Free book exchange websites - Examiner
It's almost free, environmentally friendly and a great idea for homeschoolers. Internet book exchange clubs allow participants the opportunity to get free books. They're different than libraries, because when you borrow books from the library you

Palin makes good on fence threat - Post-Tribune
WASILLA, Alaska — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is making good on a threat to build a fence around her Wasilla home to keep her new neighbor — an author who is writing a book about her — from peering in. Palin, wearing running shorts, a T-shirt and visor, joked with a reporter outside the

Book review: 'The Invisible Bridge' by Julie Orringer - Los Angeles Times
a "big" novel to carry into the summer holidays — one in which you can lose yourself without the guilty suspicion that you're slumming — then Julie Orringer's "The Invisible Bridge stories titled "How to Breathe Underwater."

Simon Cowell's fiancee to write tell-all book? - San Francisco Gate
Simon Cowell's fiancee is set to tell all about the music mogul and their romance in a new autobiography, according to a report. Mezhgan Hussainy is putting pen to paper to write her life story, which will detail her childhood in Afghanistan as well

Some UA books now electronic - Tacoma News Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia tablet. The Kindle starts at $259 and is designed mainly for reading text on a

Book review: Prose. Poems. A Novel by Jamie Iredell - Examiner
Any time I read a book that experiments with form I’m both excited and skeptical: Is it new and necessary or is it dressing on a window with no view? Jamie Iredell’s first book, Prose. Poems. A Novel. , published by Chicago-based fledgling Orange

Bush's book begins with struggle over alcohol - Star-Press
Topics will include the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the troop surge in Iraq, his responses to terrorists attacks and Hurricane Katrina and the financial meltdown. He said he hopes the book will be a tool for historians evaluating his presidency. "

Craig Robinson's book on character fails the test - Statesman Journal
Words matter. The language matters. And when you put them all together in a book well, the potential is almost limitless. A good book can brighten up your day. A great book can change lives and change history. A bad book? Well, clearly there are