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Somehow I missed until now Newsweek‘s Top 100 Books: The Meta-List, a highly elaborate online exclusive from June 29th. Top book lists are always fun to read, and somewhat controversial. …
The Book List That Will Occupy the Rest of Your Summer Read More »
It’s always encouraging when a first-rate mind is celebrated in the media. That’s been the case recently with Amartya Sen, an economics Nobel Laureate who will shortly publish a new …
Amartya Sen and the Power of Intellectual Curiosity Read More »
I’m one of the few people who have not read a Harry Potter book, and I haven’t seen any of the movies, either. However, I have been fascinated by the …
Harry Potter: A Fascinating, Never-Ending Phenomenon Read More »
On July 11th, the day of my book signing at the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, I met three highly interesting people who were also either signing or …
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, George Watsky and Mieka Pauley at ALA Read More »
As I noted in my previous post, the major reason I attended the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago from July 10-14 was to do the first signing for …
Although the major reason I attended the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago from July 10-14 was to do the first signing for my new book Living in More …
I have just returned from the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, where I did my first book signing for Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s …
My Book Signing at ALA in Chicago: a Huge Success Read More »
Just a quick post to note that after today, I’ll take around five days off blogging when I’ll be in Chicago for the American Library Association Annual Conference. It should …
My Book Signing This Coming Saturday at ALA in Chicago Read More »
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species was not the only groundbreaking book of 1859 that celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The BBC’s Kate Williams points out in Self help …
I’ve been a big sports fan since childhood, and I watched many times on TV during high school and college as John Wooden coached UCLA to college basketball glory. He …