel. Now, as editor-in-chief of independent comics publisher Boom! Studios, Waid is transforming the paradigm of monthly comics publishing. www.publishersweekly.com Comic-Con founder Dorf dies at 76 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Sheldon Dorf, who founded the now world-famous San Diego Comic-Con International Comic Book Festival, has died at the age of 76. www.cbc.ca The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God Of Manga Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Manga originator Osamu Tezuka was a seminal figure in 20th century Japanese popular culture. www.telegraph.co.uk Current Events Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Set in the 1960s, the final novel in James Ellroy's 'Underworld USA' trilogy reflects the here and now, writes Christopher Tayler James Ellroy often tells interviewers that he has no interest in current events, but even he seems to feel that the stars are in alignment for the publication of Blood.'s a Rover , the closing novel of his... feeds.guardian.co.uk My hero Ernest Shephard by Richard Holmes Sat, 07 Nov 2009 I am not sure what he would make of it: disbelief, amusement, or irritation that I should single him out. But my hero is Ernest Shephard, who spent much of his time on the Western Front as a company sergeant major. He was born in Lyme Regis in 1892, the son of a photographer who was to lose two of his. three boys in the war. He enlisted... feeds.guardian.co.uk The Last Veteran: Harry Patch and the Legacy of War by Peter Parker Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Harry Patch's history confounds stereotypes, says Nigel Fountain On 9 November 1920 Britain's Unknown Warrior, having been duly saluted in Boulogne by Maréchal Foch, supreme commander of allied forces on the western front, set sail on a Royal Navy destroyer for Dover. Three months earlier David Railton., a frontline padre, had sent... feeds.guardian.co.uk An Equal Voice: Andrew Motion's Remembrance Day poem Sat, 07 Nov 2009 In this 'found poem' for Remembrance Day, Andrew Motion stitches together the words of several generations of shellshocked soldiers from the first world war to the present Doctors, historians and other experts have documented the effects of shellshock – thanks to them, we know that the term. covers a multitude of ailments... feeds.guardian.co.uk Iraq on the Edge Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Joost R. Hiltermann For the occasional visitor such as myself, various methods exist to measure America's standing in Iraq, Iraqi suspicions and aspirations, and progress in the transfer of power, but none prove as illuminating as the checkpoints into and throughout Baghdad's Green Zone, that diminishing. symbol of the Bush... feedproxy.google.com Dairy Queen and Barbed Wire: The New Reality of US Occupation Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Charles Simic US soldiers at an ice cream shop, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, October 1, 2009 (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Back in September, I read an article in The New York Times about an American base in Iraq that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. It describes a U.S. military. installation in the Sunni Triangle... feedproxy.google.com One-Term President? Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Garry Wills Barack Obama paying his respects as the bodies of eighteen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan were returned to the United States, Dover Air Force Base, October 29, 2009 (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux) I am told by people I respect that Barack Obama cannot pull out of both. Iraq and Afghanistan without... feedproxy.google.com When Weeding Is Wrong: A principal asks for banned books to be removed from the collection Sun, 01 Nov 2009 A parent of one of our eighth graders came into the library and began pulling books off our shelves. She ended up stacking 15 books on the circulation desk—including The Giver, The Chocolate War, Monster, and Looking for Alaska—and demanded that we permanently remove them from our collection. www.schoollibraryjournal.com Wal-Mart, Amazon Price War Extends To DVDs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. The move led rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to reduce some DVD prices, which pushed Wal-Mart to take a few more cents off its offerings. www.npr.org Story told of contradictory Civil War general (AP) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 AP - "Devil's Dream" (Pantheon Books, 335 pages, $26), by Madison Smartt Bell: In "Devil's Dream," Madison Smartt Bell has chosen as his subject a Confederate general and slave trader who would go on to become one of the leaders of the early Ku Klux Klan. us.rd.yahoo.com Review: Arsenault's latest novel a fast-paced romp (AP) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 AP - "Loot the Moon" (Minotaur), 276 pages, $24.99, by Mark Arsenault: Billy Povich, former investigative reporter, has been reassigned to write obituaries — his newspaper's way