Tiny Pa. borough of Roseto gets 2nd brush with fame
McClatchy Newspapers
2/11/2009, by Tom Coombe
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT) - For the second time in 30 years, the tiny Slate Belt borough of Roseto is getting national attention. The new book "Outliers," which has been No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list for the last few weeks, uses the story of Roseto as its ...
Book reviews continue inevitable migration to Web
McClatchy Newspapers
2/4/2009, by Diane Evans
DelMio.com (MCT) - For all the book-review lovers mourning the loss of Book World in The Washington Post, have a good cry and get on with it. The day of stand-alone book sections in daily newspapers is all but gone, and it's not coming back. The Washington Post cited a protracted downturn in ...
For Daniel Handler, Snicket lives — as do music and flying saucers
McClatchy Newspapers
2/4/2009, by Rachel Leibrock
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - After 13 installments, Daniel Handler's wildly popular "A Series of Unfortunate Events" saga came to an end in 2006, but the books' narrator, Lemony Snicket, lives on. In fact, Handler presents a new story, "Why Does Lemony Snicket Keep Following Me?" this week at the ...
Talking with wimpy kid author Jeff Kinney
McClatchy Newspapers
2/4/2009, by Beth Whitehouse
Newsday (MCT) - Children's author Jeff Kinney may not have the name recognition J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer enjoy, but his character Greg Heffley does. Ask a fourth- to sixth-grader, and he'll tell you that Greg is the "Wimpy Kid" in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. The mischievous Greg's ...
In new book, Jimmy Carter is upbeat about peace talks in Mideast
McClatchy Newspapers
2/4/2009, by Bill Lambrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT) - Before George Mitchell departed last week for the Middle East on his inaugural mission, America's newest special envoy received a present via overnight mail from Jimmy Carter _ a copy of Carter's new book, "We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work." ...
Book instructs on ‘Cultivating Life'
McClatchy Newspapers
2/2/2009, by Virginia A. Smith
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - A new book by Sean Conway and Lee Alan Buttala, "Cultivating Life: 125 Projects for Backyard Living," has some ideas most of us might not dream of trying. But it also has a slew of stuff we could, and would. Conway is host, and Buttala director, of the eponymous ...
The Know-It-All
Catholic Media Review
1/29/2009, by Denise Lapachet
WASHINGTON (Catholic Media Review) - Subtitled One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, the book chronicles A.J. Jacob's quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, from a-ak to zywiec. The book is filled with the fascinating tidbits of information he discovers, for ...
Dallas native chronicles Japan's vibrant arcade culture in book
McClatchy Newspapers
1/28/2009, by Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News (MCT) - The death of the video game arcade has not, alas, been greatly exaggerated. For gamers older than 30, memories of plugging endless quarters into "Street Fighter II," "Mortal Kombat" and "After Burner" cabinets are just that: memories. In most of the world, arcades ...
The Shack
Catholic Media Review
1/29/2009, by Julie Davis
Dallas (Catholic Media Review) - The Shack is a book I was peripherally aware of but never intended reading. It is one of those "inspiring" Christian novels that seem to be always floating out there in conversation and on blogs. I rarely am interested in them as they usually have both sloppy ...
Best-selling Kentucky author shares her dead soldier's journal for their son
McClatchy Newspapers
1/14/2009, by Amy Wilson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - "A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor" by Dana Canedy; Crown ($25.95) RADCLIFF, Ky. _ Rounding the end of the toy aisle at the Wal-Mart in her hometown, a woman who now lives on the 35th floor of a Manhattan high-rise and has a Pulitzer Prize lets out an ...
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