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PW Tip Sheet: Everyone Loves a List
Have you, like me, been binging on year-end best-of lists for the past two weeks?
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So Much They Can't Share: A Q&A with Jodi Kantor
In The Obamas, journalist Kantor expands on her personal-is-political approach to look at the evolving relationships among the Obama family, the White House, and the Presidency.
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Two Questions for a Bookseller: Watermark Returns
The Tip Sheet called up Sarah Bagby, owner of Watermark Books in Wichita, Kan., to find out what’s being exchanged during the annual post-holiday gift-correction season.
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Art Check: Timekeeping for Aesthetes
To kick off the new year, Flammarion (and their distributor, Rizzoli) shares some captivating images from the forthcoming volume The Mastery of Time, an illustrated history by Dominique Flechon.
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On-Sale Calendar: Week of January 9, 2012
Your complete list of releases for the second week of the new year.
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PW Picks: On Sale the Week of January 9, 2012
This week, a fistful of mystery-thrillers bump up against bios of Elizabeth II and the Obamas, as well as a fascinating memoir from the "godfather of rap."
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24 Million Secondary Characters: A Q&A with Adam Johnson
The Tip Sheet asked the author of The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea what kind of impact the death of “dear leader” Kim Jong-il will have on the nation’s oppressed citizenry.
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Excerpt: No Escape for Ivanov
The hero of Matthew Reilly’s military adventure series, codename “Scarecrow,” is back in the bluntly-titled Scarecrow Returns, a star-worthy jaunt to recover a dastardly weapon from a long-forgotten Soviet base in the Arctic circle.
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PW Tip Sheet: The Sneaky Season
The end of the year has once again taken me by surprise. The sudden short work week! The encroachment of holiday plans! The final gift-buying bender! The PW Tip Sheet editorial!
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And You Keep Your Pants Pulled Up: A Q&A with John Bridges
John Bridges, author of seven titles in Thomas Nelson's GentleManners series, discusses the update to his guide for young men 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know.
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Art Check: The Woodman Mystique
Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) stands as one of the most tragic, enigmatic figures in photography, a wunderkind who burst on the scene seemingly fully-formed at age 15, then took her own life just seven years later.
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On-Sale Calendar: Weeks of December 26, 2011 and January 2, 2012
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PW Picks: On Sale the Weeks of December 26, 2011 and January 2, 2012
It's an escapist fiction downpour! With releases from Tami Hoag, Eloisa James, Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, James Patterson, William Gibson, Sara Paretsky, Janet Evanovich, Tod Rob Smith, Daniel Handler, and more.
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PW Tip Sheet: Invasion of the Price Snatchers
The example of two book businesses in the news this week--Amazon.com and Shakespeare & Co.--raise an important question: Yes, businesses are meant to make money, but is that really all we should expect of them?
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PW Picks: On Sale the Week of December 19, 2011
Our helpful weekly selection includes nonfiction on what it means to be human, what it means to live on a one-of-the-kind planet, how to find a new best friend, how to plan for the next market collapse, and more.
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When Kindness Attacks: A Q&A with Barbara Oakley
The Tip Sheet asked Barbara Oakley, one of the editors of Pathological Altruism, to explain the concept that’s been taking scientists, economists, and book reviewers by surprise.
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Three Questions for a Bookseller: Ditch Amazon Day at Third Street
For one day at Third Street Books, customers who brought in proof of a cancelled Amazon account got 15% off their purchase and a five-dollar gift certificate. PW caught up with owner Sylla McClellan to see how it went.
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Art Check: Rayner's Colorful New Croc
This week, FSG releases Catherine Rayner's latest, Solomon Crocodile, about a lonely reptile with a knack for trouble. Here, they share a few images with the Tip Sheet ahead of Solomon's Dec. 20 release.
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Excerpt: The Shootist and the Playwright
In the opening scene of Mike Resnick's The Doctor and the Kid, Doc Holliday meets a clever, up-and-coming young playwright named Oscar Wilde.
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On-Sale Calendar: Week of December 19, 2011
Your complete release calendar for Monday the 19th through Sunday the 25th.
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