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lrb.co.uk — For the benefit of anyone who has spent the past decade or so on a different planet, the most frequently asked questions about climate change on this one are as follows. Is it getting warmer? Yes, surface temperatures have risen by 0.8°C from pre-industrial levels. Are humans causing it? Almost...

lrb.co.uk — The letters page from London Review of Books Vol. 34 No. 10 (24 May 2012)

lrb.co.uk — ‘Welcome to Assad’s Syria,’ the signpost at the Lebanese-Syrian border still says, letting the visitor know who owns the country. The ceasefire had just been announced, but few Syrians I knew held out much hope that three hundred UN observers could keep an eye on the whole army. The journey...

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blog.betterworldbooks — Tara Gilchrist manages the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible department, and shares this recent find. Old books don’t have to be rare, scarce, or pricey to be evocative and meaningful. They just need to connect you with an idea or a feeling that’s important to you. For example: the other day, while sorting...

omnivoracious — Food writer Peter Kaminsky, whose long list of achievements includes being New York Magazine's "Underground Gourmet" and co-writing cookbooks with some of the best chefs in the world, has written a book called Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well). I recently picked up the book...

jwikert.typepad — It all started harmlessly enough with Amazon's Kindle with Special Offers. That's the cheaper Kindle that displays ads when the device is in sleep mode or at the bottom of the screen when paging through the owner's catalog of books. It is very unobtrusive and, since it lowered the price...

omnivoracious — On May 22, 2007, the first book in Michael Scott's series for young adults, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, made its first appearance. Exactly five years later--this Tuesday--fans will learn more of (the rest of?) Nicholas Flamel's secrets in the sixth and final book, The Enchantress. Author Michael...

blog.betterworldbooks — Guest post by Lynette Chiang, award-winning writer and world bicycle traveler Ever since he “reluctantly agreed” to accompany his father on a luxury bird-watching cruise almost a decade ago, Race Across America cycling legend Lon Haldeman has been fascinated by the people, culture and landscapes of Peru. Each year he leads small...

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omnivoracious — Cassandra Clare is on fire right now--her penultimate novel in The Mortal Instruments series, City of Lost Souls, released last week and is getting rave reviews, and the latest book in the prequel series, The Clockwork Prince, just won the Teen Choice award, voted on by readers, in the Children's...

paulocoelhoblog — Following the challenge posted in 3.000.000 Twitter here is the film of our dinner (each one gives an statement, and I speak in the end) Seguindo o desafio postado em 3.000.000 Twitter, aqui um pequeno filme sobre o jantar (cada um fala de si mesmo e eu falo no final)...

paulocoelhoblog — When I wrote The Zahir, the main character says: writing is getting lost at sea. It’s discovering your own untold story and trying to share it with others. It’s realizing, when you show it to people you have never seen, what is in your own soul. In the book, a...

paulocoelhoblog — by Chandresh Bhardwaj The origin of fear lies in the unknown. Be it the darkness, ghosts, weather calamities or whatever is unknown to the man is feared the most. If you are walking in darkness, you are afraid to go ahead, fearing what will come next. However, as the light...

jwikert.typepad — I recently finished reading a terrific ebook. It's about the 1975 World Series between the Reds and the Red Sox and the title is Game Six. Even though I thoroughly enjoyed reading Game Six there was something missing. I remember watching that series, just like I watched every postseason baseball game...

blog.betterworldbooks — Guest post by budding author Malcolm McLoughlin Books have always been a haven for me. The twists and turns, highs and lows of great tales have held my imagination since the first time I read Hansel and Gretel. When my own life started to unravel through a mixture of alcoholism and the...

omnivoracious — Recently, we had the pleasure of posing some questions to the distinguished crime writer P.D. James. James has won numerous awards and has been inducted into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame. At ninety-two years old, she is beloved by so many, having written some twenty novels, many of...

omnivoracious — Nothing rocks my boat quite like an exquisitely inked character description: just enough to accent their best attributes, but not so much that you can’t see the person for the paint. And nothing impresses me more. Such restraint and precision! Such a vivid vision--brief enough that it hits you like...

paulocoelhoblog — EM PORTUGUES Y ESPANOL AQUI > O empregado inteligente / el empleado inteligente When he was staying at an air base in Africa, author Saint-Exupéry passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his home town. He managed to collect a thousand francs. One...

omnivoracious — [The editors at Omnivoracious are grateful to Katie Workman for this special guest post about her new cookbook, The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her Back Pocket, selected as one of our Best Cookbooks of the Month for April.] Good god, have we gotten ourselves backed into...

omnivoracious — Our thanks to A.J. Jacobs (Drop Dead Healthy) for taking time to interview Francis Slakey about his great new book, To The Last Breath, the fascinating story of Slakey's quest to climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean--and, along the way, learning how to live....

paulocoelhoblog — VALID FOR USA ONLY: E-book By the River Piedra I sat down and wept for 0,99 USD Kindle + Nook + iBookstore Promotion ends this Sunday, May 13, 2012 POST EN ESPANOL AQUI: El instante mágico POS EM PORTUGUES AQUI: O momento mágico And then he told us: We have...

paulocoelhoblog — On Children (by Kahlil Gibran) Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not...