New unusual theories from Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in the "The Grand Design"
08 Sep 2010 01:33:39
Hawking likes the tale of the old lady who accused a lecturing cosmologist of talking nonsense: She knew for a fact that the whole universe lies on a flat plate, borne on the back of an enormous turtle.
"What does the turtle stand on?" the lecturer asked.
"Another turtle," she replied. "It's turtles all the way down."
For some readers, the answer from Hawking, known for his work on black holes and author of the best-selling "A Brief History of Time," and physicist Leonard Mlodinow, may not be... Read Full Story
Thriller "Trail of Blood" by Lisa Black
08 Sep 2010 01:31:58
In the nearest time in all bookshops will appear new work from Lisa Black "Trail of Blood". The discovery of a body that appears to have been hidden for over 70 years spurs a contemporary murder spree in "Trail of Blood," Lisa Black's latest novel featuring forensic scientist Theresa MacLean.
A serial murderer terrorized Cleveland during the Great Depression and was never caught. In modern times, a building that's being demolished reveals an ancient resident with the trademark wounds that appe... Read Full Story
The winners of the Booker Prize
08 Sep 2010 01:28:40
Peter Carey took home Bookers in 1988 for "Oscar and Lucinda" and in 2001 for "True History of the Kelly Gang." He would be the first writer to win the prize three times, but is considered a long shot.
The early favorite, according to bookmaker William Hill, is British writer Tom McCarthy, whose wildly experimental "C" — the story of a technology-obssessed 20th-century everyman — has drawn comparisons to James Joyce.
William Hill made McCarthy the 2-1 favorite, and offered 5-1 odds on a Carey... Read Full Story
New mystery story from Sara Paretsky
06 Sep 2010 22:59:55
An Iraqi war veteran is charged with the crime and his parents hire Warshawski, setting off a chain of crime and corruption that links Warshawski's investigation from Chicago to Baghdad. From there, the mystery unfolds.
"The person who is arrested in the opening chapter is never guilty of the crime," Paretsky says during an interview in the upstairs study at her home on Chicago's South Side, her golden retriever Callie curled up on the floor nearby.
"Why do the police continue to doubt V.I.'s ... Read Full Story
Oprah's Book Club will include the book «The Oprah Winfrey Show" in their list
06 Sep 2010 22:58:30
Winfrey will announce her 64th and latest pick during a live episode airing on Sept. 17. That would be 14 years to the day that Winfrey announced her first book club selection — Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" — on Sept. 17, 1996.
Winfrey's book club choices have vaulted to best-seller lists and instant fame. Her last choice was author Uwem Akpan's short story collection "Say You're One Of Them."
It's not known if Winfrey's latest pick will be her last on "The Oprah Winfrey S... Read Full Story
Sensation scandal in literature
06 Sep 2010 22:55:50
Sexist, obscene, racist were the accusations thrown at Michel Houellebecq over his previous novels. Now it's plagiarism, after France's best-known living writer allegedly cut and pasted chunks of Wikipedia into his new book.
"La carte et le territoire" (The Map and the Territory) has just hit the bookshops in time for France's frenzied autumn publishing season and is a favourite to win the prestigious Goncourt literary prize in November.
The eagerly awaited book gleefully satirises the Paris a... Read Full Story
Barnes & Noble's Inc litigation
03 Sep 2010 21:24:41
The Delaware Court of Chancery in August rejected Burkle's claim that the company's "poison pill" limiting any one shareholder's stake to 20 percent was unfair.
Burkle, whose Yucaipa Cos. has a 19 percent stake in the company, has criticized Barnes & Noble's management and said the shareholder rights plan unfairly favors chairman Leonard Riggio and his family.
Burkle nominated three members to Barnes & Noble's board of directors, initiating a proxy fight after the suit was dismissed. Riggio an... Read Full Story
The Dan Brown ‘s popular is ended
03 Sep 2010 21:22:41
It isn’t easy to save popularity when you was followed by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, who penned the Millennium trilogy, and big screen favourites JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, responsible for the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
Meanwhile, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson became the first non-fiction author to make the annual survey's top 10 most donated list, at number eight.
Oxfam's best-selling author Ian Rankin said: ''It's great to be Oxfam's most purchased author for the second... Read Full Story
It isn’t hard to write novel, when it is based your life
03 Sep 2010 21:18:54
"It just started out of my life, what was happening to me," the 27-year-old author says of "Richard Yates," a novel about a young New York writer and the New Jersey teen he meets online. "Usually, if something is notable to me in my life, I'll write about it and use it later for fiction."
Much about Lin seems true and not true, a question mark and exclamation point. The author lives in a gated apartment house in Brooklyn that has a "Beware of Dog" sign out front, even though there is no dog. "R... Read Full Story
London is the place of music. Again.
03 Sep 2010 02:02:20
The production with music and lyrics by Alex Loveless opens at the Union Theatre on Wednesday and Ishiguro showed his enthusiasm by attending a private preview on Tuesday.
"I'm not a big fan of West End musicals. They are not really my cup of tea, but the musical form can be used to tell all kinds of stories," the author said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Remains of the Day", Ishiguro's third novel, won the 1989 Man Booker prize and a 1993 film version starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Th... Read Full Story
Sweet and hot Brazil from Larry Rohter
03 Sep 2010 02:00:14
The book "Brazil on the Rise" takes the viewpoint that "maybe, just maybe, the future has finally arrived."
Rohter does a good job of summing up Brazil's history and idiosyncrasies before embarking on a powerful and well-informed argument about the state of Brazil's economy and why the country with its vast array of natural resources now seems poised to achieve the world power status that has long eluded it.
Having vanquished the staggering inflation that long plagued the country in the mid-19... Read Full Story
Borders Group Inc took the second place in the list of U.S. bookseller
03 Sep 2010 01:58:35
Borders Group Inc., the No. 2 traditional U.S. bookseller, reported a slightly wider loss in the second quarter as revenue fell 12 percent because of weak book sales.
THE GOOD: Online revenue rose 56 percent, and the company's bargain and cafe segments had positive revenue in stores open at least a year.
THE BAD: Debt rose 3 percent to $262.1 million at the end of the quarter. Revenue in stores open at least one year fell 6.8 percent overall on lower transaction sizes.
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