New book from Jennifer Jordan about mountains
16 Aug 2010 23:51:06
Before “The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2" have been written, the Jennifer Jordan was at the base of the mountain in 2002, there she stumbled upon a grisly discovery: "There, laid out on the rocks and ice, was the very recognizable skeleton of a human being: the pelvis, two femurs, and scattered ribs." Jordan prefaces the book with that moment, then backtracks to tell the story from start to finish about how a wealthy American named Dudley Wolfe died alone i... Read Full Story
New little about great and amazing
16 Aug 2010 23:47:21
It is amazing news, it is new book: New Stories from the South: 2010: The Year's Best," by Amy Hempel. It is not long awful stories. Now you can enjoy by reading the collection of short fiction marks the 25th anniversary of the series showcasing the work of writers connected to the South. Edited by the author Amy Hempel, it offers a range of compelling voices, some from established writers like Rick Bass and Elizabeth Spencer, but more often from lesser-known talents whose work appears in little... Read Full Story
Democrats wants’ to be like Christopher Coolidge
16 Aug 2010 22:59:26
Now we will speak about politic and democracy. In publication one book that included Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee, and great-grandson Christopher Coolidge Jeter, the late president's only direct descendant.
There was two candidates from democratic for the presidency — Sen. John Kerry, now chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts — have joined 19 other political figures in writing a laudatory... Read Full Story
New book about the World War II
14 Aug 2010 23:34:40
The Foen was writing for 7-8 years, it was drew on the knowledge and expertise of Julian Hunt, the former head of the UK Meteorological Office (the British national weather service), to form the bones of his new book.
Set in Britain during World War Two, "Turbulence", published in the United States on August 20, focuses on a young English meteorologist charged with helping predict the best time for an Allied invasion of German-occupied France in 1944.
Getting the crucial weather forecast right... Read Full Story
Holes by Louis Sachar
14 Aug 2010 23:29:40
The book Holes was written by Louis Sachar – a book that sold more than 8m copies and not only won, but deserved to win, a shelf-full of prestigious awards. So his publishers must have been pretty excited when his new manuscript came in. I picture them all crowding round Sachar saying: "What's it about? What's it about?" "It's about bridge." "Bridges? As in Madison County? As in On the River Kwai?" "No, bridge as in the complicated card game favoured by retired professionals." "Oh. Right. Bridg... Read Full Story
Stewart Lee and his new comedy book
14 Aug 2010 20:54:17
This story is about one popular and the most enigmatic comedians Stewart Lee. He is one of the best in his business.
His slow, measured voice, his sulky, hectoring manner, and his relentlessly logical fury make him a compelling stand-up. In an industry where blandness is often rewarded above all else, Stewart Lee is an oasis of intellect and originality. He is unlikely to appear at the Royal Variety Performance any time soon (unless the Queen expresses an interest in material about the prof... Read Full Story
Elaine Koster went from his life
14 Aug 2010 09:36:07
Elaine Koster was a literary agent and publisher with a great talent. He helped Stephen King and Khaled Hosseini and "The Kite Runner,". He was 69 when he died. It was on Tuesday at 12 of August.
In 1998, she started the Elaine Koster Literary Agency, where clients have included Monique Truong, Kimberla Lawson Roby and Julie Buxbaum. Her most notable find was Hosseini, whose manuscript for "The Kite Runner" had been turned down by numerous other agents. According to Hosseini, she was so e... Read Full Story
The winners of the 31st American Book Awards
14 Aug 2010 09:25:32
We know the names of the winners of the 31st annual American Book Awards , they are Dave Eggers and Amiri Baraka. This award is given for literary works that cover "the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community."
The winner work from Eggers was "Zeitoun," a novel set in post-Katrina New Orleans, the Baraka work was "Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music."
More than a dozen winners were announced Thursday, including Sesshu Foster's "World Ball Notebook" a... Read Full Story
Digital books and publisher
14 Aug 2010 09:21:11
Today the functions of publisher become vague. The reason of this is very simple. In our days electronic books become more and more popular. And to publish then in the internet may the author.
With Apple's iPad recently joining Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader as devices for reading downloaded books, power in publishing might just be shifting in the authors' favour.
For as long as anyone has been writing books, authors' careers have rested on the judgments or whims of publishers. Would th... Read Full Story
Thriller must- reads! New selection from ITW
13 Aug 2010 09:46:19
Now, he and other members of TW members decided that it is necessary to chose 100 works of suspense on the basis of the impact each had on the genre. An essay analyzing a particular work's importance is accompanied by brief biographies of the author and the essay writer, often a noted author.
The book starts with the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur. It has been deemed the first-ever thriller because the story involves a labyrinth, a monster and a clean escape. The book ends with Dan Brown'... Read Full Story
Fantasy story from Tolkien and Dickens
13 Aug 2010 09:37:38
Wow! Amazing news!!! The grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first time on a verse retelling of a classic fantasy story.
The author of popular the Lord of the Rings poet Michael GR Tolkien, was inspired by Florence Bone's prose fantasy for children, The Rose-Coloured Wish, first published in 1923. It is not simple story, the story is about two children who set out to use an evil enchanter's wishing chain of stones to save their al... Read Full Story
`Displaced Persons' by Ghita Schwarz. Time after war
13 Aug 2010 09:05:11
In the novel it is a time of the end the World War II. It is May 1945. In a aconcentration camp where Pavel has been recently liberated to make the way to a British-run relocation center where he befriends a young widow named Fela and a wayward teenage boy named Chaim, who has temporarily landed in trouble for trading on the black markets. Pavel has got a dream to emigrate in America.
After 15 years this dream has become true. Pavel and Fela are married, scraping by on Pavel's earnings as ... Read Full Story
