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| Diet books top list of New Year buys |
| 2008-01-09 19:09:00 |
After the excesses of the Christmas period, diet books, in particular, are topping the bestseller lists.Angus & Robertson spokeswoman Fiona King said the new year had brought strong sales of health and self-development books."People are generally more motivated to embark on a new diet or exercise program at this time of the year, when the weather is friendlier and when there's so many sporting events happening, like the Australian Open or the cricket," Ms King said.
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| Comic Books in the Classroom |
| 2008-01-03 03:11:00 |
Generations of children grew up reading comic books on the sly, hiding out from parents and teachers who saw them as a waste of time and a hazard to young minds. Comics are now gaining a new respectability at school. That is thanks to an increasingly popular and creative program, often aimed at struggling readers, that encourages children to plot, write and draw comic books, in many cases using themes from their own lives.
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| JK ROWLING |
| 2007-12-29 17:25:00 |
SO MUCH for that magical little brat. July put the buffers on the Potter juggernaut with the publication of the seventh and final instalment of the series. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows became the fastest-selling book of all time, a record held consecutively by the three previous Potter tomes. It sold more than two-and-a-half million copies on the first day, and has since been translated into 65 languages. Predictably, the launch saw stores opening at midnight to accommodate throngs of men, women and children dressed as wizards and witches.For Edinburgh-based author JK Rowling, the publication marked the end of a journey that started 10 years earlier with Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone. Publisher Bloomsbury has since sold nearly 400 million copies of the series worldwide a
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| Gift books for sports fans |
| 2007-12-22 14:10:00 |
John Ed Bradley lived the dream of every schoolboy football player growing up in Louisiana: He got to run out of the tunnel and take the field at Tiger Stadium as more than 80,000 insanely partisan Louisiana State University fans screamed themselves silly. The games started, the din grew louder, and Bradley was overtaken by the sense that nothing else that happened in his life would matter as much as what was about to transpire over the next few hours. College football, especially at a school like LSU, where the game is almost a religion, can steal a man's soul.
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| Gift books for the cook |
| 2007-12-13 04:25:00 |
You might say that our picks for the top cookbooks for this holiday season denote a baker's dozen - in more ways than one.Five of the 13 cookbooks are indeed baking books. That, of course, shows what a huge sweet tooth I have. But it also demonstrates the wealth of wonderful baking books that were published this year.Be it savory or sweet, a cookbook is a great gift to wrap up for a friend or give yourself. It's ultimate gift that keeps on giving.
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| New books offer theater, literary and 'secret' tours |
| 2007-12-06 12:46:00 |
Three new travel books offer interesting perspectives on destinations and their connections to theater and literature.Theater buffs coming to New York to take in a show following the resolution of the stagehands' strike may also want to check out a guidebook that takes you beyond Times Square and behind the legends of Broadway. New York Theater Walks: Seven Historical Tours from Times Square to Greenwich Village and Beyond (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, $16.95) by Howard Kissel includes a culinary tour of Times Square restaurants; a tour themed on the life of Irving Berlin; and a tour that follows the path Adolph Green used to take on his daily walk to the home of his songwriting partner
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| E-book readers by Sony, Amazon have their charms |
| 2007-11-29 12:30:00 |
Ready to curl up with a good, um, e-book?It sounds like pulp fiction. But once you get used to reading James Patterson, Michael Lewis and other authors on a light paperback-size electronic reader, it's less odd than you think. You eventually forget how you're reading, and get engrossed in the writer's creation.I reached that conclusion after testing two devices: the wireless Kindle that Amazon.com (AMZN) released last week; and the non-wireless Sony (SNE) Reader Portable Reader System PRS-505, the second edition of a contraption I reviewed a year ago.
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| The young turn backs on books |
| 2007-11-21 04:29:00 |
The findings•Only 30 percent of 13-year-olds read almost every day.•The number of 17-year-olds who never read for pleasure increased from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004.•Almost half of Americans between ages 18 and 24 never read books for pleasure.•The average person between ages 15 and 24 spends 2 to 2 ½ hours a day watching TV and seven minutes reading.
