Oprah sits down with entrepreneur and media mogul Arianna Huffington, founder of “The Huffington Post,” in an all-new episode of “Super Soul Sunday” airing today, May 11 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
Oprah sits down with entrepreneur and media mogul Arianna Huffington, founder of “The Huffington Post,” in an all-new episode of “Super Soul Sunday” airing this Sunday, May 11 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
Tomorrow is the third annualWorld Book Night U.S., a magical day/evening when some 25,000 people across the country will give 500,000 books to people in their communities who don't regularly read. Givers, who applied months ago, have chosen one title from the 35 that were selected for this year; they receive 20 copies of their chosen book from their participating bookstore or library. The books range from older classics like Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and After the Funeral by Agatha Christie to more recent popular titles such as Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin and Wild by Cheryl Strayed. A few of the titles are in large print and Spanish editions, and this year there's an e-book, too.
Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads!
Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH held on to No. 1 on the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending February 16, 2014. THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd stayed strong in the second slot, while STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS by Anna Quindlen appeared this week at No. 3.
Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson's LONE SURVIVOR climbed to the top of the non-fiction list this week, with Robert M. Gates' DUTY in second, and Solomon Northup's TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE in third.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), one of the nation's largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the six finalists for its prestigious 2013 Discover Great New Writers Awards. The winners in each category, fiction and nonfiction, receive a $10,000 prize and a full year of additional promotion from Barnes & Noble. Second-place finalists receive $5,000, and third-place finalists $2,500. The finalists are:
On the Amazon side, Robert Michael Gates's DUTY rose to the top of this list, withTartt's THE GOLDFINCH taking the second spot, and John Green's THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, soon coming to the big screen, rounding out the top three.
On the Amazon side, Robert Michael Gates's DUTY rose to the top of this list, withTartt's THE GOLDFINCH taking the second spot, and John Green's THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, soon coming to the big screen, rounding out the top three.
Shebooks (shebooks.net) entered the booming e-singles market today with a collection of nine titles aimed at the largest reader segment women. Shebooks also announced plans for a unique subscription offering for accessing the publisher's growing collection of titles.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, O, The Oprah Magazine and Oprah.com announced today the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection, 'The Invention of Wings' by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking).
Reese Witherspoon has revealed via Twitter the first image of her as Cheryl Strayed in the upcoming film WILD, saying 'So excited to play @cherylstrayed in a movie!' Check it out below!
According to Fox News, author of 'Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail', Cheryl Strayed, connected with her half-sister as a resultof the book. She told Fox News: 'Back in late June or early July, I was reading one such email ... and I was just about to move onto the next email when the woman who was emailing me said that we were really connected, that, in fact, we have the same father,' she told NPR.
Following the news that 'Robert Galbraith' had been unmasked as HARRY POTTER author J.K. Rowling, her latest novel THE CUCKOO'S CALLING has soared to the top of Amazon's best seller list - where holding on to the no. 1 spot for two weeks in a row.
Following the news that 'Robert Galbraith' had been unmasked as HARRY POTTER author J.K. Rowling, her latest novel THE CUCKOO'S CALLING has soared to the top of Amazon's best seller list - where holding on to the no. 1 spot for two weeks in a row.
Stage superstar and small screen standout Raul Esparza opens up about his favorite novels and literary side in general as part of a new interview in promotion of a discussion of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas led by the triple-threat performer earlier this week in NYC.