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Bibliography RSS FeedsWild and Weird (Campbell) - Wild and Weird: Tales of Imagination and Mystery, Russian, English, and Italian (1889), by Gilbert Campbell (multiple formats at Google; US access only)...Feed Source: books.google.com DHQ - DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly (full serial archives)... Southland Writers (Tardy) - Southland Writers: Biographical and Critical Sketches of the Living Female Writers of the South, With Extracts From Their Writings (2 volumes; Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1870), by Mary T. Tardy (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... U.S. Policy Options in Central America (Ulibarri) - U.S. Policy Options in Central America (Washington: Cuban-American National Foundation, 1982), by Eduardo Ulibarri (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Golden Bough (Frazer) - The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (first edition reprint, 2 volumes: New York and London: Macmillan, 1894), by James George Frazer (stable link)... The Golden Bough (Frazer) - The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (second edition, 3 volumes: London and New York: Macmillan, 1900), by James George Frazer (stable link)... Working the American Way (Day) - Working the American Way, by Robert Day (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... How to Set Up a Freelance Writing Business (Deign) - How to Set Up a Freelance Writing Business, by Jason Deign (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... A Book of Mormons (Van Wagoner) - A Book of Mormons (c1982), by Richard S. Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker (HTML at Signature Books)... Church, State, and Politics (Smith) - Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith (c1990), by John Henry Smith, ed. by Jean Bickmore White (HTML at Signature Books)... A Ministry of Meetings (Clawson) - A Ministry of Meetings: The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson (c1993), by Rudger Clawson, ed. by Stan Larson (illustrated HTML at Signature Books)... Sarah M. Kimball (Derr) - Sarah M. Kimball (c1976), by Jill Mulvay Derr (illustrated HTML at Signature Books)... Letters from Exile (Cannon) - Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, 1886-1888 (c1989), by Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, ed. by Constance L. Lieber and John R. Sillito (HTML at Signature Books)... Lucy's Book (Smith) - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith’s Family Memoir (c2001), by Lucy Smith, ed. by Lavina Fielding Anderson (HTML at Signature Books)... Memories and Reflections (Ericksen) - Memories and Reflections: The Autobiography of E.E. Ericksen (c1987), by Ephraim Edward Ericksen, ed. by Scott G. Kenney (HTML at Signature Books)... Saints without Halos (Arrington) - Saints without Halos: The Human Side of Mormon History (c1981), by Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton (HTML at Signature Books)... On the Potter's Wheel (Kimball) - On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball (c1987), by Heber Chase Kimball, ed. by Stanley Buchholz Kimball (HTML at Signature Books)... Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined (Anderson) - Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined (c1990), by Rodger I. Anderson (HTML at Signature Books)... Hebrewisms of West Africa (Williams) - Hebrewisms of West Africa: From Nile to Niger With the Jews (c1930), by Joseph J. Williams (page images at Hathi Trust)... Selling What You Write (MacCampbell) - Selling What You Write (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c1938), by Donald MacCampbell (page images at Hathi Trust)... The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson, Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences, by His Great-Granddaughter (Randolph) - The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson, Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences, by His Great-Granddaughter (New York: Harper and Bros., 1871), by Sarah N. Randolph (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... U.S. Imperialism in Latin America - U.S. Imperialism in Latin America (Austin, TX: W. E. B. DuBois Club, ca. 1964) (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Contemporary Short Story (Baker) - The Contemporary Short Story: A Practical Manual (Boston et al.: D. C. Heath and Co., c1916), by Harry Torsey Baker (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Lure of the Pen (Klickmann) - The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920), by Flora Klickmann (multiple formats at archive.org)... Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations (Musäus) - Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations (3 volumes; London: Printed for W. Simpkin et al., 1823), contrib. by Johann Karl August Musäus, Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué, and Ludwig Tieck (stable link)... A Practical Guide for Authors in Their Relations with Publishers and Printers (Booth) - A Practical Guide for Authors in Their Relations with Publishers and Printers (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1907), by William Stone Booth (multiple formats at archive.org)... Returning to Learning (Dawson) - Returning to Learning, by Catherine Dawson (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Mature Student's Study Guide (Dawson) - The Mature Student's Study Guide, by Catherine Dawson (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... People Who Don't Know They're Dead (Hill) - People Who Don't Know They're Dead (c2005), by Gary Leon Hill (HTML with commentary at libertary.com)... Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800 (Lofaro) - Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800: A Bibliography (c2010), ed. by Michael A. Lofaro, Richard Beale Davis, George M. Barringer, and Sandra G. Hancock (PDF files at Newfound Press)... Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard (Kirby) - Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard: or, Stories About Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Rice, etc. (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google; US access only)... The World at Home (Kirby) - The World at Home: or, Pictures and Scenes From Far-Off Lands (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google)... The Sea and Its Wonders (Kirby) - The Sea and Its Wonders (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1884), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (stable link)... A Flora of Leicestershire (Kirby) - A Flora of Leicestershire (London: Hamilton, Adams and Co.; Leicester: J. S. Crossley, 1850), by Mary Kirby, contrib. by Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google)... The Discontented Children, and How They Were Cured (Kirby) - The Discontented Children, and How They Were Cured (London: Grant and Griffith, 1855), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby, illust. by Hablot Knight Browne (multiple formats at Google)... Birds of Gay Plumage (Kirby) - Birds of Gay Plumage: Sun-Birds, etc. (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (stable link)... Things in the Forest (Kirby) - Things in the Forest (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1861), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google)... Stories From the Classics, Adapted for the Young (Kirby) - Stories From the Classics, Adapted for the Young (London: T. Bosworth, 1854), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google)... Town Planning in Ancient Dekkan (Venkatarama Ayyar) - Town Planning in Ancient Dekkan (Madras: Printed at the Law Printing House, ca. 1916), by C. P. Venkatarama Ayyar (page images at Hathi Trust)... The Government Executive of Modern Peru (Hopkins) - The Government Executive of Modern Peru (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1967), by Jack W. Hopkins (page images at ufl.edu)... The Mechanization of Agriculture in Brazil (Clements) - The Mechanization of Agriculture in Brazil (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1969), by Harold M. Clements (page images at ufl.edu)... Family Planning and Family Size Determination (Carvajal) - Family Planning and Family Size Determination: The Evidence From Seven Latin American Cities (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1976), by Manuel J. Carvajal and David T. Geithman (page images at ufl.edu)... The Process of Rural Development in Latin America (Smith) - The Process of Rural Development in Latin America (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1967), by T. Lynn Smith (page images at ufl.edu)... The Aymara Language in its Social and Cultural Context (Hardman) - The Aymara Language in its Social and Cultural Context (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, c1981), ed. by Martha James Hardman (page images at ufl.edu)... "1001 Places to Sell Manuscripts" (Kane) - "1001 Places to Sell Manuscripts" (Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Co., c1915), ed. by William Reno Kane (multiple formats at archive.org)... Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard (Kirby) - Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard: A Story for Boys and Girls (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at archive.org)... Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands (Kirby) - Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands: Their Haunts and Homes (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1873), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (stable link)... Five Hundred Places to Sell Manuscripts (Reeve) - Five Hundred Places to Sell Manuscripts: A Manual Designed for the Guidance of Writers in Disposing of Their Work (fourth edition; Franklin, OH: Editor Pub. Co., 1900), ed. by James Knapp Reeve (multiple formats at archive.org)... Five Hundred Places to Sell Manuscripts (Reeve) - Five Hundred Places to Sell Manuscripts: A Manual Designed for the Guidance of Writers in Disposing of Their Work (first edition; Franklin, OH: Chronicle Press, c1894), ed. by James Knapp Reeve (multiple formats at archive.org)... The New 1001 Places to Sell Manuscripts (Reeve) - The New 1001 Places to Sell Manuscripts: A Complete Guide for All Writers Who are Seeking Avenues for the Publication of Original Manuscripts (Franklin, OH: James Knapp Reeve, 1922), ed. by James Knapp Reeve and Agnes M. Reeve (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Sea and Its Wonders (Kirby) - The Sea and Its Wonders (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1871), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at archive.org)... Where and How to Sell Manuscripts (McCourtie) - Where and How to Sell Manuscripts: A Directory for Writers (revised edition; Springfield, MA: Home Correspondence School, c1920), ed. by William B. McCourtie (multiple formats at archive.org)... Organizational Behavior (Bauer) - Organizational Behavior (online edition, c2009), by Talya Bauer and Berrin Erdogan (illustrated HTML with commentary at Flat World Knowledge)... Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time (Solomon) - Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time (online edition, c2009), by Michael R. Solomon, Lisa Duke Cornell, and Amit Nizan (illustrated HTML with commentary at Flat World Knowledge)... Exploring Business (Collins) - Exploring Business (online edition, c2009), by Karen Collins (illustrated HTML with commentary at Flat World Knowledge)... Principles of Microeconomics (Rittenberg) - Principles of Microeconomics (online edition, c2009), by Libby Rittenberg and Timothy D. Tregarthen (illustrated HTML with commentary at Flat World Knowledge)... The Divorced Dad's Handbook (Davies) - The Divorced Dad's Handbook, by Steve Davies (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland (Jackson) - Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, c2008), by Brian A. Jackson, Dave Frelinger, Michael Lostumbo, and Robert Button (PDF files at rand.org)... Bridging the "Know-Do" Gap (Bammer) - Bridging the "Know-Do" Gap: Knowledge Brokering to Improve Child Wellbeing (2010), ed. by Gabriele Bammer, Annette Michaux, and Ann Sanson (HTML and PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)... Blue Water (Wallace) - Blue Water: A Tale of the Deep Sea Fishermen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Frederick William Wallace (multiple formats at archive.org)... Death of President Lincoln (Bush) - Death of President Lincoln: A Sermon, Preached in Grace Church, Orange, N.J., Easter, April 16, 1865 (Orange, NJ: E. Gardner, 1865), by James Smith Bush (multiple formats at archive.org)... "Doughnut" Robbins's Bet (Wallace) - "Doughnut" Robbins's Bet (Shipmate series #3; Stamford, CT: Stamford Foundry Co., c1912), by Frederick William Wallace (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - A Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the Publications of the University of Chicago, With Specimens of Types Used at the University Press (5th edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1917), by University of Chicago Press (multiple formats at archive.org)... Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the Publications of the University of Chicago, With Specimens of Types Used at the University Press (3rd edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1911), by University of Chicago Press (multiple formats at archive.org)... Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules in Force at the University of Chicago Press, With Specimens of Types in Use (2nd edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1910), by University of Chicago Press (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - A Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the Publications of the University of Chicago, With Specimens of Types Used at the University Press (7th edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1920), by University of Chicago Press (multiple formats at archive.org)... Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the Publications of the University of Chicago, With Specimens of Types Used at the University Press (4th edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1914), by University of Chicago Press (multiple formats at archive.org)... Salt Seas and Sailormen (Wallace) - Salt Seas and Sailormen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1922), by Frederick William Wallace (multiple formats at archive.org)... Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell, by the Editor of Madame du Deffrand'S letters; Followed by a Series of Letters From Lady Russell to Her Husband (Russell) - Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell, by the Editor of Madame du Deffrand'S letters; Followed by a Series of Letters From Lady Russell to Her Husband (third edition; printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and J. Ridgway, 1820), by Rachel Russell, ed. by Mary Berry, contrib. by Dorothy Sidney Sunderland (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Viking Blood (Wallace) - The Viking Blood: A Story of Seafaring (Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, c1920), by Frederick William Wallace (multiple formats at archive.org)... Manual of Style (University of Chicago. Press) - Manual of Style: Being a Compilation of Typographical Rules in Force at the University of Chicago Press; To Which Are Appended Specimens of Types in Use (first edition; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906), by University of Chicago Press (stable link)... Introducing Copyright (Hofman) - Introducing Copyright: A Plain Language Guide to Copyright in the 21st Century (Vancouver, BC: Commonwealth of