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| Children's books join medical teams in AIDS fight |
| 2007-11-13 11:33:00 |
After seven years spent signing cheques to an international literacy agency for children, two Torontonians have embarked on a trip into the East African countryside to see just how their dollars are being used to combat the spread of AIDS.Bill Burt and Judy Thomas are in Ethiopia at their own expense. They're seeing how their money has been transformed into children's books – invaluable tools in the growing campaign against the spread of AIDS in Africa – and placed on the shelves of libraries and schools across Ethiopia.The charitable idea is to give an African child a book, teach them to read and reduce their likelihood of contracting HIV/AIDS by increasing their lot in life and abilit
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| Business Books: Workers who have "One Foot out the Door" |
| 2007-11-08 11:47:00 |
NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A Dilbert comic strip struck a nerve in the 1990s when the evil boss proclaimed that employees were no longer the company's most valuable asset, but instead ranked ninth, behind money at No. 1 and carbon paper at No. 8.In the wake of massive layoffs and job exports, such sentiments don't seem that far-fetched, but a new book by Judith Bardwick, author of the best-selling "Danger in the Comfort Zone," says corporate America must do something about the "psychological recession" that is plaguing both business and workers.Employees have picked up on management's attitude that they are liabilities to be reduced, Bardwick writes in "One Foot out the Door" (AMACOM
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| 'Harry Potter' Fans Disappointed |
| 2007-11-02 15:00:00 |
"Harry Potter" fans brace yourselves. The wizardry tales of "Beedle the Bard" -- mentioned in the final book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- are handwritten and the illustrations are by J.K. Rowling herself. But here's the catch: Only seven of the books exist in the world!"Six of these books have been given to those most closely connected to the 'Harry Potter' books during the past 17 years. This seventh book will be auctioned," Rowling explained in a recent BBC interview.
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| Evangelicals call for ban on Harry Potter books |
| 2007-10-29 11:59:00 |
America's largest conservative organisation has called for the banning of the Harry Potter books and films after author JK Rowling revealed that main character Albus Dumbledore was a gay wizard.The Christian Coalition of America claims to have 2.5 millions supporters and describes its mission as "defending America's Godly heritage."
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| Childrens’ Art Books |
| 2007-10-24 12:07:00 |
Childrens’ books can inspire young artists with beautiful illustrations and rich storytelling. They also can teach kids about the arts in a more direct way, by taking them on an adventure in a museum or at the symphony, or by exploring colors or techniques used by certain artists.There are several good art books for children in the museum shop for the new exhibit at the High Museum of Art, “Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past.”But it’s really just a taste of the wide variety of childrens’ books specifically about the arts — many of which have been published in the past few years. There even are board books about contemporary art for toddlers, such as “Andy Warhol’s Colors,” by Susan Goldman Rubin. Legendary
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| How to read scary books to kids |
| 2007-10-18 19:25:00 |
Can children be adversely affected by Halloween images in books?"Children can't tell the difference between appearance and reality until they're about 5. So you have to be careful, and you have to be your child's censor. You can't wait for them to tell you that they're frightened or scared."What kinds of books are appropriate to choose?"The book has to be fun, not menacing or scary. Use words like: 'It's just pretend, it's make believe.' You know, they're going to see these images no matter what. It's not like you can totally shield them from Halloween. The easiest thing to do is to take off the mask and show the child that it's make-believe."
