Discount Book Stores News for 11/13/2008



Thirteen Books That Shaped America (NPR)
From The Federalist Papers to The Feminine Mystique, Jay Parini's Promised Land examines 13 books that shaped and changed America. Maureen Corrigan has a review...

John Leonard, RIP - Boston Globe
How sad. John Leonard, the TV critic for New York magazine, died last night . He was 69 years old. Leonard has always been one of my favorite writers -- about TV, about books, about music, about culture. He was incredibly smart, and his range of ...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Tablet ignites debate on messiah, Resurrection
July 6, 2008 -- JERUSALEM -- A 3-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a...

Books written and inspired by Obama get an election boost - USA Today
EUR¢ The Audacity of Hope , his 2006 book on politics and faith, is No. 8, up from No. 43, on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list to be published Thursday. EUR¢ Dreams From My Father , Obama's 1995 memoir, reissued in 2004, is No. 9, up from No. 56 ...

Religion Notes: Full moon hike tonight (Marlborough Enterprise)
Here are some upcoming events at local places of worship...

DVD Review: MST3K: 20th Anniversary Edition - RopeofSilicon.com

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DVD Review: MST3K: 20th Anniversary Edition
RopeofSilicon.com, WA - Nov 10, 2008
One should never underestimate the drawing power of cult-show, especially when it books a room at ground zero of nerdom.
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rare books review: hot items for collectors
. holding a piece of history, a piece of another era in you hands. you are unquestionably a bibliophile, a book lover if this setting stirs your passion. in this rare books review, you will learn more about the hobby of collecting [. ...

Obama's win breathes new life into books written by and about him (The News-Press)
With a huge election bounce, sales of books by and about President-elect Barack Obama are soaring:..

Ethics & Medicine - Genetic Ties and the Family: the Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children
July 1, 2008 -- Genetic Ties and the Family: the Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children Mark A. Rothstein, Thomas H. Murray, Gregory E. Kaebnick, and...

BOOK REVIEW: Bob Watson, In Control (RallySport Magazine)
If you care to count the number of books on sale written by or about Australian motorsport identities (excluding Peter Brock, that is), you could count them on the fingers of one hand...

Obama's win breathes new life into books written by and about him (The News-Press)
With a huge election bounce, sales of books by and about President-elect Barack Obama are soaring:..

Manga Review: Batman: Child Of Dreams by Kia Asamiya and Max Allan Collins
EUR¦ rare beast that successfully merges manga with American comics. It stays true to a comic book icon while at the same time retaining the unique qualities of manga. It's a EUR¦..

Philadelphia Inquirer, The - 'I'm not humble, but I'm modest.
July 6, 2008 -- NEW YORK - The tributes were predictably extravagant at the 80th-birthday party for Broadway composer Charles Strouse one recent evening at the posh...

EUR˜Traitor to His Class - Christian Science Monitor

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EUR˜Traitor to His Class
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 9 minutes ago
By Terry Hartle | November 13, 2008 edition The books that examine the life and presidency of Franklin Roosevelt could easily fill a small library and its .
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rare books review: hot items for collectors
there are also some people that do both. no matter the reason for you book collecting, finding out which books are valuable and which are not is very important. we are going to take a look at some of the most expensive and rare books ...

60 Bestselling Authors Sign Up For First Ever Literary Festival In . - Booktrade.info

60 Bestselling Authors Sign Up For First Ever Literary Festival In .
Booktrade.info, UK - 15 hours ago
Her books include Corsets to Camouflage and Into Danger: People Who Risk Their Lives for Work John Agard is a poet born in Guyana and living in the UK. .
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Zadie Smith on realism and not-realism - Los Angeles Times

Zadie Smith on realism and not-realism
Los Angeles Times, CA - 19 hours ago
Maybe I was distracted by real-world concerns like the economy or the election, because I am coming late to Zadie Smith's New York Review of Books piece on .
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Community calendar (Winnetka Talk)
Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com...

Nonfiction review: "Roads to Quoz" - Oregonian
If you are the sort of traveler who likes to get from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible, with minimal distraction, cocooned by your own personal soundtrack, then William Least Heat-Moon's latest account of his adventures on America's back ...

