Booktalks -- Quick and Simple blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Patterson, James. WITCH & WIZARD Patterson, James. WITCH & WIZARD Boston : Little, Brown, 2010 IL YA ISBN 0316036242 Think it doesn't matter who is in charge of the country? Do you think that it is all the same if it Democrats or Republicans? Maybe you don't even pay attention to such things. Well, let's hope you never wake up to banging on your door in the middle of the night. Now that the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Was it Thomas Cromwell's machinations, a frustrated MP's diaries, or a novelist's treatment of his father's suicide? We asked a few people… Peter Carey – novelist Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows (Bloomsbury) has huge ambition and an author equal to the task. Travelling from Nagasaki to Guantánamo, this very beautiful novel sets out to grasp the nettle of our modern history. The...
VegBoxBoy (Free subscription) | yesterday
It was friday and I was being lazy, and it was M&S dine for two for a tenner. So the trip home involved a detour. I was wanting some veggies to go with; and I saw small pots of red cabbage. My hand nearly reached out, but suddenly the madness faded - I did of course have loads of vegetables, and £2 for a little pot of cabbage was dreadful value in comparison to the whole cabbage I'd already...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Change In Altitude By Anita Shreve Little, Brown, 291pp, £16.99
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Little, Brown has just released an eBook-only update of the print title , "The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child"--an instantaneous publishing response to public concerns about H1N1 flu (or Swine Flu) vaccines. To find out more about how eBooks can help medical publishing, GalleyCat interviewed the book's author, Robert Sears , M.D., about the digital addition. He hoped...
Boot Sale Sounds (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"b. 26 September 1889, Jackson, Ohio, USA, d. 7 September 1943, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA. Crumit's early career took a somewhat unusual route from the Culver Military Academy, Indiana, via the University of Ohio, into vaudeville as the One Man Glee Club. First recording in 1919 for the Columbia label, he later signed for Victor Records in 1924 and shortly after for Decca. Crumit played the...
The Opening Acts (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Get well soon, Darren. NME: Ex-Hefner Frontman Darren Hayman Attacked After Nottingham Gig Statement From Darren’s Wife My favorite song of his, post-Hefner: Darren Hayman – Little Brown Chevette And my favorite song of his during the Hefner days: Hefner – The Cure For Evil
21st Century Housewife (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Not many medlars are grown these days, which is a shame; it's an easy tree to grow, doesn't get too big, is interesting in its growth habits , has lovely foliage in the late autumn and produces the above strange little fruits. Funny little brown things with a star-shaped flat surface opposite the stem end; the French name for them is "cul de chien", which translates as dog's bottom! The curious...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There will be no Thanksgiving turkey at Jonathan Safran Foer's house. The author of the acclaimed novels Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gave up eating animals in favor of writing Eating Animals (Little Brown, $25.99), a personal and philosophical exploration of food choices he discussed Tuesday in Miami Beach.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There will be no Thanksgiving turkey at Jonathan Safran Foer's house. The author of the acclaimed novels Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gave up eating animals in favor of writing Eating Animals (Little Brown, $25.99), a personal and philosophical exploration of food choices he discussed Tuesday in Miami Beach.
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Little, Brown has given Jodi Kantor a "stunning" seven-figure deal for a book on the Obamas, reports Leon Neyfakh: According to several sources, Ms. Kantor's book will draw on the three years of reporting she has done since giving up the editorship of The Times' Arts & Leisure section, in 2005. During the campaign, Ms. Kantor produced a number of biographical stories about the president...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Jodi Kantor, who covers Washington for the New York Times, has landed a sweet deal -- in the seven-figure range -- for an upcoming book about President Obama, the New York Observer reports . Little, Brown will publish the book. Read the rest of this story » See Also: If Obama Hadn't Bowed, It Would Have Been As If Someone Flicked Off The Pope Andy Xie: Obama Is Wrong, A Yuan Repricing Won't...
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Johan Schut pulled a folding knife from his hip pocket, inserted the tip into the base of a bright, crispy head of romaine lettuce and severed it in two. “See there, the little brown specks with black legs'” He lifted one of the busy beasts onto the tip of his blade. “It’s a family of aphids. [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NY Times Washington correspondent Jodi Kantor has sold a book about President Barack Obama in a seven figure deal, according to the NY Observer . Little, Brown won the book in an auction, and the deal was brokered by Elyse Cheney from Elyse Cheney Literary Associates . The article notes that the book will be edited by Geoff Shandler . Most recently, Kantor wrote a long essay for the NY Times magazine...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Twilight: book breaks sales records Stephenie Meyer, the author of the phenomenally successful Twilight Sa ga books, has broken Waterstone's record for the fastest time to sell a million copies. By Harriet Alexander reporting in The Telegraph Pic left - Kristen Stewart (L) and Robert Pattinson in film Twilight Photo: BLOOMBERG The Twilight books, which have been turned into a series of hit films starring...
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