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- Election 08 Books - Voter Books About the 2008 ElectionUpdated: 2008-08-19 @ 18:17:48 GMT
Prepare yourself to vote in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Here are ten books from which to educate yourself on the candidates and issues… - Wintersmith by Terry PratchettUpdated: 2008-08-19 @ 05:22:30 GMT
British comic fantasy writer, Terry Pratchett is known for his humor and his prolificness (he produces one to two novels each year). Wintersmith, the third book in a Discworld series for young adu… - Words for WritersUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 15:06:46 GMT
Reading good books will help your writing, but here are some books that go straight to the heart of the matter - books that every writer should read… - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami - Boo…Updated: 2008-08-17 @ 18:15:03 GMT
When Haruki Murakami ('The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles') traded the physically demanding job of running his jazz club for the sedentary routine of a professional novelist, he learned he was going to ha… - Beside A Burning Sea by John Shors - Book Review of Beside A Burning…Updated: 2008-08-17 @ 17:10:46 GMT
It's 1942. A U.S. hospital ship is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese plane somewhere in the South Pacific and the survivors, including a wounded Japanese prisoner and two ship's nurses he saved, mak… - God Is Dead by Ron Currie, Jr. - Book Review of God Is DeadCreated: 2008-08-17 @ 16:46:39 GMT
God has inhabited the body of a young Dinka woman in the Sudan. When she is killed in the Darfur desert, he dies along with her, and word of his death soon begins to spread. Faced with the hard pro… - Volumes for VagabondsUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 19:39:13 GMT
Words for the wayfarer, pages for those prone to peregrination, perambulation, or pilgrimage, tracts guaranteed to transport your traveling soul… - Tracts for Tree-HuggersUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 19:37:02 GMT
Books for environmentalists, naturalists, wildlife lovers, for the green-living, Earth-lover in us all… - Books for Sports FansUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 17:40:39 GMT
Winning picks for both the athlete and the spectator sports fan in your life… - Spiritual BooksUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 17:39:33 GMT
Spiritual books, encompassing many faiths or no faith at all - a list of books to turn the eye inward and inspire the spirit… - Funny BooksUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 17:38:28 GMT
Tickle your funny bone with ten reads that will have you laughing out loud, laughing the milk right through your nose… - Books for Music LoversUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 17:36:18 GMT
For the musicophiles - books about music and musicians (read with accompanying background sounds). … - Contemporary LiteratureUpdated: 2008-08-13 @ 16:14:12 GMT
Book reviews of newly released literature. We review recently released books in a variety of genres. Contemporary Literature book reviews, historical fiction book reviews, science fiction and fant… - Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World by David Maraniss - B…Created: 2008-08-07 @ 22:28:29 GMT
In "Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World," Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Maraniss takes us to the beginning of the Olympic Games as we know them today. Maraniss looks at h… - 'American Nerd' by Benjamin Nugent - Book Review of 'American Nerd'Created: 2008-08-03 @ 20:59:58 GMT
In 'American Nerd,' Benjamin Nugent delves into the subculture and history of the nerd, from 'Pride and Prejudice' through the debate and anime nerds of the present day. Nugent walks a fine line be… - 'Out Backward' by Ross Raisin - Book Review of 'Out Backward'Created: 2008-08-03 @ 20:50:42 GMT
"Out Backward" is a riveting debut from English author, Ross Raisin. Expelled from the school in town after having been accused of attempted rape, Sam Marsdyke keeps to his parents' Yorks… - 'The Broken Window' by Jeffery Deaver - Book Review of 'The Broken W…Created: 2008-08-03 @ 20:46:36 GMT
Fastidious author Jeffery Deaver has his ace forensic specialist and consultant for the NYPD, Lincoln Rhymes, come up against a mastermind killer who has unlimited access to the world's most detail… - The Fourth Watcher by Timothy Hallinan - Book Review of The Fourth W…Created: 2008-08-03 @ 20:25:32 GMT
The Fourth Watcher is the second novel featuring Poke Rafferty. Set in Bangkok, it follows "A Nail Through the Heart," which came out in 2007. This followed a previous series of six novel… - The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux - Book Review of The Great …Updated: 2008-07-23 @ 19:57:12 GMT
"The Great Railway Bazaar," Paul Theroux's classic 1975 account of a four month railroad journey through Europe and Asia begins, "I sought trains, I found passengers," and it is… - Wifeshopping: Stories by Steven Wingate - Book Review of WifeshoppingUpdated: 2008-07-23 @ 15:04:54 GMT
The men in 'Wifeshopping' have ideas about what they want in a soul mate, or what they think they should want. They may even have fiancees or girlfriends. But in Steven Wingate's thirteen short sto…