Learning, 2009), by Julien Hofman (PDF and Epub with commentary at col.org)... Gramophone - Gramophone (1923-) (partial serial archives)... Holiday and Travel Security Handbook (Conway) - Holiday and Travel Security Handbook, by Des Conway (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Event Manager's Bible (Conway) - The Event Manager's Bible, by Des Conway (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Home Security Handbook (Conway) - The Home Security Handbook, by Des Conway (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Personal Security Handbook (Conway) - The Personal Security Handbook, by Des Conway (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... How to Publish Your Own Book (Crosbie) - How to Publish Your Own Book, by Anna Crosbie (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Deportation by Default (Mehta) - Deportation by Default: Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings, and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System (c2010), by Sarah Mehta (HTML at hrw.org)... Knowing and Erring (Kalechofsky) - Knowing and Erring: The Consolations of Error (c1997), by Robert Kalechofsky (HTML with commentary at libertary.com)... Home Security Handbook (Crime and Violence Prevention Center ) - Home Security Handbook, by Crime and Violence Prevention Center (Calif.) (PDF at UCSC)... Sundry Great Gentlemen (Bowen) - Sundry Great Gentlemen: Some Essays in Historical Biography (London: John Lane; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1928), by Marjorie Bowen (page images at Hathi Trust)... The Draft Program of the Communist International (Trotsky) - The Draft Program of the Communist International: A Criticism of Fundamentals (New York: The Militant, 1929), by Leon Trotsky, contrib. by James Patrick Cannon (page images at Hathi Trust)... Confederate Engineers (Nichols) - Confederate Engineers (Confederate Centennial Studies #5; Tuscaloosa, AL: Confederate Pub. Co., 1957), by James Lynn Nichols (page images at Hathi Trust)... The Peace Convention of 1861 (Keene) - The Peace Convention of 1861 (Confederate Centennial Studies #18; Tuscaloosa, AL: Confederate Pub. Co., 1961), by Jesse Lynn Keene (page images at Hathi Trust)... The Truth About Eye Exercises (Pollack) - The Truth About Eye Exercises (Philadelphia: Chilton Co., c1956), by Philip Pollack (page images at Hathi Trust)... Forget-Me-Not (Bowen) - Forget-Me-Not (orginally published in 1932 as "Lucille Clery"), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... The King's Favourite (Bowen) - The King's Favourite (orginally published in 1937 as "My Tattered Loving: The Overbury Mystery"), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... Patriotic Lady (Bowen) - Patriotic Lady (1935), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... Dickon (Bowen) - Dickon (1929), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... Dark Rosaleen (Bowen) - Dark Rosaleen (1932), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... The Queen's Caprice (Bowen) - The Queen's Caprice (1933), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... The Bishop of Hell, and Other Stories (Bowen) - The Bishop of Hell, and Other Stories (1949 compilation), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... The Last Bouquet (Bowen) - The Last Bouquet: Some Twilight Tales (1933 compilation), by Marjorie Bowen (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)... A History of Federal Science Policy from the New Deal to the Present (Blanpied) - A History of Federal Science Policy from the New Deal to the Present (2010), by William A. Blanpied (HTML with commentary at Rice University Press)... Acts and Resolutions of the Third Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, held at Richmond, Va. (Confederate States of America) - Acts and Resolutions of the Third Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, held at Richmond, Va. (1861), by Confederate States of America (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both With Regard to Sound and Meaning (Sheridan) - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both With Regard to Sound and Meaning: One Main Object of Which is, To Establish a Plain and Permanent Standard of Pronunciation; To Which is Prefixed a Prosodial Grammar (fourth edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for Charles Dilly et al., 1797), by Thomas Sheridan (stable link)... Lincoln as the South Should Know Him (Blacknall) - Lincoln as the South Should Know Him (third edition; Raleigh, NC: Manly's Battery Chapter, Children of the Confederacy, ca. 1915), by O. W. Blacknall (multiple formats at archive.org)... A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. (Little) - A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. (Tuscaloosa, AL: R. E. Rhodes Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, ca. 1905), by George Little and James Robert Maxwell (multiple formats at archive.org)... Provisional and Permanent Constitutions, Together With the Acts and Resolutions of the Three Sessions of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (Confederate States of America) - Provisional and Permanent Constitutions, Together With the Acts and Resolutions of the Three Sessions