Tag: non-fiction
member name: Chris Steib
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April 24, 2009 03:46 PM EDT --
Tragic story out of Arkansas this week about non-fiction author David McElyea, who committed suicide on Wednesday in a Wal-Mart in Fayetteville. Author of " When Money Grows On Trees ," . . .
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December 24, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
I may regret announcing this resolution to my fellow Gatherers, but I have officially challenged myself to read 50 books in 2008. Quick math shows that I'm signed up to ingest a book about every . . .
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May 06, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
This year, I decided to read 50 books for my New Year's Resolution . I'm a little behind schedule, staring down book #14 right now ( The Audiacity of Hope ), which I'm reading on my Sony Reader. . . .
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November 20, 2008 10:30 AM EST --
File this one under "Award-winning books I will never read," the National Book Award in Fiction was given yesterday to Peter Matthiessen , a prolific novelist and non-fiction writer of more . . .
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December 30, 2008 02:56 PM EST --
In what appears to be indicative of the overall economic kick-in-the-pants, book sales slumped more than 20% in October, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Though only down 3.4% . . .
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February 10, 2008 10:33 PM EST --
So, I'm a little behind on my 50-book goal for 2008, but with a five-day impromptu vacation to upstate NY coming up next week, I hope to get back on track and be on book eight by the end of February . . .
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June 24, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
With beach season now upon us, publishers are undoubtedly in full-swing summer-reading mode, paying exorbitant sums of cash to stock B&N's front-list tables with disposable mass-market fodder. . . .
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January 13, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
For those unaware, this year I pledged to read 50 books as my literary New Year's resolution. I'm on target so far, having read two and finishing my third today or tomorrow (depending on whether . . .
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May 18, 2009 04:47 PM EDT --
It can be argued that the web has done many things for literature, but one of my favorites is how the digital era has lowered the barrier of entry for conversation around books. Amazon, Shelfari, . . .
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May 21, 2009 02:50 PM EDT --
I stumbled on this self-publishing company called Lulu today (I was actually looking for LaLa.com ), and was impressed with the quality and breadth of offerings on the site. With more than a dozen . . .
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August 22, 2008 11:32 PM EDT --
In this edition: Meth! Naked hula-hooping! Smellavision! Gunslinging amnesiacs! All in a fortnight's work.
Welcome back to the 50 Book Blog after my latest hiatus. Yeah, yeah. I know. Being . . .
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