of encouraging him to quit. us.rd.yahoo.com 'Obamanos!': One Year Into Obama's Presidency Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Hendrik Hertzberg, author of Obamanos! , assesses the year since President Obama's election. And former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee and NPR political editor Ken Rudin talk about gains Republicans made in the 2009 elections. www.npr.org Noted Spanish author Francisco Ayala dies Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Celebrated Spanish author, sociologist and scholar Francisco Ayala - exiled from his native country for about 40 years after the Spanish Civil War - has died at the age of 103. www.cbc.ca Family of Stieg Larsson at war over book proceeds Tue, 03 Nov 2009 The family of Stieg Larsson the Swedish crime writer who died five years ago are engaged in a bitter fight over proceeds from the sale of his books. www.telegraph.co.uk Fiction Meltdown by Ben Elton Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Distance might lend more weight to Ben Elton's riffs Topical fiction is incredibly difficult to do. Although lead times aren't what they were, newspapers and magazines traditionally cover the now, with the job of books being to clarify what on earth happened after the dust had settled. With notable. exceptions such as Bonfire of the... feeds.guardian.co.uk The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Sat, 07 Nov 2009 This long-awaited novel recalls a dangerous era for artists. By Maya Jaggi Barbara Kingsolver's first novel in nine years takes a huge risk in venturing into copiously charted territory. It moves from the muralists and surrealists of the 1930s in the aftermath of the Mexican revolution to the McCarthyite. witch-hunt of artists in the... feeds.guardian.co.uk Crime novels roundup | Book reviews Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Winterland , by Alan Glynn (Faber, £12.99) Irish writer Glynn's second novel is a heavyweight, grown-up thriller set in Dublin against a background of dirty politics and even dirtier business dealings. As the landscape is reinvented as a glittering monument to capitalism, morality is sacrificed to. profit. When two men with the same... feeds.guardian.co.uk John Mullan on the importance of food in The Inheritance of Loss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Week two: The importance of food There seems to be food in every chapter of The Inheritance of Loss . The novel may appear to be taking on big themes – colonialism and its legacy, love and its limits – but it is attached to the small details of life. Over and over again its characters find solace. or disappointment, a sense of... feeds.guardian.co.uk Obituary: Francisco Ayala Wed, 04 Nov 2009 One of the greats of Spanish literature, he spent decades in exile in the Franco era The Spanish literary lion Francisco Ayala, who has died aged 103, enjoyed a remarkable privilege: attending a major international conference to mark his own centenary. With dozens of books to his name, he was more acclaimed. for novels and short stories... feeds.guardian.co.uk Battle over Stieg Larsson's fortune Mon, 02 Nov 2009 • Bitter row over legacy of Swedish crime sensation • Trilogy published after author died of heart attack As the author of three dark and violent crime novels, Stieg Larsson was at home in a dysfunctional landscape of simmering resentments and rancourous family secrets. But the Swedish writer cannot. have foreseen how, almost five... feeds.guardian.co.uk Story Plant Revamps Model Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Founded in 2008 by two veteran publishing professionals—former Berkley publisher Lou Aronica and literary agent Peter Miller—Story Plant is a publishing venture originally intended to focus on a list of hardcover genre fiction. But after releasing its first two hardcover books last fall., Aronica acknowledged that he and... www.publishersweekly.com AOT #186: Ralph Nader Podcasts Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and two-time candidate for President of the United States, is a relentless force for grassroots activism and democratic change in America. Nader discusses and reads from his new novel Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!, a vivid fictional account that answers the question. “What if?” What if a cadre of... feedproxy.google.com Damned minutes Wed, 04 Nov 2009 From Sacher-Masoch to Jane Austen, the novelist selects the novels which best anatomise the 'dark, interior stickiness' of a passion peculiarly well-suited to literature Howard Jacobson is the author of 10 novels, including The Very Model of a Man, The Mighty Walzer and Kalooki Nights. He has also written. studies of Jewishness... feeds.guardian.co.uk Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 The gritty realism of the film Precious is even more intense in the novel Push , upon which the film is based. Author Sapphire discusses the inspiration for her work — and her initial reluctance to allow her work to become a film. www.npr.org Seduction And Betrayal In Paul Auster's 