of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (bound with the Acts and Resolutions of the fourth session; Richmond: Tyler, Wise, Allegre and Smith, Printers, 1861-1862), by Confederate States of America (multiple formats at archive.org)... Going to Live in Australia (Neilson) - Going to Live in Australia, by Mary Neilson and Mathew Collins (illustrated HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Getting Into Australia (Collins) - Getting Into Australia, by Mathew Collins (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Shattered Crystals (Kanner) - Shattered Crystals (revised electronic edition, 2009), by Mia Amalia Kanner and Eve Rosenzweig Kugler (multiple formats with commentary at shatteredcrystals.net)... Top scarers - From Jim Thompson to Daphne du Maurier, the author and comedian singles out stories that live up to their genre and genuinely do give readers sleepless nightsAs well as making becoming a household name for his work as a writer and actor in comedy shows such as The Fast Show, Charlie Higson has had a parallel and these days just as stellar career as a writer. After winning acclaim for early, blackly comic crime nove... Call off the hounds: the Not the Booker prize vote stands - After polling disarray to rival the coming of the ConDems, the collective has opted to stick with the original shortlist. Time to actually do some reading!Well, that was bracing! Calling our own voting system and the legitimacy of our competition into question was always going to be risky. And, as many have you have pointed out, selec... A life in books: Tim Waterstone - "I am an enemy of Waterstone's being destroyed. I am not in any way an enemy of Waterstone's being properly led by people who know what they're doing"Tim Waterstone is explaining to me why he has a problem with the word entrepreneur, a distaste that I've seen ascribed to him on several occasions but find difficult to understand. How else might you describe a man who conjured, out of a redundancy package of a few thousand pounds, a retail operation that changed the face of British bookselling, and with ... Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld - Evie Wyld, whose debut novel After the Fire, a Still Small Voice won the 2009 John Llewellyn Rhys prize, has written a short story, The Whales, exclusively for Booktrust, where she is currently writer-in-residence. Here we join Jimmy, Elaine, Terry and Yvonne, deep in the bush after five days of walking. The conclusion will appear on the Booktrust website tomorrowThere are four of them footslogging single file along the trail. They swe... Booker prize sees Peter Carey and Emma Donoghue head shortlist - Australian novelist could be first three-times winner, as fancied David Mitchell and controversial Christos Tsiolkas miss outThe Australian novelist Peter Carey was hailed as a modern day Dickens after he was shortlisted for what could be an unprecedented third Man Booker pri... Agatha Christie gets death cake tribute from Jane Asher - Actress and baking star creates 'assault on the senses' in honour of the thriller writer's 120th anniversaryIt's death by chocolate made (sort of) literal: a murderously rich chocolate cake has been created by cake maker and actress Jane Asher to mark what would have been the 120th birthday of queen of crime Agatha Christie.Asher's cake was inspired by a passage in Christie's 50th novel, the Miss Marple tale A Murder is Anno... Blair's Journey breaks sales records - The former prime minister's memoir sold more than 92,000 copies in its first four days on sale, comfortably outdoing figures for Peter Mandelson's rival accountDespite predictions that Peter Mandelson beating him into print would damage sales of Tony Blair's autobiography, the former prime minister's book has trounced his erstwhile spin doctor's to become one of the fastest-selling memoirs ever ? presumably pretty solid consolation for having had his ... Elizabeth Jenkins obituary - Sensitive novelist and biographer of strong female charactersElizabeth Jenkins, who has died aged 104, was a novelist and biographer of exceptional quality, who was sometimes the victim of her own diffidence. Not long after Virago reprinted her novel The Tortoise and the Hare (1954) in 1983, a promotional leaflet was issued with photographs or portraits of all the Modern Classics authors. Elizabeth was the only one of whom no photograph could be found, and nor would she provide one. Above her name, there appe... Authors' boycott cancels Teen Lit festival after Ellen Hopkins 'disinvited' - A book festival for teenagers in Texas has been called off following the withdrawal of one writer's invitation on grounds of 'suitability'A literary festival for teenagers has been cancelled in Texas after a group of authors withdrew in protest at the organisers' decision to "disinvite" controversial young adult writer Ellen Hopkins.Hopkins, whose New York Times bestselling novels deal with topics from teenage drug addic... China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award - The City and the City and The Windup Girl draw equal numbers of votes for prestigious science fiction prizeFor only the third time in its 57 years of existence there has been a dead heat in the Hugo award for best novel, with China