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Source: powells.com Date: 1 hour 49 minutes ago Powell's Books is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. We carry an extensive collection of out of print rare, and technical titles as well as many other new and used books in every field. More Source: www.conversationalreading.com Date: 11 hours 38 minutes ago Paper Cuts excerpts a hilarious Bolano interview from the new Melville House title Roberto Bolano: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations . Why hilarious? To wit: M.M.: Have you shed one tear about the widespread criticism you’ve drawn from your enemies? R.B.: Lots and lots. Every time I read More Source: www.press.uillinois.edu Date: 13 hours 59 minutes ago Many, many authors have suggested that I send a review copy of his/her book to Oprah. I am 0 for 50 or so at this point. And though my batting average will likely never increase, I know that in 2011 the futility will end when Oprah ceases hosting her current program. PhenixPhenix evaluates More Source: www.artsjournal.com Date: 17 hours 41 minutes ago "Borders, which also has the Books Etc brand, was thought to be in discussions with rivals including Waterstone's-owner HMV about selling the business, but concern is now growing that the retailer is on the brink of collapsing into administration."... More Source: samhainpublishing.com Date: 17 hours 57 minutes ago National bestselling author Shiloh Walker, creator of the Hunters series… will be signing your much loved books. You the reader will be able to meet this exhilarating author who let’s you know what it feels like to be “hunted”. More Source: www.indexbook.com Date: 20 hours 35 minutes ago Good 50x70 : Graphic Design Books : Varios Autores : Good 50x70 is a contest with a world wide footprint that calls for posters that confront seven of the critical issues affecting today s world. More Source: www.powells.com Date: Nov 24, 2009 This zany miscellany isn't an ordinary encyclopedia by any measure. It's a collection of crazy, mixed-up, and highly addictive facts for young readers. Inside, kids will find thousands of strange, interesting, and incredible facts served up in a completely... More Source: stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com Date: Nov 24, 2009 From the BBC:Borders' website suspends book sales Borders has 45 stores across the UK The website of the Borders bookshop chain in More Source: www.resourceshelf.com Date: Nov 23, 2009 2010 Ten best books in urban planning, design and developmentPlanetizen is pleased to release its ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development. This years assortment ranges from an impassioned argument for making transit fun to a low-key and More Source: www.fromthesquare.org Date: Nov 23, 2009 On my way to the booth, walking across gravel made bright white by the blazing Caribbean sun, my status as a civilian—clean shaven, dressed in a tie and formal shoes—was punctuated by the loud sounds of practice machine-gun fire in the distance. More Source: www.rarebooknews.com Date: Nov 23, 2009 " For Surjit Hans, a well known Punjabi litterateur and retired professor of history, reading Shakespeare in English was not very easy. So he translated the Bard's plays into Punjabi." Read this article.... More Date: Nov 23, 2009 I was stunned to realize that this volume didn’t conclude the series, since so many plot points are tied up and conflicts resolved. All the themes of the series are prominently on display: More Source: www.beneaththecover.com Date: Nov 23, 2009 “Gratitude” wrote William Faulkner, “is a quality similar to electricity —it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at More Source: lailalalami.com Date: Nov 22, 2009 When I was an undergraduate at University Mohammed-V, I used to find all my English-language books at the aptly named English Bookshop in downtown Rabat. The store was so tiny that the aisles only fit one person at a time. More Source: features.csmonitor.com Date: Nov 21, 2009 Books: Book reviews, news from the literary world, and a daily blog by the books editor of The Christian Science Monitor. More Source: www.post-gazette.com Date: Nov 21, 2009 "The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900" By Domenic Bradbury with photographs by Richard Powers Thames Hudson, $65 The world's most influential houses are in this More Source: www.austinchronicle.com Date: Nov 20, 2009 On topics of interest alone – first diaries in A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries, now letters in Yours Ever: People and Their Letters – one might accuse the essayist and novelist Thomas Mallon of voyeurism, or at least of a fetish for being the uninvited guest. More Source: www.themanbookerprize.com Date: Nov 18, 2009 Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, is today (Wednesday 18th November) announced as Chair of the judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Andrew Motion is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, University of London and co-founder of the online Poetry Archive. More Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Date: Nov 17, 2009 Stephenie Meyer, the author of the phenomenally successful Twilight Saga books, has broken Waterstone's record for the fastest time to sell a million copies. More Source: www.publetariat.com Date: Nov 17, 2009 April L. Hamilton issues a challenge for indie authors to put their money and influence where their mouths are. More Previous | Next
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