'Invisible' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Intricate plotting, intermittent erotic tension and the author's powerful moral imagination combine to make Paul Auster's latest novel an absorbing literary thriller. www.npr.org Short stories show a valiant effort from John Grisham Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Give the king of the legal thriller credit for expanding his literary range. Today, Ford County, John Grisham's first collection . rssfeeds.usatoday.com John Irving still spinning fiction from real life (Reuters) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Reuters - Backstage, renowned novelist John Irving tells a story about the 300-pound (165-kg) man he found in the sauna at his New York hotel that morning. us.rd.yahoo.com Spotlight | Purchase: Meet ‘Olive Kitteridge’ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Elizabeth Strout, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Olive Kitteridge,” read from the book at Manhattanville College this week. feeds.nytimes.com Seattle's Sorrento calls 'Night School' to order, with books, whiskey and music Fri, 06 Nov 2009 "Night School at the Sorrento" offers a novel way of celebrating the Seattle hotel's 100th anniversary. seattletimes.nwsource.com 'The Humbling': Philip Roth at his rawest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Philip Roth remains prolific, unlike the main character in Roth's 30th. novel, a famous actor who has suddenly and inexplicably . rssfeeds.usatoday.com The Objects of the Exercise Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Which came first — Orhan Pamuk’s museum or his new novel, “The Museum of Innocence”? feeds.nytimes.com For Thrillers, Glenn Beck Is Becoming New Oprah Thu, 05 Nov 2009 The outspoken media darling of populist conservatism uses the plots of the novels as a springboard for issues. feeds.nytimes.com Nam Le wins Australia's richest fiction prize Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Nam Le has won Australia's richest literary award for fiction for his collection of short stories, The Boat. www.cbc.ca WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS (AP) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 AP - 1. "Tempted (House of Night Novels)" by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Press) us.rd.yahoo.com Interviews 'I didn't know what Adrian Mole looked like – well, not until I saw John Major on the telly' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Alex Clark interviews Sue Townsend It is hardly acute literary criticism to say that Sue Townsend really knows how to hit the nail on the head, but that she does so with such apparent effortlessness and consistency is surely worth remarking. Witness a poignant little diary entry from Adrian Mole: The. Prostrate Years , which covers the... feeds.guardian.co.uk Alex Rider returns in Crocodile Tears but author Anthony Horowitz hints it might be the end Thu, 05 Nov 2009 In an exclusive interview the author Anthony Horowitz talks to Christopher Middleton about his latest Alex Rider adventure. www.telegraph.co.uk Non-Fiction Obituaries Spanish novelist Francisco Ayala dead at 103 (AFP) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 AFP - Spanish novelist Francisco Ayala, whose works dealt with the abuse of power and who taught at several top universities in the US, died Tuesday at his home in Madrid, his foundation said. He was 103. us.rd.yahoo.com Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss dies at 100 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. www.cbc.ca Poetry American Pastoral Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Jonathan Raban Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field by Anne Whiston Spirn Published in 1935 in the middle of the Depression, William Empson's Some Versions of Pastoral casts a hard modern light on sixteenth.- and seventeenth-century poems... feedproxy.google.com Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century | Book review Sat, 07 Nov 2009 A new collection showcases young poets whose work soars above the tired editorial clichés In 1962, Penguin published an anthology edited by Al Alvarez, bombastically entitled The New Poetry . Alvarez introduced his selection with a now-famous essay in which he expressed his belief that the postwar. English literary scene had become... feeds.guardian.co.uk 'I cannot go on' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 The second volume of TS Eliot's fiercely guarded correspondence reveals the terrible strain he was under caring for his wife and editing the Criterion. By Stefan Collini 'I have written nothing whatsoever for three years and I do not see any immediate likelihood of my writing. The writing of poetry. takes time and I never have any... feeds.guardian.co.uk Stephen King publishes poem in Playboy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 The Bone Church, a narrative work about an ill-fated jungle expedition, appears in November edition Marge Simpson's appearance as its cover girl has attracted a frenzy of media attention, but this month's edition of Playboy magazine