Miéville's The City and the City and Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl tieing for first place.The two books scored an equal number of votes from members of the World ... Christopher Hitchens asks fans not to pray for him - The author and well-known advocate of atheism, who is suffering from cancer, has asked that people refrain from 'troubling deaf heaven' over his plightAuthor and vociferous atheist Christopher Hitchens, who was diagnosed with cancer this summer, has appealed to his religious fans and friends not to "trouble deaf heaven" with their "bootless cries" for his recovery.... World's most expensive book comes up for sale - Sotheby's to auction Audubon's Birds of America and Shakespeare's First Folio from estate of late Lord HeskethBy any standards they form part of a truly extraordinary library: a rare copy of the world's most expensive book, perhaps the most important book in English literature, a fascinating cache of letters from Elizabeth I to the jailor of Mary Queen of Scots, and more besides.Sotheby's will today announce it is to se... Steve Bell on Tony Blair's ill-fated book signings - Tony Blair has been forced to cancel another event marking the launch of his memoirs after campaigners planned to protestSteve Bell... Credit where credit's due - There are times in bridge when you have to acknowledge your opponent's skillUnless you are someone who does not care for the beauty of bridge, there are times when you have to admire an opponent who has outperformed you when you appear to have done something good for your side. That was my position on today's deal from a US Team Trial 10 years ago. North-South vulnerable, dealer South.I held the West cards at one table, and South opened the bidding with an ostensibly strong no trump. You may think his hand looks more like a weak no trump... Blackwell book chain owner plans to hand firm over to staff - ? Toby Blackwell says he intends to emulate John Lewis ? Employee-owned firms do better in slump, study findsThe privately owned book chain Blackwell has outlined plans to copy the way that the John Lewis department store does business ? and hand ownership of the company over to its 900 staff.The 130-year-old academic books specialist is closing down its Oxford head office and... Video: Stephen Frears and the cast of Tamara Drewe: 'We are the middle classes and we don't like ourselves' - Stephen Frears, Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper and Tamsin Greig tell Xan Brooks about embracing the bucolic with their film adaptation of Posy Simmonds's Guardian cartoonHenry BarnesXan Brooks... London film festival: what price premieres? | Catherine Shoard - This year's... The curse of swearing in children's books - Squeamishness about exposing young eyes to filthy language has produced some memorably mealy-mouthed evasionsSwearing in children's books, and even in books for teenagers, used to be pure anathema. SE Hinton's 1967 young adult novel The Outsiders, for instance, an emotionally-charged account of youthful gangs clashing in Tulsa, features no language more colourful than "Glory!", "Shoot!" or a very occasional "Hell!" &nb... London film festival lineup revealed - ? Mike Leigh, Colin Firth and Anton Corbijn to present films? Danny Boyle and Keira Knightley works already confirmed? David Jason and Rupert Friend to present directorial debuts? No world premieres among gala screenings ? ... Tech Weekly: The year in games, and Edinburgh Interactive Festival - Join Aleks Krotoski, Keith Stuart and GameBrief.com's Nicholas Lovell on Tech Weekly for a games special.The panel bring you the latest on the 13-year struggle to take Duke Nukem Forever from idea to release ? is a mysogynistic, two-dimensional games character relevant in today's more mature gaming culture? There's also a round-up of the headlines from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival: is 3D a gimmick, and is the games industry suffering from a post-modern identity crisis? And the team look back at 2010 with their business analysis of the UK games industry.Also on this week's show, Jack Arnott speaks with Stephane Gravel, producer at Beenox, who are responsible for the mutli-layered universe in the latest adventure for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.Don't forget to ? Comment below? Mail us at tech@guardian.co.uk? Get our Twitter feed... Sounds Jewish: September 2010 - Welcome back to a bumper New Year edition of the podcast. In a Sounds Jewish exclusive, the critically acclaimed and now Booker-shortlisted author reads an acerbically funny extract from his latest novel, The Finkler Question. Is his depiction of a fictional Jewish anti-Zionist group as the "ASHamed Jews" fair?Challenging his account is Tony Klug, Middle East analyst and early signatory of Independent Jewish Voices, the group some critics have speculated might be the real-life inspiration for Jacobson's "ASHamed Jews."In this frenzy of festivals ? beginning with Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur ? Jason and Howard take a look at an attempt to reclaim one of those holy days that often gets neglected: ... Audio: David Grossman: 'Israel is a lofty idea, and it's worth fighting for' - As the great Israeli author David Grossman