Indra Sinha
Indra Sinha discusses many aspects of his life and his writing, in particular Animal's People, a fictionalized account of the aftermath of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India.
Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore discusses her first novel, Graceling, a fantasy novel for older teens, and her plans for the next two novels in the series.
Uwem Akpan
After publishing “An Ex-Mas Feast” in The New Yorker’s Début Fiction issue for 2005, Akpan discussed his writing with Cressida Leyshon, deputy fiction editor.
Morton Meyers M.D.
A Q&A with Morton A Meyers about his book Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs, followed by some fun facts from the book.
Murder is so uncommon in Mongolia that when one occurs, the government accepts help from England in the person of Chief Inspector Drew McLeish of Manchester.Together with Nergui, the former head of the Serious Crimes squad, they follow the trail of the dead from the abandoned factories of the...
Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d, became human and were to fall in love?
Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future.
Six years ago, Alec Milius got out of the spy game after unbearably great personal cost. Yet when a prominent politician goes missing, the urge that drove Milius to originally enter the spy game comes roaring back, and soon Alec finds himself in the midst of another international conspiracy.
The Book Thief was a tremendously compelling story. Zusak has the ability to put these words on paper and create something that reaches inside of... read more
This is certainly a very well-written, involving novel that examines the complexities of love and marriage. Greer's prose is evocative and at times... read more
This is absolutely the best book I have ever read. Sparks definitely knows how to tug at a readers heart strings! I love the way he makes this love... read more
Bailout is Merriam-Webster word of the year.(Dec 02 2008) With politics and the economy foremost on the minds of many, it is no wonder that bailout—a word ubiquitously featured in discussions of the presidency and...
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This year in history: 1608(Dec 01 2008) Each year, as the holiday season comes around and the news stories start to dry
up, we look back into history for a snapshot of the news in centuries past,...
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