Archive for the ‘new authors’ Category
Friday, April 16th, 2010
In Spark, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies), Spark is ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
For ex, when i got to B&N, Pretty much every book has "#1 New York Times Best Selling Author" or "#1 New York Times Best Seller"
I just don't get it
This ranking and the book is on a weekly basis, I think the method is stupid but it gives the authors ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Author Robert Frank discusses his book "The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas" as a part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on July 23, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.Duration : 0:55:1
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Jeff Jarvis visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "What Would Google Do?" This event took place on February 18, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.
In a book that's one part prophecy, one part thought experiment, one part manifesto, and one part survival manual, internet impresario ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
I've been a fan of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Deant Koontz and Peter Straub for a few years now. Usually whenever they write something new I get it from the library or hit the book store when I get a chance. I'm especially a fan of their short stories collections. ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
The Authors@Google program welcomed Anthony Grafton to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "Codex in Crisis"
From the book jacket:
"The growth of the Internet and ambitious new projects like Google Books have led some commentators to foretell the dawn of the "universal archive" and, with it, the end of ...
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
The Authors@Google program was pleased to welcome philosopher, professor and author Simon Critchley to Google's NY office to discuss his new book "On Humor".
Simon Critchley studied philosophy at the University of Essex in England (BA 1985, PhD 1988) and at the University of Nice in France (M.Phil 1987). Among his ...
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
I like Pynchon, TC Boyle, Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson.
Give me some more "beatnik" type, subculture writers. I love it!!
if you like stephen king, you will like Dean Koontz. One of the best fiction writers, he is like the other Stephen King, haha.
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Castle ABC TV Show, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. Straight off the ABC Castle site, this video interviews a few popular authors (Stephen J. Cannell and Michael Connelly) about Rick Castle. There is some (not too spoilery) footage from season two with Castle at his poker game with the other ...
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
I have sent many letters, not manuscripts mind, via email. Just a brief, concise letter asking if they would be considerate enough to read one chapter. They don't bother to reply or send a computerised note saying "no". How on earth do new authors get through the barriers?
Perhaps I should ...
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