contains another, almost equally unexpected celebrity appearance: from. author Stephen King, making a very... feeds.guardian.co.uk Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on (AP) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 AP - Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation's leading literary festivals isn't giving up on readers in a bad economy. us.rd.yahoo.com Prizes U.K. author wins $75,000 US Cundill History Prize Mon, 02 Nov 2009 British historian Lisa Jardine has won the Cundill History Prize for her book Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory, which tells the story of a Britain occupied by a foreign power. www.cbc.ca Canadian, American writers win French literary prizes (AFP) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 AFP - Haitian-born Canadian writer Dany Laferriere and American novelist Dave Eggers on Wednesday were awarded France's Medicis literary prize celebrating original writing. us.rd.yahoo.com Novelist NDiaye wins France's top literary prize Mon, 02 Nov 2009 French-born writer Marie NDiaye has won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Three Strong Women, her moving tale of the struggles of women in Europe and Africa. www.cbc.ca NDiaye, Novelist, Wins France’s Top Literary Prize Tue, 03 Nov 2009 The French writer Marie NDiaye won France’s Prix Goncourt on Monday for “Three Strong Women,” her tale of the struggles of women in Europe and Africa. feeds.nytimes.com Reviews From Egypt to Paris: An Artist Prized for His Travel Sketches Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Peter Brooks Dominique-Vivant Denon, the subject of my piece in the November 19, 2009 issue of the New York Review of Books , is known above all as the first Director of the Louvre—which, under his guidance, became the first encyclopedic public museum. But he was also an artist prized for his. travel sketches and engravings. Since... feedproxy.google.com The Hugo Young Papers edited by Ion Trewin | Book review Sat, 07 Nov 2009 First, to declare an interest: Hugo Young was a political columnist for this paper, and there is a foreword by Alan Rusbridger, the editor. But I'd choose this book even if Young wrote for the Daily Mail and the foreword were by Conrad Black. It would be irresponsible not to. (Not that, I think, he would. ever have written for that... feeds.guardian.co.uk Review: 'SuperFreakonomics' as fun as predecessor (AP) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 AP - "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" (William Morrow, 320 pages. $29.99) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner: In their 2005 book "Freakonomics," economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen. J. Dubner used dozens of interesting... us.rd.yahoo.com How to Find the Best of Lange Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Jonathan Raban Hopi man, 1920s; photograph by Dorothea Lange (Oakland Museum of California) Some visual footnotes to my piece on Dorothea Lange in the new issue of The New York Review . I wrote about her work for the Farm Security Administration and her famous photograph Migrant Mother , and also discussed other areas of her... feedproxy.google.com Fiction Book Reviews: 11/2/2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Reviewed this week, new books by T.C. Boyle, Douglas Preston, Louise Erdrich, Jack Higgins, Jerome Charyn and Jim Harrison. Plus, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein creates an "athiest with a soul," Katherine McMahon unravels a post-WWI mystery, Wallace Stroby kicks off what looks like a promising new series., and Bill Flanagan chronicles 40... www.publishersweekly.com Review: 'The Road Out of Hell' a chilling tale (AP) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 AP - "The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders" (Union Square Press, 304 pages, $24.95), by Anthony Flacco, with Jerry Clark: This is a darkly disturbing true account of a 13-year-old boy, Sanford Clark, sent to live with his uncle on an isolated chicken. farm in California in 1926... us.rd.yahoo.com Web Exclusive Book Reviews: Week of 11/2/2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 This week: stars for Michael Psilakis's How to Roast a Lamb, Andrew Smith's Eating History, Peter Nichols's Final Voyage, Rebecca K. O'Connor's Lift, Desmond Morris's Planet Ape, and Sherry Jones's The Sword of Medina. Plus: journalist Amy Goodman, conservationist Lawrence Anthony, actor Robert Englund., ex-J.A.P. Lisa Fineberg Cook... www.publishersweekly.com Simon & Schuster Unveils Internal E-galley System Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Simon & Schuster has unveiled an e-galley program to provide digital ARCs to the media. Galley Grab, which is still in beta at www.galleygrab.com, offers DRM protected downloads of S&S titles, for review and feature coverage, which can be read on varioues e-readers, including the Sony eReader. and the Nook. www.publishersweekly.com Review: Michael Chabon explores manhood in book (AP) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 