Star Wars Reads Day returns today, 5 October, for the second time. Various stores will hold events all over the country, these stores include Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million as well as independent book stores and public libraries.. The event, which was created in 2012, was founded by George Lucas who partnered with Dark Horse, Scholastic and other publishers.
Edward Stratemeyer (4 October, 1862 – 10 May, 1930) was a beloved author Children’s fiction and the creator of very popular book series such as The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew among many others. Books by Edward Stratemeyer Stratemeyer was born and died in the great state of New Jersey. Stratemeyer did not go to college, he started writing juvenile fiction after he graduated from high school. Stratemeyer had his own printing press. Writing short stories, Stratemeyer distributed them among friends and family. The first story Stratemeyer sold was Victor Horton’s Idea. He sold it to Golden Days, a popular children’s paper, for $75 in 1888. Stratemeyer introduced the fifty cent novels. Kids loved Stratemeyer’s stories for their escape and entertainment values, other popular books of the time were more series carrying a moral tone. After his success Stratemeyer delegated a lot of the writing & illustration work to others while he busied himself editing and negotiating with publishers. During his lifetime, Stratemeyer produced over 1,300 books and selling around 500 million copies. After his death, Stratemeyer’s daughter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams continued the series he developed with new storylines. Harriet expanded on Nancy Drew and was the…
To celebrate the recent release of Steven Luna’s latest book, Booktrope, the publisher is giving away an eBook of Songs from the Phenomenal Nothing to two winners! Why Rock Stars Make Great Dads Starting ten minutes ago when I realized I have a guest post I need to write, I’ve begun wondering what it would like to have a rock star as a dad. It’s probably not something rock stars themselves think about much while they’re rocking out on the Casino-and-State Fair circuits, but there are many aspects of these musical Peter Pan figures that lend themselves to fatherhood. Self-restraint in public and an ability to control their substance consumption may not be on the list of those, but none of us are perfect. Try reading this run-down and wishing YOUR dad wasn’t a rock star. I bet you can’t do it. They know how to have a good time. It wasn’t a stodgy blowhard who wrote, “I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day.” Likewise, it wasn’t a stick-in-the-mud who penned, “Ma-mama weer all crazee now.” So imagine having a rock star roll out at a birthday party between the bounce house and the balloon twister dude,…
Liad Shoham is a successful Israeli author who recently had his book, Lineup, translated into English. As we all realize, being a successful author in one country does not necessarily mean you’ll be able to cross over to another countries especially if they have difference languages and cultures. Publishers don’t like to take chances and one must be an excellent author and present their case in order to even be considered. Q. What prompted you, a successful attorney, to start writing crime/mystery books? A. Well, when I started writing I was hardly a successful attorney. I was 26 years old and just graduated a master degree from the University of London. I came home to Israel and started working as a lawyer. The notion that this was the “first day of the rest of my life” depressed me. So in the evenings when I came back from work I started writing short stories based on my experiences in London. I never wrote before and discovered that I enjoyed it very much. I initially had no thought of publishing but when the pile got bigger and bigger; I decided to try my luck and sent it to a few publishers in Israel….
Mr. Shapow survived several labor camps and even Rikenau. How did he ever survived the Nazi killing machine, especially due to his habit of stealing food (a crime punished by execution, even if it’s moldy bread) is a testament to the human spirit.
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming is the second novel featuring Secret Service agent James Bond 007. The book was first published in 1954 and takes place during the cold war.
Louis Auchincloss (27 September, 1917 – 26 January, 2010) was an American novelist, lawyer, historian and essayist. Most of Mr. Auchincloss ‘books explore the private lives of the upper class (bankers, Wall St., lawyers, etc.) on the East Coast. Books by Louis Auchincloss Auchincloss was born in Lawrence, NY His last name is pronounced AW-kin-kloss Auchincloss served in the US Navy during World War II. During his time as a partner in the law firm of Hawkins, Delafield and Wood, Auchincloss wrote a book a year. In 2005, Louis Auchincloss received the National Medal of Arts (see picture). During his life time, Mr. Auchincloss published more than 60 books of fiction, non-fiction and literary criticism. Edith Wharton was Mr. Auchincloss’ greatest influence, his grandmother summered with her and he even wrote her biography. Mr. Auchincloss was third cousin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a cousin by marriage to Jackie Kennedy. Later in life Auchincloss and Kennedy worked together when she was a book editor. Gore Vidal said of Auchincloss: “Of all our novelists, Auchincloss is the only one who tells us how our rulers behave in their banks and their boardrooms, their law offices and their clubs…. Not since…
Billy Boyle finds himself answering a personal request from his old friend Sergeant Jackson who is now part of the all-African American 617th Tank Destroyers
Lineup by Liad Shoham is the American debut of the Israeli author. A quiet Tel-Aviv street is rocked by a brutal rape which leaves the police baffled since no eyewitnesses, clues or suspects exist. The victim’s father refuses to admit defeat and starts his own investigation when he notices a man acting strangely in the vicinity of his daughter’s apartment.
How to Lose a War at Sea edited by Bill Fawcett is a fascinating collection of more than 30 short essays about naval warfare and oceanic disasters. The book spans decades, there are essays ranging from the days of the Spanish armada to naval blunders from the 1960s.