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| Books cultivate gardening ideas |
| 2007-10-13 15:16:00 |
Gardening with Children by Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides ($9.95)Plant a butterfly-attracting window box or a morning glory-swathed hiding place or a terrarium in a jar. Make a salad from all the different parts of plants. Take a flower apart to see how it works. Learn about leaves, birds, sunlight, bugs, rain. This beautifully illustrated little book full of projects - many good for indoors - is a great way for children and their parents to explore and experience the world of plants and biology.Beyond the Windowsill: Add Style to Your Home with the Beauty of Indoor Plants by Jon Carloftis (Cool Springs Press, $24.99)
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| Inside Books Project promotes inmate education |
| 2007-10-08 02:39:00 |
Inmate art made on anything from napkins to toilet paper lies atop tables covered in black cloth, while folk musician Matt Hoggle strums his guitar and sings a haunting rendition of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" to volunteers and art patrons at the Inside Book Project's annual art show at the Austin Museum of Art.Next to the pieces sit letters from Texas prisoners expressing their gratitude for the books as well as letters sent by project members.The nine-year-old project held the fundraiser Friday for the first time at the museum. Group member Scott Odierno said the organization receives between 700 and 800 letters a month from inmates requesting books. Project members then send the requested books to the prison's l
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| Signed 'Harry Potter' books to be auctioned |
| 2007-10-04 06:44:00 |
A rare set of signed Harry Potter books will be auctioned off by the National Braille Press in support of the "Hands On! Books for Blind Children" gala. The auction will run through October 25.The gala event (where the winner will be announced) will be held on October 26, and will be hosted by the Tonight Show's Jay Leno.
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| Laura Bush Celebrates Books at Festival |
| 2007-09-30 08:29:00 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Laura Bush kicked off this year's National Book Festival on Friday by quoting a royal character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who observes that his library was a "dukedom large enough."President Bush accompanied his wife to the Library of Congress for a program and dinner, the opening event of the seventh annual book festival. A daylong event with authors was scheduled Saturday on the National Mall."With a good collection of books a reader can go to any place, any time he pleases," said Mrs. Bush, who was introduced as "reader in chief" by Librarian of Congress James Billington.
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| The books that changed our lives |
| 2007-09-27 03:41:00 |
When I first saw my mother's copy of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women, I remember being a little afraid of the cover, which featured a picture of a bizarre woman-like mask reflected in a compact mirror. Being the morbidly curious 13-year-old that I was though, I picked it up. I've never read a book faster.Almost immediately, I was confronted with ideas that made sense of the thoughts I'd been having - that I wasn't good enough, pretty enough, smart enough. It was such an incredible feeling to know that so many of my insecurities weren't really about me, but were manifestations of a culture hell-bent on keeping women in their place.
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| Johnson buys up Borders book shops |
| 2007-09-23 05:33:00 |
Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur and chairman of Channel 4, has made a £20m acquisition of Borders and Books etc through his private equity vehicle Risk Capital Partners (RCP). The 70 stores, in the UK and Ireland, were originally thought to be worth £50m when Merrill Lynch put them up for sale. Borders, America's second-largest book retailer, made the decision to dispose of its UK stores following a review of its international operations. It entered Britain 10 years ago, paying an estimated £40m for London's Books etc chain. It is thought to have invested around £120m in 41 Borders stores, all of which have Starbucks coffee shops. The US group will retain a 17 per cent share in the business.
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| Books: Tales from the home front |
| 2007-09-14 17:44:00 |
It's been almost 40 years since you retired from your weekly newspaper in Luverne, the Rock County Star-Herald, way down there in the southwest corner of Minnesota. And it's been almost 30 years since you passed away. But you wouldn't believe the fuss in the old town these days -- and you're right in the middle of it.It all started with that moviemaking fella Ken Burns and his crew coming to town making his World War II documentary, "The War." They dug up that old column you used to write, "More or Less Personal Chaff," where you wrote about the war effort there in Luverne and how those Rock County boys were doing overseas. Burns said it "might be the single greatest archival discovery that we ever made," if you can believe that. They had movie star Tom Hanks (think Jimmy Stewart) reading
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| Books to whet your kids’ appetite for the New Year |
| 2007-09-09 21:18:00 |
There’s no time like the New Year to update your children’s collection of Jewish literature, and simultaneously share stories and refresh their memories of the significance of the High Holidays. And nothing can beat the parent-child intimacy of cuddling up close for a bedtime story, particularly one with a distinctly Jewish message. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, there are several books particularly well-suited to relaying the essential messages of this holiday, whether your child is six months or 12 years old.
