Books

In this morning's New York Times, P.J. O'Rourke takes apart Leslie Savan's Slam Dunks and No-Brainers, a book apparently dedicated to lamenting the use of catchphrases. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09orourke.html]. Excerpts: > Savan is

> A book to be published this month by a leading academic publisher, with a foreword by Mark Rylance, the artistic director of the Globe, will claim that the greatest plays and verse in the English language were written by Sir Henry Neville (c1562-1615). He was a leading Elizabethan figure,

A new study has been released. NY Times Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/books/29book.html]. Excerpts: > In barely a decade, online booksellers have grown to account for two-thirds of the market for general-interest used books, a trend that calls into question the future of brick-and-mortar

The October issue of Touchstone features the second Book Return: Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The writer, Stephen Webb, did a nice job with it. Link [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-08-014-c]. Excerpts: > Americans have always been on the move, but Kerouac's

Touchstone magazine has started a new series: Book Returns. Here's how they describe it in a marketing e-mail they sent last night: > [In Book Returns,] we reevaluate some culturally significant books of the last forty years. Here are some of the upcoming contributions: > Syndicated columnist William

> Most of us have heard that 195,000 new titles were published in 2004 – a staggering 14 percent increase in one year. But most of those books don't sell very well. According to Nielsen BookScan, 93 percent of those new books sell less than 1000 copies a

> The New American Standard Bible has been widely acclaimed as “the most literally accurate translation” from the original languages. Millions of people have trusted the NASB, learning from it and applying it to the challenges of their daily lives. The updated NASB continues this commitment to accuracy, while increasing