A modest rebel: The paradoxical personality of Eleanor Roosevelt

The first lady was both a brave feminist and a shy Victorian, David Michaelis writes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-06 13:00:00 UTC ]

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S&S to publish 'powerful, beautiful and personal' book from Tom Percival

Simon & Schuster Children's UK has acquired two picture books from author and illustrator Tom Percival. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 16:26:40 UTC ]
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Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations

On Monday, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of you are […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-20 08:50:21 UTC ]
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Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-03-13 18:21:36 UTC ]
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Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

Still a bad person after watching The Good Place? Michael Schur is writing a book for you.

Today, Simon & Schuster announced their acquisition of the first book by Michael Schur, creator of postmodern morality play and philosophical sitcom The Good Place, otherwise known as the best thing on television for a while there. How to Be Good: A Definitive Answer for Exactly What to Do,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-10 16:57:41 UTC ]
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The personal touch

If ever there were two words to strike fear into the hearts and minds of the trade in the run-up to the London Book Fair, the charmless duo “social distancing” would surely be it. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 07:33:22 UTC ]
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To tag or not to tag—when author feedback gets personal

Would you walk up to an author at a book event, or on the street, and tell them how much you hated their book? No? But by creating a public work of art, surely authors are opening themselves up to scrutiny and should be prepared to take the rough with the smooth? Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 06:23:39 UTC ]
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A modest proposal: take VAT off everything

Taking VAT off e-books will push even more customers to Amazon, with little benefit to other retailers: a better solution would be to abolish VAT altogether Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 15:52:00 UTC ]
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How to solve a whodunit when the accused has multiple personalities? That’s the twist in Joe Ide’s new novel.

Set in East L.A., “Hi Five” is a multilayered crime tale that draws on the author’s love of Sherlock Holmes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-13 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary without Bill: Curtis Sittenfeld rewrites Clinton's personal history

Novelist says that in the run-up to the 2016 election, she began to imagine a life where Clinton ‘made different choices, personally and professionally’Hillary Rodham Clinton recounts, in her memoir Living History, how Bill Clinton “asked me to marry him again, and again, and I always said no”.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-04 12:14:07 UTC ]
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Personal stories of the exodus from Christianity

Essayists recount the abuse, rejection, extremism or disillusionment that led them to leave the church. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-17 01:13:49 UTC ]
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Reading will supposedly make you a better person. That’s not the real reason to pick up a book.

Sure, novels can encourage empathy and other virtues, but what they offer is more subtle, more complicated, more important. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-09 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019

Over the course of a wildly creative career, Dav Pilkey has written and drawn more than 60 books that have gotten millions of children excited about reading with their goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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I never considered myself an animal person. Books changed that.

On the 25th anniversary of a conservation milestone, a writer honors the authors who sparked his interest in gray wolves. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-14 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Walliams smashes personal best as The Beast reigns again

David Walliams’ The Beast of Buckingham Palace (HarperCollins) has racked up record single-week sales for the author, selling 130,073 copies for £886,333 through Nielsen BookScan’s TCM in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 20:19:07 UTC ]
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New Edelweiss Tool Will Create Personalized Emails

Edelweiss360 is a bookstore-to-consumer marketing tool that will allow booksellers to create and send store-branded, personalized emails to customers based on individual purchase behavior and staff knowledge of customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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'We are all more than our label'; Kit de Wall accepts FutureBook Person of the Year award

"We are all more than our labels", Kit de Waal has said, urging publishers to "take a leap of faith" and hire more diversely, on accepting her award as FutureBook Person of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 08:48:24 UTC ]
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Kit de Waal named FutureBook Person of the Year

Author and campaigner Kit de Waal has been named FutureBook Person of the Year, sponsored by Mosaic Search and Selection. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 07:31:44 UTC ]
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FutureBook Person of the Year—Kit de Waal

"When Philip Jones did a call-out for nominations for the 2019 Futurebook Person of the year, just one name leapt to mind." Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 05:41:57 UTC ]
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