Books
Lions' tale helps clear the fog of war in Itaq
By ANDREW A. SMITH
Thursday, November 16, 2006
If you thought you had considered the Iraq War from every angle, here's a new one. In the graphic novel "Pride of Baghdad," you discover the perspective of the animals.
Amazingly, this remarkable story is based on real events.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
By PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Hardcover best-sellers compiled from data from large-city bookstores, bookstore chains and local best-seller lists across the United States. The first number to the right of the author's name is the book's previous week's ranking; the second is the number of weeks the book has been on the best-seller list.
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Anita Silvey provides a reading guide for teens
By KAREN MACPHERSON
Thursday, November 09, 2006
If you're worried about whether electronics-obsessed teens read books anymore, throw your cares away. Since 1999, sales of young-adult books have soared by 23 percent, while adult-book sales have dipped by 1 percent.
In addition, while more teen books are being sold, there also are more choices for young-adult-book purchasers.
Whatever the medium, comics rule.
By ANDREW A. SMITH
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Welcome to the Comics Headline Ticker, where we reel off item after item that proves comic books are conquering the world!
ITEM: TV Team-Up!
Returns from the dead.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
By PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Hardcover best-sellers compiled from data from large-city bookstores, bookstore chains and local best-seller lists across the United States. The first number to the right of the author's name is the book's previous week's ranking; the second is the number of weeks the book has been on the best-seller list.
Fiction Hardcover
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John Green: from bad boy to Printz Award winner
By KAREN MACPHERSON
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Six years ago John Green had a job re-typing the acceptance speech of Walter Dean Myers, who had just won the first-ever Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature for his novel "Monster."
This year Green wrote his own speech after winning the Printz Award for his first novel, "Looking For Alaska" (Dutton, $15.99).
Nora Ephron talks about her neck and other things
By PATRICIA SHERIDAN
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Nora Ephron's new book of essays, "I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being A Woman," skips the silver lining and goes _ humorously _ straight to the dark heart of the cloud called aging.
Starting her career as a journalist with the New York Post, she's best known for later works, including the novel "Heartburn," written after the breakup of her second marriage with Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein.
Legends from EC Comics resurface for their just dues
By ANDREW A. SMITH
Thursday, November 02, 2006
The best comic book coming out in October is 56 years old. Follow me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear ...
In 1950, a young man named Bill Gaines was unhappily running the comic-book company left to him by his father Max C.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
By PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Hardcover best-sellers compiled from data from large-city bookstores, bookstore chains and local best-seller lists across the United States. The first number to the right of the author's name is the book's previous week's ranking; the second is the number of weeks the book has been on the best-seller list.
Fiction Hardcover
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Book taps into the explosion of female runners
By CRISTINA ROUVALIS
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
An overweight, smoking 48-year-old nun named Sister Marion Irvine starts running with a younger friend, and incredibly six years later, Sister Marion becomes an Olympic hopeful.
