tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-275793 2008-07-22T08:33:14-04:00 On books, music, movies, and life in general. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53061708 2008-07-22T08:33:14-04:00 2008-07-22T08:33:14-04:00

Our friends at Shelf Awareness alerted us to the upcoming movie! I LOVED the book and LOVED the BBC series from back when. One of the few books to be as good on the screen as on the page. I...

publishinginsider <P>Our friends at Shelf Awareness alerted us to the upcoming movie! I LOVED the book and LOVED the BBC series from back when. One of the few books to be as good on the screen as on the page. I am almost nervous about this movie, but with Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon, it has to be worth a try.</P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=a5nHfJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=a5nHfJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=gyBS0J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=gyBS0J" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52865546 2008-07-18T07:38:36-04:00 2008-07-18T07:38:36-04:00

I am amused that the clothing or styles I discarded back as a teen or after college as too nerdy or preppy are now back in vogue: plaid shorts, polo shorts, horn-rimmed glasses, hair down over the forehead. I’m going...

publishinginsider <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I am amused that the clothing or styles I discarded back as a teen or after college as too nerdy or&nbsp;preppy are now back in vogue: plaid shorts, polo shorts, horn-rimmed glasses, hair down over the forehead. I’m going to dust off my narrow ties! Could really tight shorts be next? Goodness, I hope not.</span></span></P></div> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=AozQDJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=AozQDJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=PNWTeJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=PNWTeJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52768262 2008-07-16T09:12:42-04:00 2008-07-16T09:13:15-04:00

I must've been having a good summer when the Tommy James & Shondells song was a hit. Every time I hear it out now, including on XM right now, I get the most pleasant endorphin rush to my wee cranium.

publishinginsider <P>I must've been having a good summer when the Tommy James &amp; Shondells song was a hit. Every time I hear it out now, including on XM right now, I get the most pleasant endorphin rush to my wee cranium. </P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=ehvrAJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=ehvrAJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=FEFg1J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=FEFg1J" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52491688 2008-07-10T07:43:01-04:00 2008-07-10T07:43:01-04:00

This is via Shelf Awareness: pimp your bookcarts!!!!

publishinginsider <P>This is via Shelf Awareness: <A href="http://www.unshelved.com/PimpMyBookcart/">pimp your bookcarts!!!!</A></P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=5Icd2J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=5Icd2J" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=sHEvsJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=sHEvsJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52392706 2008-07-08T09:21:17-04:00 2008-07-08T09:21:18-04:00

I'm nuts for How the States Got Their Shapes! A fun history of war, treaties, Congressional haggling...and CBS Sunday Morning did, too. They just did a wonderful piece on it recently. Check out this serious but delightful book!

publishinginsider <P>I'm nuts for <A href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061431388/How_the_States_Got_Their_Shapes/index.aspx">How the States Got Their Shapes!</A> A fun history of war, treaties, Congressional haggling...and CBS Sunday Morning did, too. They just did a wonderful piece on it recently. Check out this serious but delightful book!</P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=EklPcJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=EklPcJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=nmOHLJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=nmOHLJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52353802 2008-07-07T11:52:31-04:00 2008-07-07T11:52:31-04:00

Can't someone invent a sliding screen door that doesn't jump the track half the time?? grrrr......

publishinginsider <P>Can't someone invent a sliding screen door that doesn't jump the track half the time?? grrrr......</P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=El6PuJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=El6PuJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=RvpHWJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=RvpHWJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52202924 2008-07-03T09:04:04-04:00 2008-07-03T09:04:05-04:00

The sequel to a surprise bestseller last year, Chosen by a Horse, is just out. Chosen Forever is Susan Richard's story about finding a lover on her book tour! A wonderful true story.

publishinginsider <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><P>The sequel to a surprise bestseller last year, Chosen by a Horse,&nbsp;is just out. <A href="http://newreads.blogspot.com/2008/05/chosen-forever.html">Chosen Forever</A> is Susan Richard's story about finding a lover on her book tour! A wonderful true story. </P></div> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=bywKXJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=bywKXJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=4leIyJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=4leIyJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52202166 2008-07-03T08:41:57-04:00 2008-07-04T03:25:33-04:00

One of my favorite books of last year, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, is just out in paperback from Penguin.

publishinginsider <P>One of my favorite books of last year, <A href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143113874,00.html">Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar</A>, is just out in paperback from Penguin. </P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=22KxrJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=22KxrJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=70LRpJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=70LRpJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52130178 2008-07-01T16:38:10-04:00 2008-07-01T16:38:11-04:00

A view of the water out the front door of the Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, updated every 10 seconds!

publishinginsider <P>A view of <A href="http://www.gallerybooks.com/default.html">the water out the front door</A> of the Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, updated every 10 seconds! </P><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=wLc6kJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=wLc6kJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=2VpxBJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=2VpxBJ" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52081658 2008-06-30T15:11:14-04:00 2008-06-30T15:11:14-04:00

One of the surprise hardcovers sellers of last year is out in trade paperback July 1: The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World.

publishinginsider <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face=Verdana><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003c7d">One of the surprise hardcovers sellers of last year is&nbsp;out in trade paperback July 1: <A href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060822187/The_Man_in_the_White_Sharkskin_Suit/index.aspx">The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: </A></span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font color=#043d72><span class="-a " style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" tag="a">A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World</span>.</font></span></em></font><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></em></H1></div> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=EDJqQI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=EDJqQI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?a=7EIQyI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/publishinginsider?i=7EIQyI" border="0"></img></a> </div>