Books: News
Currently listing articles 644-601:
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008— (Another) new James Patterson novel, along with new fiction by Daniel Silva, J. A. Jance, Suzanne Brockmann, and more.
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Criss Angel Mindfreak Giveaway!— Enter to win a Prize Pack to celebrate the premiere of season 4, July 23 at 10pm ET/9C on the A&E Network.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008— Janis Ian, A New Zealand Story, The Rise and Fall of IG Farben, Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization, Mao's Last Dancer...
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Review: Amazon Kindle - Books Were Just A 'Gateway Drug'!— Built-in wireless (called Whispernet) downloading is also free with purchase of the Kindle.
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The Kamasutra Code (And Questionable Coffee Table Book): Ancient Treatise Is A New Bestseller— The ancient treatise on sex drives a publishing boom.
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Book Review: Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age by Maggie Jackson— Distracted author Maggie Jackson is more distracted by her own predetermined opinions.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 14, 2008— The latest in Eoin Colfer's popular children's series, plus some new mysteries, romances, and thrillers.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction Books for the Week of July 14, 2008— Madonna: Ciccone rivalry rears an ugly read, Notes of an American Tomato Farmer, Lang Lang's 'Story,' 'Lessons' from Ward Connerly, Research Design, Web Tools...
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction Books for the Week of July 07, 2008— The CIA, Ballroom Dancing, Black Religion, Dana and Christopher Reeve, L. M. Montgomery, Ben J. Wattenberg, Julia Reed, "Bloody Mary"...
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 7, 2008— New fiction this week by Robert Crais, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Nora Roberts, Stephen L. Carter, and others.
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Book Review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall— About as unbiased look into the FLDS as one could possibly find.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction Books for the Week of June 30, 2008— Old Blood and Guts, The Olympics That Changed the World, The Dancer Within, The Simple Life, Sichan Siv...
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 23, 2008— New fiction this week from Joyce Carol Oates, Ethan Canin, James Rollins, Danielle Steele, and others.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction Books for the Week of June 23, 2008— Barbara Ehrenreich, Dick Morris, Louis XIV, Stuntmen, Lee Morgan, Tomboys, Hidden Codes, Evolution, Old Beijing, Forgers, Dancers, Elephants...
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Book Review: Grand Theft Childhood - The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do by Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson — You'll likely see this informative book in a college class over a book club, but leisurely readers can easily find helpful advice.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 16, 2008— New fiction this week by Marian Keyes, Jane Green, Peter David, Poppy Adams, Billie Letts, and more.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction For the Week of June 9, 2008— Doris Day, Kathryn Harrison, Pete Sampras, Grandmaster Flash, Karl Rove, Douglas J. Preston, Oscar de la Hoya, Glenn Gould, Meredith Norton, and Peter M. Senge.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of June 9, 2008— New fiction by James Patterson, Uwem Akpan, Jackie Collins, David Wroblewski and others.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of June 2, 2008— The summer reading season is here, and The Early Word is here to steer you in the right direction.
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Website Review: Vagabondage Press Launches Online Literary Magazine The Battered Suitcase— Literary website that means what it says.
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Book News: Musician Jimmy Buffett Hams It Up In New Book Swine Not?— This is one of the summer reads I'm really looking forward to. Jimmy Buffett is a great all-around enterainer.
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Book Review: Headless Body in Topless Bar - The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper by the New York Post staff— The staff of America's most notorious daily paper compile its most memorable front pages.
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Book Review: The Race Card — How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse by Richard Thompson Ford— A Stanford law professor pens a classic on how to approach racism in a world where the very notion is passé.
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Book Review: The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo— The man who ran the Sanford Prison Experiment shows how evil is not just a thing within the individual.
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Book Review: The Fattening of America - How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do About It by Eric A. Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman— If you are concerned about the costs of obesity and wonder what to do about it, read this book.
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Satire - Of No Consequence: The Fictional Diary of Margaret B. Jones— Margaret B. Jones lied to the publishing world, but that was the least of her worries.
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The 2008 New York Book Festival: Celebrate And Get Singled Out — The awards ceremony will be hosted at the literary landmark Algonquin Hotel June 27, followed the next day by a festival in Central Park.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of February 17, 2008— Deepak Chopra, Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb, Lisa Scottoline, Michael Palmer, Elizabeth Moon, Jacqueline Winspear...
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of February 10, 2008— Benazir Bhutto, Susan Jacoby's Age of American Unreason, Michael Scheuer's Marching Toward Hell; Grimes, Higgins, Toltz, McDaniel, Millhauser, Divakaruni, Baxter, Berenson...
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Book Review: The Theocons - Secular America Under Siege by Damon Linker — This a scary and important book for anyone interested in the workings of the current U.S. government to read.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of January 27, 2008— FICTION: Grisham, Krentz, Banks; All Shall Be Well, And All Shall Be Well, And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well. NONFICTION: Stranger than Fiction.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of January 20, 2008— Kinsella, King, Cornwell, Delinsky, Martin, Lescroart, Schwartz; plus the Race Card, the Electronic Mob, Reflections on Hillary Clinton, Predictions from the Experts...
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Book News: Canadian Publisher, Raincoast Books, Stops Publishing— Raincoast Books announced it was ceasing to publish books - except Harry Potter of course.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of January 13, 2008— Stephen King, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Newt Gingrich, Tom Cruise, Stuart Woods, Delinsky, Bernhardt, Cornwell, Corporate Whistleblower, Whyte, Bush Tragedy...
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of December 23, 2007— It's uncanny: On Christmas morning you can tell a book by its cover. Bookstores have new gifts this week. Be canny and make an exchange.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Weeks Of December 9 & 16, 2007— Condoleezza Rice, George H.W. Bush, Steve Berry, Cecelia Ahern, J.D. Robb, Chris Ware, Tao Te Ching, World War II, Why Women Wear What They Wear...
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of December 2, 2007— With most of the new books in the stores by now, it's all-fiction slim pickin's this week: Sue Grafton, Jim Butcher, Harry Turtledove.
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An Interview With Howard Kurtz, Author of Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War, Part Two— "I think Katie Couric made a number of mistakes when she got to CBS and is paying the price."
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Book Review: Boom! Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today by Tom Brokaw— The Sixties exploded onto the United States, and the repercussions of those years are still being felt, as shown in Tom Brokaw's new book.
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Bringing Books Into Generation G(adget): The Amazon Kindle
— Books meet new technology with Amazon.com's new Kindle, an e-book reader with some interesting possibilities.
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Norman Mailer, 1923-2007: An Appreciation— A nod of appreciation to an influential writer.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of November 11, 2007— This week featuring "The Letters of Noel Coward: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck."
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Graphic Novel Review: Shooting War by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman— Shooting War is a rousing war story with terrific suspense and enough political provocation to keep people talking for months.
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of November 4, 2007— Lou Dobbs, 'Best Music Writing', Brokaw, Borat, Baldacci, Cussler, Iles, Frank McCourt, J.D. Robb, Raymond Chandler, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Joe McCarthy, NYSE, Mitfords, Robot Love...
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