Books to Read
All about sharing and recommending new books for all us bookworms.
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blackparade's favourite series, bt author Paul Stewart and wonderfully illustrated by Chris Riddel
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The spot for the awesome book about lightness and heaviness by Milan Kundera
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Steampunk - a artistic/cultural movement spawned from such writers as HG Wells, Jules Verne and other writers of Victorian era Sci-fi.
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Advance Readers' Copies -- one of the many benefits of working at a bookstore. For those who might not know what that phrase refers to though, it means I (and other booksellers) are invited, even encouraged, to read advance copies of books before they are officially released to the public. In this world of thousands upon thousands of books, publishers often send out a free copy in hopes that a particularly enthusiastic recipient will personally promote the work to his or her customers, and thus increase sales exponentally. |
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"I still get nightmares," begins Johnny Truant, editor of House of Leaves ("House," by the way, always colored in blue). He goes on to explain how he stumbled upon the fateful document that would consume him. How Zampanò, an old and eccentric shut-in had left his critique of the Navidson Record scribbled on loose-leaf papers, book covers, and the backs of envelopes and even stamps scattered across his room. Johnny diligently collected all of the papers and organized them into the comprehensive thesis it was meant to be. It is an elaborate and detailed explanation of a documentary... |
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Books About Reading The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs Just for the heck of it, one day A.J. Jacobs decided to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, all thirty-two volumes. Surprisingly his details about his adventure is quite amusing and he does share some very interesting tidbits from the EB. Or as Jon Stewart says: "The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well... |
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Source: Christian Retailing via Topix
Author Mark Dever is scheduled to appear today on Moody Radio's "Prime Time America" to discuss his new book, Twelve Challenges Churches Face .
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Barbara Wilson, author of The Invisible Bond: How to Break Free From Your Sexual Past , was scheduled to appear this week, starting today, on the "FamilyLife Today" radio program.
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Provident Label Group has promoted Laurie Chimento to its senior director of marketing position.
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Zondervan has hired Steve Sammons as its new vice president for consumer engagement, a position created to oversee its recently formed consumer engagement group within the marketing department.
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Source: Christian Retailing via Topix
Mike Miller, the new executive publisher of NavPress, said he is going to bring the publishing company back to its roots as a "mission based, servant publisher," in a recent statement.
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