Tune in to CBS’s “Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood” this Sunday, July 5 to see Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World which The New York Times called, “Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.”
Shorto will be speaking in a segment that focuses on the anniversary of Henry Hudson’s epic voyage.
To find out more, visit the official site for The Island at the Center of the World and Russell Shorto’s official site.
More >Earlier this week, Newsweek published a list of 50 Books for Our Time.
Included on it were such modern classics as Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower, Bill Buford’s Among the Thugs, Philip Roth’s American Pastoral, and Ayelet Waldman’s Bad Mother
To read the complete list, click here.
More >To celebrate the paperback publication of Stieg Larsson’s internationally bestselling sensation, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vintage/Anchor is offering the chance to win a free copy of the book. To enter for a chance to win, simply sign up for the Vintage Black Lizard eNewsletter by clicking here.
More >Oliver Sacks’s NOVA special Musical Minds, which is based on his bestselling Musicophilia airs tonight on PBS. In it, Sacks explores how music has the power to make our brains come alive.
Watch a preview after the jump.
More >Tune into The Daily Show today, Monday June 29 to see bestselling author and neurologist Oliver Sacks.
More >For Margo Jefferson—Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the book On Michael Jackson—the late Michael Jackson should be praised for his talents in songwriting and performance and because he revived the popularity of Motown.
In addition, as Jefferson told Renee Montagne in a recent interview on NPR’s Morning Edition, Jackson “gave black performers a vault into the main arena of pop culture.”
Listen to the interview here.
More >Set your DVRs! Jane Mayer will be appearing on The Tavis Smiley Show to discuss her bestselling book, The Dark Side on Wednesday, July 1.
Click here for local showtimes.
More >Earlier this week, Grand New Party author Reihan Salam debated The Nation’s Washington editor, Chris Hayes over the issue of healthcare. Do Americans have a “right” to heathcare as Hayes suggests? Or, is it a responsibility as Salam argues?
Watch the video after the jump and decide for yourself.
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“An endless supply of quotes exist telling us we should do what we love in life. Though many are cliché, I found myself rooting around for just the right one after hearing Alexander McCall Smith read,” says Megan Shaffer in a recent piece on Bookbrowse.com.
Read the whole article here.
More >When Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was first published, it became an internationally bestselling sensation, with millions of copies sold. The book is a murder mystery, family saga, love story, and a tale of financial intrigue all wrapped into one dark and atmospheric story.
Keep reading to find out more.
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