Sunday, May 30, 2010

Dry: a memoir. (book review) SHORT VERSION. - Salon
Augusten Burroughs' last book (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS) chronicled his bizarre childhood, including his dysfunctional family, the even more dysfunctional family he lived with when his mother had a series of nervous breakdowns, and his relationship with

Bush: Book begins with decision to quit drinking - Today's Zaman
Bush said “Decision Points,” due for release in November, opens with the scene and him questioning whether he loved booze more than his wife, Laura. He said he realized he had an addictive personality and quit drinking cold turkey. That act set him on the path to the presidency, Bush said in his

How many superheroes does the world need? - Independent Online
Sydney - Australia wrested a world record from Britain on Saturday when 1,245 people dressed up as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Cat Woman, Spider Man and other comic book heroes assembled in Melbourne city centre. The new mark in the Guinness Book

Digital book readers - Examiner
There are many new technological devices on the market these days. They range from GPS to digital cameras to now digital book readers. There are many different digital book readers on the market. Amazon has a Kindle, Sony has a Sony Book Reader and Barnes and Nobles now has a Nook. All of them are

Subject: New York community panel approves plan for mosque at Ground - Strategy Page
I have on order the new book by Andrew McCarthy The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabatoge America. Listening to McCarty, you know that he considers moderate Islam a oxymoron. Building a mosque near Ground Zero is not a good idea and to think

Rescued turtle gets book - Norwich Bulletin
Charlotte the sea turtle is a survivor. Struck by a boat propellor, she was rescued from the Cumberland Islands in Georgia where she was stranded, her wounds covered with barnacles. After surgery and rehabilitation, Charlotte was flown in a private

Black Book - IFC
Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven returned to the Netherlands after more than twenty years of success in Hollywood to direct this epic-scale war drama based on a true story. Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten) is a beautiful Jewish woman living in German

Francophone Africa : blogging about African literature in French, one book at a time - Elites TV
The Best of blog Awards 2010 shone light on a sleuth of fascinating blogs in eleven languages. A close runner-up for the Best blog in French award is Chez Guangoueus (fr). RĂ©assi Ouabonzi blogs about African and diaspora litterature in French from a reader’s perspective since 2007, one book at a

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