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| Bertelsmann still keen on educational books |
| 2007-09-05 03:39:00 |
Bertelsmann, the German media group, remains keen to enter educational publishing even after a first attempt to diversify into the sector failed this spring when it lost the race for Canada's Thomson Education. "Education is a field that fits Bertelsmann well," Gunter Thielen, chief executive, said, a clear signal that he expects successor Hartmut Ostrowski to pursue such opportunities when Mr Thielen retires in January.
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| Delhi book fair loses focus |
| 2007-09-03 02:51:00 |
he 13th Annual Book Fair opened this weekend in Delhi and while it has attracted huge crowds, its focus is no more the serious reader. While it's still an event for families and those who want to spend a day amidst books, the discerning readers find themselves wondering what's there for them in the fair. There are over 200 stalls and as many publishing houses. Still there is no more variety on offer than what one finds in any upmarket bookstore in the city.
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| CRIME BOOKS |
| 2007-09-01 08:43:00 |
Ten books on, the Temperance Brennan series gets better and better. That's because Kathy Reichs is a smart writer who learned early from her mistakes and knows how to build a book on her strengths. Dr. Brennan - based on Reichs's own experience as a forensic anthropologist - is rock-solid, and this book, set in Quebec and Acadia, is easily one of the series' best.
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| Book on Penguins Tops `Challenged' List |
| 2007-08-30 02:17:00 |
"And Tango Makes Three," an award-winning children's book based on a true story about two male penguins who raised a baby penguin, topped the American Library Association's annual list of works attracting the most complaints from parents, library patrons and others. Overall, the number of "challenged" books in 2006 jumped to 546, more than 30 percent higher than the previous year's total, 405, although still low compared to the mid-1990s, when challenges topped 750. "We're still in ... the mid-range in terms of how many challenges we get," Judith Krug, director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, told The Associated Press during a recent interview.
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| Books Still Relevant |
| 2007-08-28 04:23:00 |
Books are still relevant in this day and age. All members of the community, especially the youth, should make books their primary source of information, and to not solely rely on the Internet. This observation was made by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Major General (R) Dato Hj Awang Mohammad bin Hj Daud, who officiated the launching of the Brunei Book Festival 2007 held in conjunction with the 61st birthday celebration of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.
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| Books remain a booming business |
| 2007-08-26 03:54:00 |
The Philippines’ recovering economy, as recently attested by international economic and financial institutions, is one key measure for the surge in foreign investments in the country.This encouraging business climate translates to the publishing and book industries which are likewise seeing a resurgence in recent years.Attended by more than 50,000 people last year, the MIBF showcases the largest and most varied collection of literature, textbooks, educational supplements, general references, religious and inspirational titles, self-help books, management books, Filipiniana, coffee table books, popular novels, children’s books, art books, graphic novels, rare and hard-to-find titles, magazines, audio and e-books, multi
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| Why liberals read more books than conservatives |
| 2007-08-24 14:51:00 |
"The Karl Roves of the world have built a generation that just wants a couple slogans: 'No, don't raise my taxes, no new taxes,'" she says. "It's pretty hard to write a book saying, 'No new taxes, no new taxes, no new taxes' on every page."
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| Books your kids must read before they turn 12 |
| 2007-08-20 03:34:00 |
Sharing the wonder of discovering a magical world at the back of your wardrobe, the adventures of a reckless Toad or the mischief of a puddin’ in a pot will do more for your children’s education than any amount of TV, says WA Education Minister Mark McGowan.
