Shorting Arlen Spector’s book

Everybody can imagine the sight of Ted Kennedy in a whirlpool. We don’t need first hand testimonials. We don’t need to know that Dick Cheney downed fried chicken and left a grease spot on Arlen’s white...

Suskind on Suskind

He leads with his Pulitzer Prize and why not. His credentials are excellent and I suspect his book is right on. " “About Ron Suskind Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind has written some of...

BOOK REVIEW: The Oldale Curiosity Shop

“Who, or Why, or Which, or What: A Global Gazetteer of the Instructive and Strange” by John Oldale – London and New-York, Particular Books (Penguin Group), 2011 The classic gazetteer is a numbing compilation of places: their names, their coordinates in an attendant...

'Another Face', Caroline Jaine's Cambridge-Karachi project

Caroline Jaine, a UK based artist, writer, film-maker, with a background in diplomacy and media strategy, had paid a short visit to Karachi a few months ago for her very interesting Cambridge-Karachi project. As...

A Weary Travelers

I'am just a weary traveler. My soul always wandering. My mind is on the wind, anywhere with him. But, how difficult it is to find a good indie publishing in Indonesia. Can someone help me to publish my book...? Here's my site: http://newsoul-sayangidirimu.blogspot.com/

Ex-aide slams Sarah Palin in leaked book

"An upcoming tell-all on Sarah Palin authored by a former top aide alleges the Republican firebrand despised her job as governor and broke campaign election laws in 2006. According to the Anchorage Daily News, a 500-page manuscript authored by Frank Bailey was leaked to...

Are you a "jerk magnet"? Find out more on The Lit Chick Show

If you're a woman who keeps attracting the wrong men into your life, then there is a possibility that you could be a "jerk magnet". In this edition of The Lit Chick Show, Sylvia Massara presents Casi McLean in...

Norwegian sharpshooters defies confidentiality charter

The Norwegian defense are these days under heavy pressure due to a recently released book titled "Med mandat til å drepe" (Licensed to kill). The book was released anonymously by an unknown number of army personnel [... who may still serve in the army]. Norwegian army...

The Beef, 17 Dry to Juicy Questions with Mark Schatzker, Author

I gathered that the search for the holy grail, a perfect steak, runs in Mark Schatzker' s family. His father and uncle put a lot of effort into it. For his new book Steak ('One man's search for the world's tastiest piece of beef'), Mark sampled steaks the world over from...

Children's Books in Pakistan

The following article written by me has been published in the May 2010 issue of the monthly Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. "There is pure delight in the oral tradition of storytelling. Children...

Smart Data for a smart president – more head, less gut

Dr. James Rodger and I published a book this month from Wiley Publishing called Smart Data, Enterprise Performance Optimization Strategy. The book is classified as an academic text book, though we wrote it for a...

Ode to Karachi

My book, 'Karachiwala: a subcontinent within a city' was launched on Wednesday 24 February in Karachi. I have included in it interviews/stories of over sixty families, groups and individuals of varied...

Oscar the Cat Seems to Know When the End is Near for Patients

Oscar, gray and brown on his back and white under his chin and on his belly, lives at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The nursing staff discovered the...

Did Goncola Amaral Really Say: F*** The McCanns

On the 14th January 2010, it was reported by the BBC that Ex Detective Chief Inspector Goncola Amaral had been reported to say 'F*** the McCanns', on leaving the Palace of Justice in Lisbon Portugal were he and his...

Goncalo Amaral Trial 'Palace of Justice'

At the trial of ex police chief Goncola Amaral and his book 'The Truth of the Lie' at the Palace of Justice in Lisbon Portugal. Mr Amaral  told reporters outside the court building that if he lost his case...

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