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Feb.06.2011 - 1:14 pm
posted by Cheryl L Snell
We drown in the details— what to bring to potluck, where to meet for coffee. There’s a Starbuck’s on the corner where we once sold lemonade, our homemade sign coming apart in an attic somewhere. We...
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Nov.09.2011 - 5:24 pm
posted by Erica Jong, Ph.D.
"At the time I wrote Fear of Flying," recalls Erica Jong, "there was not a book that said women are romantic, women are intellectual, women are sexual—and brought all those things together."...
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Aug.19.2011 - 1:42 pm
posted by Larry R. Smith
Here a short poem video I've made this day to share. It uses my poem WALKING A FIELD INTO EVENING which has been printed in several places, most recently in Yoga International magazine. Peace
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Apr.08.2011 - 12:06 pm
posted by Deborah Santana
Strand Book Store, New York- February 23, 2011
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Aug.03.2009 - 8:46 am
posted by John Y. Cole
Confessions of a Loyal Librarian Redroom.com presents exclusive video of John Y. Cole, a historian of the Library of Congress and founding director of its Center for the Book. John has worked at the...
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Dec.29.2010 - 9:43 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
Celebrated author Salman Rushdie talks to NDTV's Barkha Dutt on his latest book Luka and the Fire of Life. Rushdie says his new book is a product of the strong desire of his younger son Milan.
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May.30.2011 - 2:33 pm
posted by Andrew Q Lam
Andrew Lam reads his essay, "Afghanistan Can't Wash Away Vietnam" from "New California Writing" - an anthology of writing about California by Californian Writers. He is the author of East Eats West:...
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Nov.28.2010 - 4:29 pm
posted by Midge Raymond
A cautionary tale about husband-and-wife authors, "Love in the Time of Amazon.com," by John Yunker and Midge Raymond. And a book trailer (of sorts) for The Tourist Trail by John Yunker and Forgetting...
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Jul.25.2012 - 12:36 pm
posted by China Galland
Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation documents the powerful racial conflict over the right to visit cemeteries and to know your ancestors.  This work in progress follows two...
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Jun.24.2008 - 1:20 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
By no means a typical how-to manual, Eccentric Glamour is a mixture of cultural commentary and personal disclosure, generously seasoned with gushings of wildly dictatorial, provocative, and reckless...
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Jun.24.2008 - 1:11 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Packing your child's lunch box doesn't have to mean another peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bag of chips. Renowned children's cooking and nutrition expert Annabel Karmel shares more than 120...
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Jun.24.2008 - 1:05 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Packing your child's lunch box doesn't have to mean another peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bag of chips. Renowned children's cooking and nutrition expert Annabel Karmel shares more than 120...
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Jun.24.2008 - 12:14 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Meet Chick Best—a middle-aged, selfabsorbed, disaffected, California dot.com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chick’s most expensive possession is his trophy wife,...
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Jun.24.2008 - 12:12 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Author Cathy Alter reveals what magazines taught her about love, sex, and starting over.
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Jun.24.2008 - 12:09 pm
posted by Andrew Kaplan
From the acclaimed author of Ask a Mexican, this book traces author Gustavo Arellano's life in Orange County, CA.
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Jun.24.2008 - 11:50 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America. On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he's mislaid more than a...
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Jun.24.2008 - 11:43 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
In The Darcy Connection, Mr. Collins of Pride and Prejudice is now the Bishop of Ripon, living with his wife, Charlotte, and their two daughters, who have reached marriageable age. The elder, another...
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Jun.24.2008 - 11:38 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Bestselling Jeffery Deaver is back with a new novel in his beloved Lincoln Rhyme series. Jeffery Deaver is the bestselling author of The Sleeping Doll, The Cold Moon, The Blue Nowhere, The Bone...
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Jun.24.2008 - 11:31 am
posted by Andrew Kaplan
Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her...
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Jul.28.2009 - 4:24 pm
posted by Sheila English
Lines have been drawn. A war has begun. Powerful gifts are the weapons. Jacqueline has always run from her gift. Now Caleb orces his way into her life, demands his place as her lover, and insists she...
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Aug.13.2009 - 3:29 pm
posted by Lisa Wingate
Inspired by a true story! THE SUMMER KITCHEN is available now in bookstores everywhere. http://www.lisawingate.com Happy summer, everyone! I hope this note finds you enjoying the long, lazy days of...
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Aug.27.2009 - 12:42 am
posted by Sheila English
The year is 1888. London is ghostly and gas-lit. The Ripper is merely an omen. Miss Percy Parker holds perilous prophecy in death-pale hands as shes drawn into an intimate, dangerous dance at the...
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Aug.28.2009 - 1:33 am
posted by Sheila English
TWILIGHT ZONE: 19 Original Stories on the 50th AnniversaryTo celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone in September 2009, Carol Serling presents an original anthology of chilling stories...
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Sep.02.2009 - 12:59 pm
posted by Misty Taggart
Doubt and danger seek to crush friendships while faith wrestles with fear and the longing for love. Can Jillian and Steve triump over all that appears to separate them from finding true happiness?...
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Sep.07.2009 - 9:09 am
posted by Julia Stein
Slow Food involved in planting 1st victory garden in front of S.F. City Hall
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Sep.24.2009 - 10:54 am
posted by Sheila English
Betwixt the secret passageways, danger lies in wait. When Evangeline Pemberton visits Gavin Lioncroft's sprawling manor, his intensity instills fear, until his wicked attentions seduce her. But when...
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Oct.02.2009 - 11:52 pm
posted by Sheila English
10 years old and 100 years old both share their uncommon wisdom and universal truths in this inspiring novel by Roger Emerson Fishman. What philosophy is common between a 10 year old and a 100 year...
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Oct.06.2009 - 6:34 pm
posted by Sheila English
City of Fire by Laurence Yep is an exciting, adventurous read for children ages nine and up. Set in the 1940’s, our heroes journey across the Pacific ocean from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands...
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Oct.07.2009 - 5:43 am
posted by Paul Boczkowski
Paul Boczkowski is the guest on Brian Lamar's radio show Salute to the Armed Forces. He talks about the upcoming reunion of his infantry company from Vietnam 1968 - 1969. A 40th Reunion of Alpha...
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