For all who loves handiwork
09 Nov 2010 03:35:46
Sedaris proves her place as a domestic maven for today's irony-loving do-it-yourselfers with her latest book. "Simple Times" is steeped in '70s campiness, with a youthful, can-do attitude walking through an extensive list of projects, neatly indexed in the back, from Acorn Crafts to Macaroni Alien Mask and Yesterday's Newspaper Scuffs.
The actress-comedian is a practical crafting guide. Before diving into the sausage cookies (yes, there are recipes) and wizard duck costume, she tells readers wh... Read Full Story
New "Full of Grace: Encountering Mary in Faith, Art, and Life" from Judith Dupre
05 Nov 2010 15:49:35
In the wide-ranging and lavishly illustrated volume, "Full of Grace," architectural historian Judith Dupre — author of the best-selling "Churches" — examines the biblical role, theological importance and lasting cultural impact of the Virgin Mary.
The text is divided into 59 brief chapters — one for each bead of the traditional Marian Rosary — interspersed with full-color reproductions of great artworks like "The Ghent Altarpiece," Michelangelo's Pieta and Giotto's famed frescoes at the Scrove... Read Full Story
The most favourite novelist of France Toni Morrison
05 Nov 2010 15:47:09
In a ceremony in a gilded hall in the ministry, Frederic Mitterrand pinned a red and gold medal onto the celebrated author's jacket as a scrum of photographers snapped away.
Mitterrand called Morrison — a Nobel laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize — "the greatest American novelist of her time."
"I want to tell you that you incarnate what's most beautiful about America ... (that) which gives a black child, born during segregation into a modest family in a medium-sized Ohio city an exceptio... Read Full Story
It may be the last book from the popular seria by Jean M. Auel
05 Nov 2010 15:44:26
Fascinated by life from thousands of years ago, to the point where she learned how to make an ice cave and tan leather, Auel started the series in her early 40s and debuted in 1980 with "The Clan of the Cave Bear," which later became a film of the same name starring Daryl Hannah as Ayla, the orphaned Cro-Magnon raised by Neanderthals.
The first three novels of the series were completed by the mid-1980s but then Auel slowed down. The fourth book, "The Plains of Passage," took five years to wr... Read Full Story
Now you may read an autobiography of Ricky Martin
03 Nov 2010 01:56:29
Ricky Martin releases a long-awaited autobiography on Tuesday, telling of his rise from a Puerto Rican boy band to international stardom and his tricky decision in March to come out as gay.
"Yo" (Me) provides glimpses of Martin's childhood, describes his musical start as a member of "Menudo" in the 1980s, his crossover to English in the later 1990's and his emergence as a pop icon, his publisher said.
Published both in English and in Spanish, it also talks about 38-year-old Martin's decision t... Read Full Story
Leonardo DiCaprio will have a roll in screening of "The Devil in the White City"
03 Nov 2010 01:54:29
Erik Larson's acclaimed novel spent three years on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold 2.3 million copies and has been translated into 17 languages.
The nonfiction story focuses on the lives of two men who turned the 1893 Chicago World's Fair into their playground. One man, Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, in a short period of time was forced to overcome immense obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built.
DiC... Read Full Story
Do you know the name of most modern king of media?
03 Nov 2010 01:49:52
The teen heartthrob has the Web wired — he's a YouTube discovery with almost 6 million followers on Twitter. He makes hit music, with an album and concert tour in the nation's top 20 and a new album on the way in a few weeks. He's got a movie coming out early next year, and on Sunday, he drew enough fans to temporarily shut down a Barnes & Noble bookstore where he promoted his autobiography, "First Step 2 Forever: My Story."
More than 1,000 teen and tween girls, a handful of boys, and their par... Read Full Story
American Media Inc has got control measures from bankruptcy
02 Nov 2010 01:46:22
AMI, whose publications also include "Men's Fitness," said it plans to make a "prepackaged" Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in about two weeks and hopes to emerge from bankruptcy within 60 days.
"For our advertisers, employees, customers and vendors, this short period will be business as usual, with considerable upside in the future," AMI chairman, president and chief executive David Pecker said in a statement.
"American Media is engaging in this strategy from a position of financial strength and... Read Full Story
About Miami Book Fair International from former President George W. Bush
02 Nov 2010 01:43:58
Former President George W. Bush will kick off this year's international book fair in Miami.
Bush is scheduled to speak at the 27th annual Miami Book Fair International, which runs from Nov. 14-21. The former president will present his memoir "Decision Points," on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.
Book fair organizers told The Associated Press that tickets to Bush's presentation are $40. That includes a presigned copy of the book, which comes out Nov. 9. Crown Publishers has said it will have a print run of 1.... Read Full Story
Read Marion Jones revelation in her new book
02 Nov 2010 01:42:13
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones apologizes repeatedly in a new memoir over the doping scandal which ended her Olympic career, but she doesn't expect her staunchest critics to ever see the "big picture."
"I can help one million kids not make bad decisions in their lives, and those critics will still be talking about performance-enhancing drugs because that's the bubble they live in," said Jones, who is opening up in her book "On the Right Track" and a new TV documentary on U.S. sports ch... Read Full Story
Mr. Keith Richards has his own interpretive of “life”
31 Oct 2010 23:59:33
The afternoon is warm and sunny minutes before Richards is to be interviewed at his manager's office in downtown Manhattan, a veritable Keith shrine with posters and pictures on the wall, and a director's chair with his name on it, ready for him to be seated.
At the top of the hour, the clouds darken. The door swings open and the grinning Rolling Stone arrives.
He is 66, his face tanned and lined, his walk slightly bent, an old cowboy gone electric. He's wearing a tan, wide-brimmed hat, black ... Read Full Story
Do you want to read new book from Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
31 Oct 2010 23:56:57
The book out Friday in Spain and Latin America, "Yo no vengo a decir un discurso," (I Didn't Come to Give a Speech) is a compilation of 22 speeches Garcia has given throughout his life, Random House Mondadori editor Cristobal Pera said at its presentation.
Garcia did not attend the unveiling, but Pera said the author "is as good as can be expected of an 83-year-old man who has come out undefeated in his battle with cancer."
The editor said Garcia, who was last seen in public two weeks ago in M... Read Full Story
