Again about winners of the National Book Awards
18 Oct 2010 13:19:08
Krauss was nominated for her third novel, "Great House," about loss and longing, alongside Australian author Carey for his historical work "Parrot and Olivier in America" in the top category for fiction.
They were joined by Lionel Shriver for "So Much for That," which examines America's health care system, Jaimy Gordon for "Lord of Misrule," and Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita for her novel, "I Hotel."
But Franzen, whose "Freedom" received lavish attention and high praise from cri... Read Full Story
A lot of interesting and new about cats in
17 Oct 2010 21:37:44
In "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World," published in 2008, Myron told the story of Dewey Readmore Books, the bright orange fur-ball abandoned in the book return drop-box in the public library of Spencer, Iowa, in the middle of winter.
Myron had recently become director of the library. After nursing the nearly frozen kitten back to health, she decided that Dewey was just what the library — and the small town of Spencer — needed. When Dewey died in 2006, his obituary ran in ... Read Full Story
Condoleezza Rice commented mistakes that was in her memoir
17 Oct 2010 21:34:46
Unlike former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose recent memoir made headlines for his assertion that he does not regret joining the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Rice does not address her role in helping lead America to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in her memoir.
The memoir is the first of two planned volumes and reflects on her parents raising her as an only child in the race-fueled 1950s and 1960s American South. It also tells the story of how the education promoted by her parents -- ... Read Full Story
Something new about planes in sky in
17 Oct 2010 21:27:57
Amid the gloom, there was one great source of pride: Britain's leadership in the development of a commercial jetliner that would usher in a new era in air travel. The de Havilland Comet, a sleek, bullet-shaped plane with its four engines tucked into its wings, made its debut in 1952 and was the odds-on favorite to be the first to fly passengers across the Atlantic.
That was before three Comets blew apart in the sky in less than a year. As the aircraft maker scrambled to determine the cause of t... Read Full Story
For all who were in twentieth century
16 Oct 2010 22:45:06
The idea of grouping a bunch of eyewitness historical accounts into a book is not new, but "We Were There: An Eyewitness History of the Twentieth Century" is still a fun read. This selection, edited by Robert Fox, covers mostly the 20th century, from the time of the Wright brothers' flight to the recent mass protests in Iran. Pages in between include accounts of two world wars, communist uprisings, sieges and head-spinning cultural changes.
Readers meet Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and some ... Read Full Story
Garry Wills wrote new book
16 Oct 2010 18:25:44
Wills meets the challenge with his usual literary aplomb. This collection of well-crafted essays, in which he revisits people he has encountered and events he has witnessed as a journalist, professor and historian, might be the only later-in-life memoir we will see from the busy Pulitzer Prize winner.
He seems comfortable in his own skin, whether it's as a bookish teenager who annoyed his father by reading so much or as a conventional adult who never smoked marijuana (or even tobacco) and never... Read Full Story
Who is the winner of Prize for literature?
16 Oct 2010 17:05:05
British author Howard Jacobson was named the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel about love, loss and Jewishness.
Jacobson's work "The Finkler Question" defied the odds Tuesday to pick up the award and 50,000 pounds (80,000 dollars, 55,000 euros) prize money for his tale of two old school friends and their teacher.
The London columnist and writer -- twice previously longlisted for the Booker -- beat favourite Tom McCarthy and double winner... Read Full Story
The Anne Frank rights were sold
08 Oct 2010 03:20:11
The international rights to a book telling the stories of six classmates of Anne Frank, who unlike her survived the Holocaust, went up for sale Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
"It's a very simple and dignified book, which is receiving strong interest," Robert Walsh, the literary agent who holds the rights, told AFP.
Of the 21 children in Anne Frank's class at the Jewish school she attended in Amsterdam, 11 survived World War II and six are still alive today.
One of them, Theo Coster, hi... Read Full Story
People do not lose interest to the ancient books
08 Oct 2010 03:18:10
Here, visitors leaf reverently through treasures such as a first edition of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species", a beautifully illustrated 13th century bible or original equations scribbled by Albert Einstein.
For the first time, the "antiquariat", as it is known, has its own separate home at the Frankfurt Book Fair, a world away from the hubbub of the main show, with its high-tech displays, snazzy presentations and frantic deal-making.
The pace here is a little slower. "I even sold a book ye... Read Full Story
Would you like to live in the world, which not far ago was only utopia?
08 Oct 2010 03:15:31
Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon had wanted Nader to shorten the book for hardcover, but the author-activist resisted. For the paperback, out next spring, Simon told Nader that foreign publishers wanted cuts to reduce the price of translation.
"Colleagues of ours in Japan and many other countries were saying, `I would love to publish this book, but I cannot do it at 700 pages,'" Simon explained. "When I came back, Ralph was moved by these stories and he agreed to let us take a whack at a short... Read Full Story
Philip Roth "Nemesis"
06 Oct 2010 23:49:11
The author, celebrated for such novels as "The Human Stain," believes there is nothing anyone can do about it. Yet, even as he shares his belief about new technology, it is hard not to consider that by writing shorter books -- something he has done regularly since his 1959 debut "Goodbye, Columbus" -- Roth has long been ahead of his time.
"It is a shame. It is also what is happening, and there is nothing at all to do about it," the 77-year-old Roth told Reuters, discussing the changing publishi... Read Full Story
Would you like to read the world biggest book?
06 Oct 2010 23:45:13
The world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt is used to seeing some big book launches, but none came larger than a six-by-nine-foot (two-by-three-metre) Atlas unveiled on Wednesday.
Yours for a cool 100,000 dollars, Australian publisher Gordon Cheers said that the last book even close in size to his 128-page volume was the Klencke Atlas, produced in 1660 as a gift for Charles II of England.
"But that was about one foot smaller than this," Cheers proudly told AFP. "This is the first time a book t... Read Full Story