John Leonard, With Admiration - New York Observer

New York Observer

John Leonard, With Admiration
New York Observer, NY - Nov 6, 2008
A few months after Kate Millett piece, emboldened by John's words of encouragement, I wrote a review of Jennifer Egan's novel Look at Me for our Fall Books .
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JIM COLLINS: Quality venison cookbook (The Daily & Sunday Review)
As you longtime readers know, we sometimes do book reviews. We receive EURœreviewEUR (free) copies regularly because of my affiliation as a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association. Very few titles make it in this column. This title is that rare exception...

In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress (New York Times)
The rapid disappearance of historic architecture in Trinidad is provoking a sometimes heated debate about the merits of historic preservation...

Thirteen Books That Shaped America (NPR)
From The Federalist Papers to The Feminine Mystique, Jay Parini's Promised Land examines 13 books that shaped and changed America. Maureen Corrigan has a review...

Spectator, The - Deeply exposed
July 5, 2008 -- Sir: In his review (Books, 14 June) of my book, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations During the Second World...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Bookstore provides support to families; Bereaved parents to benefit from shop's fundraiser
July 2, 2008 -- Byline: By SAM CASEY News Reporter OWNERS of a new children's bookshop were inspired by personal tragedy to back a charity for bereaved parents....

Banal Truths From Malcolm Gladwell - Forbes
In his third book, out this month as a holiday shopping safety gift, Malcolm Gladwell deals with "the story of success." It's a topic Gladwell, one of those rare journalists who gets to be called a "public intellectual," has some experience with ...

Movie Review: Quantum of Solace Brings a Better Bond - Eclipse Magazine

Movie Review: Quantum of Solace Brings a Better Bond
Eclipse Magazine, CA - 10 hours ago
I am probably one of those rare people who read all the James Bond books before every having seen any of the cinematic versions of them. .
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Books written and inspired by Obama get an election boost (USA Today)
With a huge election bounce, sales of books by and about President-elect Barack Obama are soaring: The Audacity of Hope, his 2006 book on politics and faith, is No. 8, up from No. 43, on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list to be published Thursday. Dreams From My Father, Obama's 1995 memoir, reissued in 2004, is No. 9, up from No. 56 on the list...

State wants a look at casinos finances - Las Vegas Sun
The review EUR” intended to inform the Gaming Control Board about where the states economic engine is headed EUR” comes in light of the credit crunch and economic downturn, which have prompted drastic measures by casino companies, including ...

McCormick Ornithology Sale Sets Record
Rare Books Review caught it, though, and reports that the total take was just over $2.7 million, well above the high estimate. As expected, the high spot was Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands ...

At the Sherborn Library (Nov. 13) - Wicked Local Sherborn

At the Sherborn Library (Nov. 13)
Wicked Local Sherborn, MA - Nov 11, 2008
The Yin Yu Tang Chinese House at the Peabody Essex Museum gives us a spectacular and rare look at Chinese architecture, culture and family life. .
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BOOK REVIEW: Bob Watson, In Control (RallySport Magazine)
If you care to count the number of books on sale written by or about Australian motorsport identities (excluding Peter Brock, that is), you could count them on the fingers of one hand...

'We must not forget' - Guardian Unlimited
There are some books that are great, not because their writers were born for literary success, but because circumstances force upon them the writing of a truly great book. Such a one is HÃlène Berr's Journal. To clarify its profound effect, Primo ...

In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress (New York Times)
The rapid disappearance of historic architecture in Trinidad is provoking a sometimes heated debate about the merits of historic preservation...

Ethics & Medicine - Biotechnology and the Human Good
July 1, 2008 -- Biotechnology and the Human Good C. Ben Mitchell, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Jean Bethke Elshtain, John R Kilner, and Scott B. Rae. Washington, D. C.:...

A Middle-Management View of the War (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD AT SUNRISE A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq..

Professor David Parry Awarded Rutherford Medal (Scoop.co.nz)
The 2008 Rutherford Medal for Science and Technology, New Zealands top science award, was presented to Distinguished Professor David Parry of Massey University at the Science Honours Dinner in Wellington last night...

links & reviews
rare books review reports that the new york public library for the performing arts has acquired an extensive collection of the personal papers of katharine hepburn, which are being catalogued and will be available for public research ...

Read the Original Review - Time
A HANDFUL OF DUSTEUR”Evelyn Waugh EUR”Farrar & Rinehart ($2.50). Five years ago Evelyn Waugh wrote an unusual first novel (Decline & Fall) which scandalized some readers, tickled many more. In 1930 came Vile Bodies, more of the same, which seemed to ...

Community calendar (Winnetka Talk)
Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com...

