Tag: nonfiction
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July 22, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Want to become a book reviewer? Bright Ideas by Bestselling Authors is offering free copies of upcoming books to members interested in writing book reviews!
Request a copy by sending a message . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
All little girls love pink.
Right?
Wrong.
Despite the rosy-tinted title and cover of my latest book, I must confess that loving the color pink came relatively late to me. It took an unusually, . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
I write about my obsessions. I have a lot of them so I stay pretty busy. Little Pink Raincoat is a prime example of dual obsessions: men and fashion. To me, they're inextricably linked. The book . . . more
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February 03, 2008 02:47 PM EST --
Are you frustrated because noone seems to realize that you are, or once were, a genius? Then read Simon T. Bailey's book, Release Your Brilliance: The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life . . . more
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May 08, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
Some writers probably have a philosophy of why they do what they do. I don't. I have Post-Its, clippings, and the like stuck to the upper edge of my roll-top desk.
These jottings may or may not . . . more
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May 08, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
From "You: The Owner's Manual" by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Whether you look at clocks, calendars, or hourglasses, time doesn't stop. It ticks and tocks at . . . more
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May 21, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
Some people think my book DREAM LUCKY is a nostalgia piece. I smile when I hear that, because I wasn't yet born when the book takes place, the late 1930s. If my book makes a reader feel nostalgic, . . . more
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May 15, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
Before I wrote the book DREAM LUCKY about Count Basie, Benny Goodman, the Roosevelts, Amelia Earhart, et al, I wrote for children. I'm still writing for children, in fact.
I'd been a music . . . more
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May 01, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
From "You: The Owner's Manual" by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Beautiful bodies sell magazines. Tattooed bodies attract gawkers. Well-trained bodies win championships . . . more
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June 22, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth C. Davis
Not what I expected, but still . . . more
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April 09, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Barbara Mertz
ISBN: 978-0-06-125276-1
William Morrow
For anyone who has an interest in Egypt or ever . . . more
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June 30, 2008 10:10 AM EDT --
Chapter 1 - Close Encounters
When I reflect back on what was probably my first close encounter with Mormons (it would have been of the third kind), I must have been about five years old. It was summer. . . . more
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May 17, 2008 08:27 PM EDT --
Bringing Home the Birkin:
My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
Michael Tonello
ISBN: 978-0-06-147333-3
William Morrow
Is it possible to write . . . more
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November 09, 2007 02:26 AM EST --
There’s a popular saying that “truth is stranger than fiction.” In the case of Shant Kenderian, the saying certainly applies. In his nonfiction book (once the most popular selling book . . . more
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November 01, 2007 11:17 PM EDT --
When I was given a copy of Jeffrey Rosen's book, The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America , I figured I was in for a hit piece on either the right or the left for damage done to our . . . more
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March 11, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
I was seven when I wrote my first short story. It was a thinly-veiled roman à clef about a little girl named Gracie Andrews who gets sick and has to go to the hospital. The stupid rules say parents . . . more
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November 03, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin bills itself as "A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!" I thought (before . . . more
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September 25, 2007 10:48 PM EDT --
Does the term IEP sound familiar or unfamiliar to you? For parents of children with learning or behavioral challenges that can affect their schoolwork (I happen to be one of those parents), . . . more
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January 24, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
Now that Eleanor vs. Ike, my first novel or "baby" as I like to call it, is launched into the world, I'm back to nonfiction. It's not an easy transition. I really loved combining fact . . . more
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February 07, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
I'm traveling this week, promoting Eleanor vs. Ike and speaking about Eleanor Roosevelt's great leadership. I had the privilege of speaking to nearly one hundred women in Sacramento, California . . . more
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