Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's diminutive sex therapist, dead at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2024-07-13 16:10:17 UTC ]
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U.K. Publisher Quadrille Expands Into North America

Chronicle Books will handle distribution of about 20 Quadrille titles per season, starting with the fall 2015 list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Alex Mar: 'A Reader’s Guide' to Witchcraft and the Occult in America

After spending five years researching the occult in America, Alex Mar draws parallels between witchcraft and her childhood Catholicism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador acquires New York tale of murder, sex and obsession

Inspired by a true crime story, Little Deaths by Emma Flint tells the tale of Ruth Malone, a recently divorced cocktail hostess, who wakes one morning to discover her children are missing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's Message Now Available on E-books

After 35 years on the market, 'The Power of Positive Thinking' and other bestselling books by Dr. Peale are now expected to make an impact on a new generation of readers in the digital age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Change of Heart on Same-Sex Attraction: Alan Chambers

The former president of an ex-gay ministry shares his story and why he moved away from the idea of a cure for homosexuality toward a more expansive, grace-filled Christianity in 'My Exodus.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nussbaum Leaving F+W for America's Test Kitchen

After eight years of leading F+W Media, Inc., David Nussbaum will be stepping down as chairman and CEO at the end of the month to become CEO of America’s Test Kitchen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A French Company Is About to Become America's 4th Largest Cable Provider

After 42 years, the Dolan family will no longer control Cablevision. The New York-based cable operator announced this morning it has agreed to sell to Altice Group, a European telecom company controlled by French cable entrepreneur Patrick Drahi. Altice will pay $34.90 a share, making the deal... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Gilliam laughs off Variety's dead Python blunder

Film director takes to Facebook to apologise for his own ‘death’ after website publishes premature obituaryReports of Terry Gilliam’s death may have been greatly exaggerated, but that hasn’t stopped the film director and Monty Python troupe member from taking great pleasure in confirming them.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memorial service for Ruth Rendell announced

A memorial service for the late Ruth Rendell is due to held next month. Rendell died on 2nd May at the age of 85, almost four months after being admitted to hospital after suffering a critical stroke. A service for Rendell will be held on Thursday 29th October at All Saints Margaret Street,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library app lets you check out 'The Walking Dead' and other digital comics

Before it was a TV show and video game, The Walking Dead was a comic book from publisher Image Comics. It's a great series and if you're interested in catching up on the source material for the TV show, you might be in luck. The public library app,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storytellers From ‘The Moth’ Join Jemas and Double Take for ‘Living Dead’ Line

Mix one maverick comics publisher, a horror movie classic, a renowned video game company and some of the best oral storytellers from NPR’s popular The Moth Radio Hour and you have a pretty unusual mix for a new line of comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Janice Galloway calls for more fiction about parenting, less about sex

‘There’s a lot about sex in literature,’ novelist tells Edinburgh international book festival. ‘There’s precious little about rearing children’Literature should be more about parenting and less about sex, award-winning writer Janice Galloway has said.Speaking at the Edinburgh international book... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AMC debuts first 3 minutes of 'Fear the Walking Dead' on Facebook

In anticipation of Sunday's debut of "Fear the Walking Dead," AMC released the first three minutes of the pilot on the show's Facebook page. Serving as a companion series to the most-watched show in cable television history, "The Walking Dead," the new series opens with an unsettling look at one... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Asks: What Books Have Contributed to the Conversation Around Race and Racism in America?

It's been a year since the death of Michael Brown. We'd like to hear from you about the books you feel are moving the conversation around race and racism forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Braziller: the man who published Pamuk and Janet Frame in America

At age 99, renown indie publisher George Braziller looks back on 70 years in the book business, and a career that saw him rub shoulders with Sartre and PicassoHe pursued Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris, dined with Pablo Picasso in Antibes, and rescued New Zealand’s Janet Frame from the manuscript... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rediscovered Dr Seuss pet book breaking sales records

What Pet Should I Get? is publisher’s fastest-selling picture book yetHarper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman is not the only recently discovered work to be breaking records this summer. Dr Seuss’s long-forgotten manuscript What Pet Should I Get? has sold 200,000 copies in just a week, its American... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oh, the Parties You'll Throw: Celebrating the New Dr. Seuss Book Across the Country

Bookstores across the country threw parties to celebrate the release of the latest, never-before-seen Dr. Seuss picture book, 'What Pet Should I Get?' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future Artefacts fair seeks to show physical media far from dead

Ben Freeman, organiser of London event, says: ‘Everyone realises the internet hasn’t killed the record industry or the publishing industry – just changed it’A fair celebrating the future of physical objects in media – from books and magazines to records and cassettes – will debut in London this... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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America’s Next Slate Writer

Hello, Slate Plus members! I’m writing this on my first day as a Slate senior editor. (Readers of the Slate Book Review might know me from the essays I’ve been writing about children’s books.) I’ve joined the magazine to focus on Slate Plus content—everything from the Slate Academy podcasts... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Dr. Seuss is still bringing rhymes and pictures to readers

'What Pet Should I Get?': New illustrations, books, and exhibits are still to come from Dr. Seuss, 24 years after his death. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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