celebrates the English language publication of his novel To The End Of The Land, he spoke to Jonathan Freedland about the book, a mother's lament for life during a wartime with no end in sight.David GrossmanJonathan FreedlandIain Chambers... The Booker prize-shortlisted tale by Damon Galgut that's both truth and fiction - Since it's clearly based on autobiographical events, some have asked whether In a Strange Room is really a novel at all. But like all good fiction what it offers is writer's truthIt happens like this: when you come to the end of the first page of Damon Galgut's superlative novel, In a Strange Room, you read its final sentence twice.... Letters: The joy of shopping - Alexander Chancellor offers the excited revelation (G2, 3 September) that online shopping is cheaper than shopping "in any other way". They're called "shops", Alexander, and amazingly overheads are higher on a high street than in a warehouse. They also have goods for you to peruse and handle, feel and read; free p&p; the joy of serendipity; live, and often knowledgable, staff ? sometimes even with smiles and conversation. In the case of our independent bo... An economy kept afloat by mafia cash is not just the stuff of Le Carré thrillers | Jonathan Freedland - Until we find the political will, the establishment will be happy to ignore the dirty crimes behind today's dazzling fortunesHe is bull-necked and barrel-chested, bald and foul-mouthed, the owner... Booker prize shortlist: The expert view - The absence of novices on the Booker prize shortlist shows innovation isn't just about novelty, writes Claire ArmitsteadThe headlines may centre on those who didn't make the cut and on the likelihood of Peter Carey scoring a hat-trick, but the buzz in the Guardian's online reading community has been all about whether Tom McCarthy's C is really an experim... Michel Houellebecq novel ruffles literary world again - Author of La carte et le territoire accused of pinching book titleThe latest literary offering by the French author Michel Houellebecq was supposed to be his least incendiary yet: a satirical novel that kept the sexism, violence and racial hatred to a minimum. In their place, however, has slid another brewing controversy: alleged plagiarism.A writer from the southern French city of Nimes has today claimed publicly that the title of La carte et le territoire (The map and the terr... The Man Booker prize shortlist - As the 2010 Man Booker prize for fiction shortlist is announced, Claire Armitstead and Sarah Crown discuss the books that made it through to the final stage - and the surprise omissions. The shortlist in fullParrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey (Faber and Faber)Room by Emma Donoghue (Picador - Pan Macmillan)In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut (Atlantic Books)The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (Bloomsbury)The Long Song by Andrea Levy (Headline Review)C by Tom McCarthy (Jonathan Cape ? Random House)Claire ArmitsteadSarah CrownTim Maby... Recount! The Not the Booker prize goes back to the jury - After a rather moot round of voting, we're asking you to cast your vote again in the interests of fairnessThat was a frenetic few hours of voting! And an even more frenetic few hours of counting for me. I can now reveal that the following books received the most votes:The Cuckoo Boy by Grant GillespiePictures of Lily by Matthew YorkeDeloume Road by Matthew HootonThe Canal ... Carlo Ancelotti autobiography offers insights into winning and eating | Paul Doyle - It would be hard not to develop a fondness for the Chelsea manager while reading his smart and surprising bookIt is difficult, perhaps even unpleasant, to imagine Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsène Wenger kicking off a chapter of their autobiography as follows: "There are times when I stand up in front of a full-length mirror and act like a contortionist. I twist my ne... Daily Dose for Wed, Sep 8: The Tenth Gift -
The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson
Reviewed by Rebecca from Opelika, Alabama.
... Daily Dose for Tue, Sep 7: When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth -
When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber
Reviewed by Nancy from Portland, Oregon.
... Daily Dose for Mon, Sep 6: Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More -
Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More by Stever Robbins
Reviewed by Rebecca from Manassas, Virginia.
... Daily Dose for Sun, Sep 5: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir -
Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir by Dave Mustaine
Reviewed by Dave from Portland, Oregon.
... Daily Dose for Sat, Sep 4: Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine -
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine by Jasper Becker
Reviewed by Juanita from New York, New York.
... Daily Dose for Fri, Sep 3: The Shadow of the Wind -
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Reviewed by Anna from Boise, Idaho.
... Daily Dose for Thu, Sep 2: City of Bones: Mortal Instruments #1 -
City of Bones: Mortal Instruments #1 by Cassandra Clare
Reviewed by Mariah from Ivins, Utah.
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