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| Scarlett Johansson books roles in 3 films |
| 2007-08-18 00:52:00 |
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scarlett Johansson has lined up a series of roles that will see her moving quickly from modern relationships to comic strip noir to costume drama. Johansson has joined the all-star cast of New Line Cinema's ensemble comedy He's Just Not That Into You, which she will shoot first before then materializing as a femme fatale in Will Eisner's The Spirit, being directed by Frank Miller for Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate.
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| Books offer look at postwar Japan |
| 2007-08-16 02:41:00 |
OSAKA--A GHQ photographer provides a lens on post-World War II Japan in two recently published volumes of photographs edited by Yoneyuki Sugita, associate professor of Osaka University of Foreign Studies. "GHQ Kameraman ga Totta Sengo Nippon" (Japan After World War II by a GHQ photographer, Volume I), published in May by Tokyo's Archives Publishing Co., features postwar scenes from Tokyo intermixed with images of famous figures such as Emperor Showa and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and focuses on daily life in Tokyo and the political and social situation of the nation at the time.
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| Three books about animals |
| 2007-08-14 02:09:00 |
"Kangaroos are, in my opinion, the most interesting animals that ever lived," writes Australian scientist Tim Flannery, who then goes on to attempt to prove that statement in Chasing Kangaroos, his comprehensive love-letter of a book to the animal that fascinates him. Flannery (author of "The Weather Makers") casts his net so wide in his research and travel across five continents that at times this book can be exhausting, although at the same time it remains engaging.Anyone who ever loved a dog will find something to enjoy in Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. Kerasote found Merle, a lab mix and apparently a stray, while on a camping trip. He took the dog home and life was never again the same. Kerasote writes well about their
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| Children’s Books |
| 2007-08-12 01:06:00 |
Thirteen-year-old boys are mysteries. By and large, they don’t keep diaries and no, they don’t want to talk about it, thank you very much. According to booksellers and parents I’ve met, they don’t read books either, but this may be just a nasty rumor.“The One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to His Death and Lands in California,” by Mary Hershey, has a title that works as a pretty nifty plot summary, too: Alastair, a 13-year-old amputee who calls himself Stump, spends the summer with his estranged father in California. Five years before the start of the story, Stump’s leg was amputated following a premature jump from a ski lift. The mystery here, of course, is why did he do it? And why does he hate his father so much? And oh yes, why has his father
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| Lists of Best-Selling Books |
| 2007-08-10 01:10:00 |
1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)2. "Almost Dead" by Lisa Jackson (Zebra) (F-P)3. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)4. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Scholastic) (F-P)5. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)6. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)7. "Ricochet" by Sandra Brown (Pocket) (F-P)8. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic) (F-P)9. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
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| Two new books on Italian fare give the jaded cook a boost |
| 2007-08-08 12:26:00 |
Appetites don't get jaded in summer, but cooks do, fed up with everyone else gobbling up their food and then deserting the kitchen to enjoy the holidays and get hungry for the next meal.This jaded cook, frazzled by turning out many meals and trying to think up new dishes to serve, spent a recent holiday reviving culinary energy with the help of two new Italian cookbooks from top U.S. authors.The review copies arrived just as I was about to leave for the country and my first thought was, "Not more Italian!" But then I noted the writers and took their books along, certain that the combination of Italy's love affair with fresh, local food and the writing and cooking skills of these two Italian residents would liven up my summer
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| The tricky web woven around discount books |
| 2007-08-06 01:14:00 |
Readers had one set of questions about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Does Harry kill Voldemort? Is Snape good or evil? — but the book industry had more pecuniary concerns.To discount, or not to discount? And did any bookseller make a profit on the hottest book of the year?You could buy the book for $17.99 from amazon.com, and less than $20 at stores all over town. Independent bookstores offered small discounts or none at all, so maybe the question is, why did anyone pay full price?Consider the screwy economics of publishing, where selling 150 books might be more profitable than selling millions. And where personal service occasionally trumps price."The retail book business is sort of unusual," explains Dan Ne
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