http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:42:08 -0500 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:36 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I've been reading Lee Israel's little book about her life in crime in Manhattan, "Can You Ever Forgive Me? Memoirs of a Literary Forger," due out August 5. Israel had written three celebrity biographies (Talullah Bankhead, Dorothy Kilgallen, Estee Lauder),... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/believe_me_i_li.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/believe_me_i_li.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:42:08 -0500 Scholastic Corporation today reported a $13 million loss in the last quarter of fiscal 2008, and a 15 percent increase in earnings for the whole year. It was a Harry Potter year, of course, and the release makes clear... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/business_and_gu.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/business_and_gu.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:57 -0500 Do you love Shakespeare? Right now, the Boston Public Library has one of its delicious small exhibitions in the third floor rare-book room: "All the World's a Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print," continuing through Sept. 30. In... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/wills_testament.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/wills_testament.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:13:00 -0500 1 YOU CAN DO IT!, by Tony Dungy. Illustrated by Amy June Bates. (Little Simon Inspirations, $16.99.) How faith and dreams help us succeedd, by the coach of the Indianapolis Colts. (Ages 4 to 7) 2 GALLOP!, written and... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/childrens_bests_18.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/childrens_bests_18.html childrens Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:49:35 -0500 1. Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Penguin. 2. Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. 3. The Omnivore’s Dilemma By Michael Pollan. Penguin. 4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle By Barbara Kingsolver. Harper. 5. Dreams From... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_nonfi_70.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_nonfi_70.html pbnonfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:47:09 -0500 1. On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan. Anchor. 2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union By Michael Chabon. Harper. 3. Out Stealing Horses By Per Petterson. Picador. 4. The Last Summer (of You and Me) By Ann Brashares. Riverhead. 5. In the... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_ficti_69.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_ficti_69.html pbfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:45:04 -0500 1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames By David Sedaris. Little, Brown. 2. The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch. Hyperion. 3. The Dark Side By Jane Mayer. Doubleday. 4. Life With My Sister Madonna By Christopher Ciccone. Simon Spotlight. 5.... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_nonfi_69.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_nonfi_69.html hcnonfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:42:23 -0500 1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle By David Wroblewski. Ecco. 2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Díaz. Riverhead. 3. Unaccustomed Earth By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf. 4. Love the One You’re With By Emily Giffin. St. Martin’s.... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_ficti_65.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_ficti_65.html hcfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:39:37 -0500 1. Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Penguin. 2. Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. 3. Dreams From My Father By Barack Obama. Three Rivers. 4. Big Russ and Me By Tim Russert. Miramax.... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_nonfi_69.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_nonfi_69.html pbnonfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36:52 -0500 1. On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan. Anchor. 2. The Last Summer (of You and Me) By Ann Brashares. Riverhead. 3. In the Woods By Tana French. Penguin. 4. Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_ficti_68.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/paperback_ficti_68.html pbfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:40 -0500 1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames By David Sedaris. Little, Brown. 2. The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch. Hyperion. 3. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea By Chelsea Handler. Simon Spotlight. 4. The Monster of Florence By Douglas... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_nonfi_68.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_nonfi_68.html hcnonfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:31:37 -0500 1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle By David Wroblewski. Ecco. 2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Díaz. Riverhead. 3. Unaccustomed Earth By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf. 4. Tribute By Nora Roberts. Putnam. 5. Chasing Harry Winston By... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_ficti_64.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/hardcover_ficti_64.html hcfiction Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:17:55 -0500 Publishers Weekly earlier this month published a list of the world's 50 biggest publishers. Not that it matters, but it was interesting to see that of the 50, only seven are wholly based in the United States. The top 10... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/whos_who.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/whos_who.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:12:40 -0500 Top 5 Environment Books in New England http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/top_5_environme.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/top_5_environme.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:39:46 -0500 By Judith Maas SUNDAY: Lloyd Schwartz and others read from the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop at 4 p.m., at the Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. ... Sheridan Hay (‘‘The Secret of Lost Things’’) and Steve Almond (‘‘Not... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/boston_area_aut_71.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/2008/07/boston_area_aut_71.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:57 -0500