|
|
| Latest book News |
Twilight Review: Swooningly True to the Book
The film of vampire romance Twilight is swooningly true to the book
|
Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize
The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.
|
Book prizes awarded with nod to history
Annette Gordon-Reed won the National Book Award for nonfiction for "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," while Peter Matthiessen won the fiction award for "Shadow Country."
|
'Joe the Plumber' lands book deal
The man who shot to fame in the US presidential election as "Joe the Plumber" signs a book deal.
|
U.S. National Book Awards go to slave, outlaw books
A book about a slave family with ties to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and novel about a notorious Florida outlaw were among the winners at America's 59th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday.
|
Book reading
IF you’d like to hear excerpts from the book March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up , go to Silverfish Books in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, at 5.30pm tomorrow.
|
After 30 years, his second National Book Award
Judges for the National Book Award honored a comeback, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award nearly 30 years ago.
|
Book review :
Samantha Ettus conceived of the third book in her "Experts' Guide" series well before mortgages started ... because we had so damn much to do. Now we read her book through a different lens -- speed and efficiency are survival ... by Head Butler Inc.
|
|
|
