Former Alaskan Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, hit stores this week. I haven’t read it. Very few people have so far. But that hasn’t stopped a whole lot of people from forming an opinion.
In terms of content, this probably is going to be just another politician’s self-serving autobiography. But in terms of reaction, this is something different altogether. Pre-orders were so strong that Going Rogue has been on top of the major best seller lists for weeks. Thousands, literally thousands, of people sat outside a bookstore in
Reading a Book by its Cover
by Ronald A. Rowe November 23rd, 2009 | Authors, New Releases, Nonfiction
Author: Cormac McCarthy
by Louise November 16th, 2009 | Authors
Cormac McCarthy. Some say he is the greatest living American author, yet others have never heard of him. He has written ten novels, a couple of plays, and a screenplay. His works typically are considered "Western" or "Southern Gothic." He has won a number of prestigious awards, including a National Book Award in 1992 and the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. The New York Times Book Review wrote, "[McCarthy] puts most other American writers to shame. [His] work itself repays the tight focus of his attention with its finely wrought craftsmanship and its ferocious energy." Here are a selective few descriptions of
How Soccer Explains the World
by Bea November 12th, 2009 | Nonfiction
The American version of football has tried to expand itself throughout the world by having teams, such as the New England Patriots, play in international places, such as London. Those games do draw a crowd for sure, and the stadium fills itself without any sort of problem, yet, somehow American football is not a popular sport in places other than the United States of America.
Soccer, otherwise known as football in many parts of the world, has the ability to draw people together from all over the world. The United States roots for its team, Brazil roots for their players, and
Soccer, otherwise known as football in many parts of the world, has the ability to draw people together from all over the world. The United States roots for its team, Brazil roots for their players, and
New Releases
by Jaclyn Abergas November 5th, 2009 | Choosing Books, Fiction, New Releases
Catch up in fiction and non-fiction books as we discuss the newest releases in books.
Biographies
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs. Relive his past and present Christmas experiences. He recalls how Christmas can bring out the worst and best in every person.
Fiction/Literature
In A Perfect World by Laura Kasischke is a new novel about marriage and motherhood and people's choices when there seems to be no more choices left. (more...)
Biographies
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs. Relive his past and present Christmas experiences. He recalls how Christmas can bring out the worst and best in every person.
Fiction/Literature
In A Perfect World by Laura Kasischke is a new novel about marriage and motherhood and people's choices when there seems to be no more choices left. (more...)
