Outstanding Books for the Whole Family to Enjoy THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
Just because a book is marketed as a "children's book" doesn't mean an adult won't thoroughly enjoy it as well. ||Conversely, there are some books marketed toward adults that children will be drawn to and be able to gain a great deal from.||Each reviewed book focuses on an aspect of our world --... Read more
A Mercy': Toni Morrison doesn't rest on her Nobel laurels 
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"A Mercy" by Toni Morrison; Alfred A. Knopf ($23.95)___Old Nobel literature laureates die and sometimes fade away, but first they typically keep publishing amid an odd atmosphere that combines imperial hauteur and cloying deference.Readers take to the new books, even enjoy them, but without the... Read more
School district reassesses library books after parent complains THE FRESNO BEE
FRESNO, Calif. _ After a fourth-grade student checked out a novel about teen suicide from a school library and his mother complained, Clovis Unified officials scoured the shelves of its other elementary schools in search of the book.Geneva Orlando said her 9-year-old son, Grayden, checked out... Read more
'Marley & Me' author releases new memoir, 'The Longest Trip Home' SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
John Grogan's follow-up to his mega-selling "Marley & Me" poses a signal challenge, both to the author and to the whole enterprise of the "memoir."Can a successful memoir be constructed without some combination of the genre's by-now familiar horrors? After all, Grogan could reasonably get only... Read more
With new bio hitting stores, Ted Turner basks in spotlight MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Maybe it's because media people know how to get attention. Or maybe it's because the media pay attention to celebrities. Or maybe it's just because Ted Turner is an enigma.Whatever the reason, Turner's "Call Me Ted" autobiography, released this week, hit the stands amid international publicity.... Read more
Author recalls how Schindler's List was written REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - In "Searching for Schindler" Australian author Thomas Keneally recalls how he came to write the award-winning novel "Schindler's Ark," which reached global fame through Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning adaptation. Read more
Father Finishes What Son Began THE RECORD
Nov. 11--Darrell Griffin Jr. wrote that penning a book about the Iraq war would help "put to rest the demons that I have courted by killing and living in this chaotic world for two years." ||But thanks to the efforts of his determined dad -- who, shortly after the tragedy, traveled to Iraq to... Read more
Want job security? Seek a recession-proof profession SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
Ever thought of becoming a pharmacist? Or an economist? How about a veterinarian?These are some of the highest paying recession-proof jobs, according to Laurence Shatkin, author of "150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs," a new book by JIST Publishing."Each recession is a little different than the one... Read more
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