Tony Blair is a movies superstar?
02 Sep 2010 13:20:07
Film director Lord Attenborough was ''just a superlative human being'' while Hollywood director Steven Spielberg was ''actually a rather modest person.'' Mr Blair even indulges in a bit of film criticism as he muses on the powerful directing of Schindler's List.
David Beckham was a ''complete pro'' in supporting London's bid for the 2012 Olympics, Kevin Spacey was a ''really fun guy'' at Labour's 2002 autumn party conference, while U2 frontman and anti-poverty campaigner Bono is ''great with pe... Read Full Story
The opinion of Stephen Hawking about the formation of the Universe
02 Sep 2010 13:17:43
The scientist think that it doesn’t need to explain why the Universe was formed. Interesting opinion. Maybe, they came to this conclusion because now they haven’t got truthful version in this problem?
In latest book from Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than... Read Full Story
"The Last Lie" by Stephen White. Is it new book about mendacity?
02 Sep 2010 13:10:37
This story from the man called Stephen White. The book that he wrote is the 18th installment of White's series about clinical psychologist Alan Gregory.
Alan lives in the mountains of Boulder, Colo. His world is disrupted when celebrity couple Mimi and Mattin Snow move next-door. The Snows' housewarming party turns disastrous when a woman claims she was raped at the gathering.
Alan's wife, Lauren, is a district attorney on the case. His best friend, Sam, is a detective investigating it. Alan... Read Full Story
Alistair Darling? Who is Alistair Darling?!
01 Sep 2010 00:09:04
Alistair Darling, the man who, if Lord Mandelson is to be believed, Brown once described as his " chancellor", is in talks with Eddie Bell, the literary agent who has secured big advances for a number of political heavyweights. "They got together at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over the weekend and it finished up with Darling passing Bell a piece of paper with his address on it," whispers my bookworm. "I'd be surprised if Bell didn't tie up a deal quite quickly. Darling is one of th... Read Full Story
Especially for people who can’t live without …shopping!
01 Sep 2010 00:08:14
There are a lot of people who can’t life without shopping. Some of them treat themselves from different stress in their life, some have got a lot of money, and they can spend part of tem on shopping. But, to say truth, a lot of people can’t stop when they are on shopping, and this is a disease. Now you can buy new book "The Shopping Diet
from Phillip Bloch: Celebrity stylist and fashion commentator Phillip Bloch has a solution for those who want to spend less and get more for their money w... Read Full Story
Debut novel from Darci Hannah
31 Aug 2010 23:56:12
This book is the debut from Darci Hannah. It is a story about Sara Stevenson. The story starts
in 1814 in a country known for its mystic legends, "The Exile of Sara Stevenson" is part-love story, part-ghost story. It is also a charming and heartbreaking account of love and loss.
Sara must remain at the Cape Wrath lighthouse until she gives birth. She is accompanied by her lady's companion, Kate MacKinnon, and Kate's husband, Robbie.
Reclusive William Campbell is the surly light keeper. He se... Read Full Story
What about new edition Oxford English Dictionary
30 Aug 2010 17:58:09
Oxford University Press said it would continue to print the more familiar Oxford Dictionary of English, the single-volume version sold in bookshops and which contains more contemporary entries such as vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet encountered in the 2010 football World Cup.
Mr Portwood said printed dictionaries had a shelf life of about another 30 years, with the pace of change increased by the popularity of e-books and devices such as the Apple iPad and Amazon’s Kindle.
Simon Winchester, auth... Read Full Story
"The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings" by James Baldwin
30 Aug 2010 17:53:01
One man, Randall Kenan, he is an editor an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, calls the compendium "a collection of snapshots." And the writings are haphazard. But these are snapshots in the best sense: glimpses deep inside a life lived daringly and fervently, if not always with politic attention to Baldwin's colleagues and compatriots.
Kenan offers Baldwin as a "probable impossibility." What made him an "impossibility" ranges from his birth to a single mo... Read Full Story
New book about capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
30 Aug 2010 17:49:17
Everybody is interested in economics, because our finance are depend on situation on the world’s market. Ignorant of history, including that of economics itself, most economists not only failed to forecast the crash but, mesmerised by the spurious harmonies of their mathematical models, were blind to the mounting instability of the financial system and failed to grasp that an upheaval of the kind that is currently under way was even possible. After an intellectual failure on this scale, what cou... Read Full Story
Opinions about Mark Taper Forum in 2011
28 Aug 2010 08:51:16
There are some opinions from different writers John Lithgow, Morris Panych, Lanford Wilson, Theresa Rebeck, they all were on the stage of Mark Taper Forum in 2011, Center Theatre Group announced on Aug. 24.
John Lithgow in Stories by Heart
Jan. 4-Feb. 13, 2011
Featuring the works of P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner
"A special one-man theatrical memoir. Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Lithgow offers a touching and humorous reflection on storytelling as the tie that binds humanity. In ... Read Full Story
Musicians are talking about libraries and books
28 Aug 2010 08:49:30
American musicians become interesting in books, that is why there are a lot of musicians talk about books in different places. For example amazing duet between Keith Richards and Jay-Z each. They will give talks this fall at the New York Public Library.
The Rolling Stones guitarist will speak Oct. 29 at the Celeste Bartos auditorium at the library's main branch on 5th Avenue as part of the promotion for his memoir "Life." Jay-Z will discuss his memoir "Decoded" on Nov. 15.
The library has ... Read Full Story
Anne Frank life in the world of books
28 Aug 2010 08:48:52
This is a story about one interesting author Anne Frank. 15 years of her life she lived in German. each person with even a passing connection to her story has told their own. And the uses to which her diary has been put have also been well critiqued, most notably by the American critic Cynthia Ozick, who, in an article for the New Yorker in 1997, argued: "The diary has been bowdlerised, distorted, transmuted, reduced; it has been infantilised, Americanised, sentimentalised, falsified." Ian Bur... Read Full Story
