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• Category: Biography
  • Melvin Urofsky on his new biography: "Louis D. Brandeis: A Life"
  • Michael Scammell on his book "Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic"
  • Robert Merry talks about his biography of President James Polk
• Category: Business
  • Interview with Scott Anthony - How to Innovate during hard times
  • Mireille Guiliano discusses her book "Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire"
• Category: Children's
  • Author and illustrator David Wiesner on his children's book "Art and Max"
  • Barbara Reid discusses her Children's book "A Perfect Snow"
  • Helen Perelman on her children's book series "Candy Fairies"
  • Ian James Corlett talks about his children's book "E IS FOR ETHICS"
  • Interview with children's book author: Jeanne Birdsall
  • Learn about Bob Dylan's book "Forever Young"
  • M.T. Anderson talks about his children's books
  • Michael Ian Black on his new children's book "The Purple Kangaroo"
  • Suse MacDonald on illustrating children's books
• Category: Cookbooks
  • Daisy Martinez on her cook book - "Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night"
  • Shirley Corriher on her baking cook book "Bakewise"
• Category: Current Events
  • Bob Woodward of Watergate fame talks about journalism
  • Interview with Doug Stanton, author of "Horse Soldiers"
  • Robert Reich gives opinion on Obama's stimulus package
• Category: eBooks
  • Amazon introduces larger Kindle DX targeting the textbook market and newspaper readers
  • Barnes and Noble announces eBook reader. Due Spring 2010.
  • Barnes and Noble formally introduces "Nook", their eBook reader
  • Kindle eReader software introduced for the iPhone
  • Nice video review of the Kindle 2 with some good close-ups
  • Overview of the new eBook Readers
  • Review and demo of the Barnes & Noble nook eReader
  • Review and Unboxing of the Amazon Kindle DX
  • Video review of the Amazon Kindle
  • Video review of the new Kindle 2 by a Kindle owner
  • What's up with current eReader market?
• Category: Environment
  • Interview with historian Douglas Brinkley, author of "Wilderness Warrior"
• Category: eReaders
  • Overview of the new eBook Readers
  • Review and demo of the Barnes & Noble nook eReader
  • What's up with current eReader market?
• Category: Fiction
  • A Reading from Michelle Cameron's new book "The Fruit of Her Hands"
  • An excerpt from the book "English" by Wang Gang
  • An interview with Margaret Atwood about her writing career
  • Author J.D. Salinger died today. Salinger's top book was "The Catcher in the Rye"
  • Barbara Kingsolver on creating the characters in her book "The Lacuna"
  • Bill Flanagan on his generational novel - "Evening's Empire"
  • Boyd Morrison gives advice to young writers