AP - "Manhood for Amateurs" (Harper, 320 pages, $25.99), by Michael Chabon: The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include — for literary papas — what you want to write about. us.rd.yahoo.com Review of Roses by Leila Meacham Mon, 02 Nov 2009 This enthralling stunner, a good old-fashioned read, may herald the overdue return of those delicious doorstop epics from such writers as Barbara Taylor Bradford and Colleen McCullough. www.publishersweekly.com Telling Tales by Melissa Katsoulis and Poisoned Pens by Gary Dexter: review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Melissa Katsoulis's Telling Tales and Gary Dexter's Poisoned Pens reveal writers with a talent for hoaxes and invective as well as prose finds Mark Sanderson www.telegraph.co.uk The Arabs by Eugene Rogan: review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Eugene Rogan's history of the Arabs tells a story of humiliation at the hands of outsiders finds Noel Malcolm www.telegraph.co.uk The Humbling by Philip Roth: review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Michael Prodger is disappointed by The Humbling Philip Roth's latest tale of the travails of age www.telegraph.co.uk The Freedoms of Suburbia: review Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Sukhdev Sandhu peeks through the net curtains at The Freedoms of Suburbia by Paul Barker www.telegraph.co.uk Armchair Traveler: Book Review: The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier Sun, 01 Nov 2009 A writer recounts an improbable journey across Eastern Europe and Asia with a friend. feeds.nytimes.com Science Fiction Spirituality Al-Qaeda: The Uzbek Branch in Pakistan Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Christian Caryl A poster created by the US military for Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan on August 27, 2009 Most of the reports about the Pakistani Army’s offensive in Waziristan have mentioned the Islamist extremists. from Uzbekistan hiding out there... feedproxy.google.com General Can Our Shameful Prisons Be Reformed? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By David Cole Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury, with Pamela S. Karlan, Tommie Shelby, and Loïc Wacquant Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice by Paul Butler Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics by Anthony C. Thompson With. approximately 2.3 million people in... feedproxy.google.com The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Steven Poole enjoys a rigorous examination of an abstract notion Humans are often misled by abstract nouns of their own making, and sometimes the bamboozlement can last centuries or more. Because one can say the word "justice", one might conclude that a singular thing or essence called "justice" actually. exists. And so one could spend... feeds.guardian.co.uk New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure (AP) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 AP - "Woodrow Wilson" (Knopf, 704 pages, $35), By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate." if his administration were to be... us.rd.yahoo.com A Great Jump to Disaster? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Tim Flannery The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning by James Lovelock James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? by Peter Ward The idea that Earth is a living thing goes back at least as. far as Plato, who according to Francis... feedproxy.google.com The Shieling by David Constantine | Book freview Sat, 07 Nov 2009 M John Harrison is captivated by a collection of edgy, magical stories The inhabitants of David Constantine's short stories struggle towards secrets they already know – secrets kept somehow from themselves or imparted to them by others and only now pursued. Obsessed by bearings, directions, instructions., they read their way towards... feeds.guardian.co.uk Telling tales Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Taffy Thomas is a one-time fire-eater who has just been appointed the UK's first laureate of storytelling. He joins us on this week's podcast to explain how a personal catastrophe in his mid 30s set him on course for a new life as a weaver of yarns. He also explains why lying is a noble art, why storytelling. is undergoing a renaissance... feeds.guardian.co.uk Napoleon's Eye Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Peter Brooks Dominique-Vivant Denon: L'oeil de Napoléon an exhibition at the Louvre, Paris, October 20, 1999–January 17, 2000 Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris by Andrew McClellan No Tomorrow by Vivant Denon, translated. from the French by Lydia Davis... feedproxy.google.com Secret Love in the Lost City Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Pico Iyer The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely Istanbul, with its many signs of the time when it was the center of the world, becomes something of a museum in the work of Orhan Pamuk, a writer clearly in love with memory itself, and his hometown., and everything that's been lost... feedproxy.google.com Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Sue Halpern Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus, with Karl Weber This past July, a little over a year after the United. Nations Security Council finally... feedproxy.google.com Dreams of Better Schools Thu, 19 Nov 2009 By Andrew Delbanco The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools by E.D. Hirsch Jr. Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us by Mike Rose When Mike Rose, who teaches in the Graduate School of Education at UCLA, made some positive remarks about public schools on a call-in radio show. a few years ago, one listener... feedproxy.google.com How Market Crash Helped Hedge Fund Operator Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Before the financial crisis hit, John Paulson was just your run-of-the-mill hedge fund operator, worth millions of dollars. But when the market crashed, Paulson made billions. How he did it lies at the heart of a new book called The Greatest Trade Ever . The book's author, Gregory R. Zuckerman, offers. his insight. www.npr.org Barnes & Noble Touts Three-Prong Approach Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Try as it might, Barnes & Noble has had a hard time convincing investors and analysts that, as reading moves more and more to e-books, there is a place for retailers that derive most their revenue—and profits—from the sale of print books. In a 90-minute presentation October 27, B&N's management. team did its best to persuade... www.publishersweekly.com Ordinary Heroes: Barbara O'Connor's latest book, 'The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis,' is a big treat Sun, 01 Nov 2009 Popeye lives with his grandmother, Velma, who recites the names of the kings and queens of England in chronological order so she won’t go crazy. What else should we know about Popeye’s life? Popeye lives in a small Southern town with nothing to do in the summer, and he’s bored. And. then, lo and behold, a shiny silver... www.schoollibraryjournal.com Roberto Bolaño was no literary rebel, says novelist Thu, 05 Nov 2009 The myths surrounding the late Chilean author are false, says Bolaño's friend and fellow novelist, Horacio Castellanos Moya He's been compared to James Dean and described as the "Kurt Cobain of Latin-American literature", but the real Roberto Bolaño was very different to the myth created by the. North American cultural establishment... feeds.guardian.co.uk A Nazi at Harvard Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Anthony Grafton Ernst Hanfstaengl (center, with raised arm), who served as foreign press chief for the Nazi party, in the Harvard Class of 1909 parade, June, 1934, from Stephen Norwood’s The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower , courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Print Department In 1934, the. Harvard class of 1909 held its 25th... feedproxy.google.com The fictional world of Charlotte Grimshaw Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Richard Lea meets a writer who is acutely conscious of the tension between fact and fabrication "Oh God, did I?" With a sharp intake of breath, Charlotte Grimshaw puts a hand to her mouth, a dim recollection surfacing in her mind. She shakes her head. "The internet . " An embarrassed laugh. "Ah shit., I did too. I'd forgotten about that... feeds.guardian.co.uk Fury after women writers excluded from 'books of the year' Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Campaigners incensed after Publishers Weekly's top 10 titles of 2009 ignores female authors US trade magazine Publishers Weekly has come under fire for failing to include a single woman in its list of the top 10 titles of 2009. From Richard Holmes's history of science in the Romantic generation, The Age of Wonder, to Blake Bailey's... feeds.guardian.co.uk A Touch of Grace Sun, 01 Nov 2009 From Grace Lin’s blog: June 19, 2007 Relief Even though I have been quiet about it, the last two weeks have been really brutal. Robert has suffered viciously, yet still soldiered on. I felt the least I could do was try to do the same. But the last few days have brought improvement and relief, and as it rains upon us, my creative... www.schoollibraryjournal.com Weiss to St. Martin's Thu, 05 Nov 2009 Veteran publishing exec Dan Weiss has a new job as publisher at large at St. Martin’s, reporting to Matthew Shear, who is senior v-p and publisher of the house’s paperback and consumer reference groups. Weiss will work on developing content for Gen Y readers—“emerging adults who. are navigating career, love and... www.publishersweekly.com Barnes and Noble Eying European Expansion Mon, 2 Nov 2009 Barnes and Noble is considering expanding into Europe, according to The Bookseller. The bookseller wants to expand its online store, BN.com, and has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to find a new head of international business. [Techcrunch] reports that the job entails building the international. business for BN.com from scratch... www.readersread.com

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