Bookmarks - Now in paperback: previously reviewed, available for less
September 1, 2008 -- SEPTEMBER 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Diaz **** SELECTION * PULITZER PRIZE, NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD...

Professor David Parry Awarded Rutherford Medal (Scoop.co.nz)
The 2008 Rutherford Medal for Science and Technology, New Zealands top science award, was presented to Distinguished Professor David Parry of Massey University at the Science Honours Dinner in Wellington last night...

In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress - New York Times

New York Times

In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress
New York Times, United States - 12 hours ago
Nicholas Laughlin, a blogger here and the editor of the Caribbean Review of Books, a literary journal, created a Web site (saveboissierehouse.org) in an .
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rare books review 1360
looking for books at basement bargain prices? well, look no more. at elephantbooks.com they have a huge inventory of rare and used books at elephantbooks.com . at elephantbooks.com they'll ship to any location in the world. ...

An Interview with Author Lucy Caldwell
EUR¦ books that I think influenced Where They Were Missed are Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark and Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy. Elizabeth Bowen and W.B. Yeats are two of EUR¦..

Books written and inspired by Obama get an election boost (USA Today)
With a huge election bounce, sales of books by and about President-elect Barack Obama are soaring: The Audacity of Hope, his 2006 book on politics and faith, is No. 8, up from No. 43, on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list to be published Thursday. Dreams From My Father, Obama's 1995 memoir, reissued in 2004, is No. 9, up from No. 56 on the list...

sunday links
rare books review notes an upcoming auction: pba will sell books from all fields (concentrating on illustrated and children's books) on 20 march. - the new york public library has mounted a new exhibit to commemorate the 400th ...

JIM COLLINS: Quality venison cookbook (The Daily & Sunday Review)
As you longtime readers know, we sometimes do book reviews. We receive EURœreviewEUR (free) copies regularly because of my affiliation as a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association. Very few titles make it in this column. This title is that rare exception...

M2 Best Books - Amazon.com in agreement to acquire AbeBooks
August 4, 2008 -- M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online retailer Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq:AMZN) announced on Friday (1 August) that the company has...

Books written and inspired by Obama get an election boost - USA Today

Books written and inspired by Obama get an election boost
USA Today - Nov 11, 2008
AbeBooks.com reports that since the election, 20 books signed by Obama have sold for $500 or more, including $5500 for a rare first edition of Dreams. .
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A Middle-Management View of the War (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD AT SUNRISE A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq..

rare books review: hot items for collectors
when you run your fingers over the cover and of an old book and flip through its antique pages, something extraordinary happens. you find that you are transported to a different place and time, you are holding a piece of history, ...

Fiction review: 'Doctor Olaf van Schuler' - San Francisco Gate
Can the history of disease and its treatments tell the history of a family? For Doctor Olaf van Schuler and his descendants, spontaneous combustion, hysteria, phrenology, electrical shock therapy and more mark their family charts. Kirsten Menger ...

Book Review: NEXT - Desicritics.org

Book Review: NEXT
Desicritics.org, India - 7 hours ago
He takes the kid home and sends him to school disguised as a child with some rare medical condition. Overall, the plot is somewhat incoherant and one has to .
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Ethics & Medicine - Total Truth - Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
July 1, 2008 -- Total Truth - Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity Nancy Pearcey. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2005. ISBN 978-1581347463; 512 PAGES,...

Kappa Delta Pi Record - Working Smarter, Not Harder: Reaching the Tough to Teach: Part IV: Judicious Review and Synergy
July 1, 2008 -- 4 Judicious Review and Synergy "Working Smarter, Not Harder: Reaching the Tough to Teach" is the topic of an exclusive four-part series by Sylvia...

Book Review: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon . - Monsters and Critics
Sheila Wellers Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly SimonEUR”and the Journey of a Generation is a strange way to approach three icons from popular music of the 1970s. At first, it seems fairly straightforward to profile the lives of ...

rare books review: hot items for collectors
in this rare books review, you will learn more about the hobby of collecting rare and precious books. various people collect books for solely for their enjoyment, while there are others who collect them for investment purposes as they ...

Religion Notes: Full moon hike tonight (Marlborough Enterprise)
Here are some upcoming events at local places of worship...

Books: A Memoir - Popmatters.com
Pulitzer prize-winning author Larry McMurtrys latest collection of tales covers some terrain he knows particularly wellEUR”being a EURœbookmanEUR. In a rambling memoir that begins with his childhood and continues to the present, McMurtry describes ...



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