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National Book Awards
National Book Awards, founded (1950) by the American Book Publishers Council, American Booksellers Association, and Book Manufacturers Institute, and after 1976 sponsored by the National Book Committee for the year's most distinguished works in the areas of Arts and Letters, Children's Literature,... Read more |
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Barbara OConnor
O'Connor, Barbara 1950–PersonalBorn November 9, 1950, in Greenville, SC; daughter of William (a food broker) and Harriet (a homemaker) Lawrence; married William O'Connor (a risk manager), 1984; children: Grady. Education: University of South Carolina, B.A., 1972.AddressesHome—Duxbury, MA.... Read more |
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Hilari Bell
Bell, Hilari 1958-PersonalBorn 1958, in Denver, CO. Education: Graduated from college. Hobbies and other interests: Camping, reading, board and fantasy gaming.AddressesHome—Denver, CO.CareerWriter. Part-time reference librarian, until 2005.Awards, HonorsBest Books for Young Adults selection,... Read more |
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John Lehmann
John Lehmann , 1907-89, English poet, editor, and publisher. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he began working at Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press in 1931 and managed it from 1938 to 1946. In that year he founded a publishing house, John Lehmann, Ltd., which he directed until 1952.... Read more |
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book clubs
book clubs As a phenomenon in American cultural life, book clubs have made an impact in two periods of history. During the 18th and 19th cent. book clubs were formed for the purposes of discussion and debate. Foremost among these was the Junto, a literary society formed by Benjamin Franklin in... Read more |
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Federal Reporter
FEDERAL REPORTER® A legal reference source primarily covering published decisions of federal appellate courts. The decisions are published in paperback Federal Reporter pamphlets (advance sheets) shortly after they are.... Read more |
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Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende The author of several novels and a short fiction collection, as well as plays and stories for children, Isabel Allende (born 1942) has received international acclaim for her writing. Allende earned the Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice Award nomination for her debut novel, La... Read more |
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Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan 1951– Author, educator Influence of Early Years Promoted First Novel “Looking for Mr. Right” Sued by Former Lover Determination Got Anthology Published Third Novel Raised Contemporary Issues Selected writings Sources “Terry McMillan has the power to be an... Read more |
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Pulp Magazines
PULP MAGAZINES A Popular Medium Inexpensive magazines publishing fiction that appealed to a popular audience dated back to the end of the nineteenth century. The pulp magazines—so named for the thick, inexpensive pulpwood paper on which they were printed—got their start early... Read more |
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Tom Robbins
Robbins, Tom (1936–), North Carolina‐born author of bizarre fiction very popular in paperback. Another Roadside Attraction (1971) is set at the hot dog stand north of Seattle (the author's home area) owned by John and Amanda Ziller, whose friend Plucky Purcell chances on the... Read more |
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National Book Awards
...were replaced by The American Book Awards of the Association of American...categories for hardcover and paperback works, but many authors made...1985 again called the National Book Awards, sponsored by the National Book Foundation, the awards are... |
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books, the name first given to a series of paperback books published in 1935 by A. Lane, and established as a publishing...fiction Pelican series was launched and Puffin Picture Books for children followed in 1940. Other notable ventures... |
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Little Blue Books
Little Blue Books, paperback series of small nickel and dime booklets issued by Emanuel Haldeman...works of literature, socialist and free‐thinking tracts, sex books, and some original works by Will Durant, E.W. Howe, Upton Sinclair... |
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Printing and Publishing
...The direct‐mail Book‐of‐the‐Month Club...special‐interest book clubs. The paperback revolution, launched by Pocket Books (1939) and Bantam Books (1946), burgeoned...II. By the 1980s, paperbacks comprised one‐third of U.S. ... |
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Best Sellers
...the mid‐19th century gift books had huge sales, as did dime...include Webster's Spelling Book and dictionary, Caleb Bingham...always represented by single books, are detective stories, novels...editions is usually repeated in paperback reprints, but some ... |
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PRINT AND PRINTING
...printing and publishing of books tended to be centralized...Nature and impact A printed book not only involves a different...very small quantities, early books were printed in editions that...20c, however, an academic book might have 1,500 copies and a ... |
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publishing
...from the 19th cent. when the book publisher became distinct from...had the virtual monopoly of book production before the introduction...printer in dominance of the book trade. This coincided with increased demand for books from circulating ... |
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Prisoners' Rights of Speech
...inmates from receiving hardbound books from sources other than publishers, book clubs, and bookstores. The...security threat posed by hardbound books, which may be used more easily than paperbacks and magazines for smuggling...to or receive periodicals or ... |
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Little Magazine
...larger circulation. The Yellow Book (1894–97), founded by Henry...B. Mosher, and The Chap Book (1894–98), issued from...Review, and some published as paperbacks, like discovery and New World...1950s. In 1978 the editors of a book on the subject guessed ... |
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ESTUARY ENGLISH
...things the laid-back pop-linguistic paperback Do You Speak Estuary? The New Standard English: How to Spot it and Speak...misunderstanding, as when Estuary ‘fowty books’ might be understood as either forty books or faulty books. In addition, in some words /l/ ... |
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paperback
pa·per·back / ˈpāpərˌbak/ • adj. (of a book) bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard. • n. a book bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard. PHRASES: in paperback in an edition bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard: now available in paperback. |
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ebook reader
...ideal ebook reader contains a screen which is as clear as a normal book and weighs about the same as a paperback. The user of such a book would download copies of texts from BOOK SITES on the WORLD WIDE WEB. |
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hardcover
hard·cov·er / ˈhärdˌkəvər/ • adj. (of a book) bound between rigid boards covered in cloth, paper, leather, or film: hardcover and paperback editions. • n. a hardcover book. PHRASES: in hardcover in a hardcover edition. |
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novel
...ˈnävəl/ • n. a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character...realism: the novels of Jane Austen. ∎ a book containing such a narrative: she was reading a paperback novel. ∎ (the novel) the literary genre... |
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pocketbook
pock·et·book / ˈpäkətˌboŏk/ • n. 1. a woman's handbag. ∎ one's financial resources: they provide packages for every taste and every pocketbook. 2. (pocket book) a paperback or other small or cheap edition of a book. 3. Brit. a notebook. |
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spine
...strength of character. ∎ the part of a book's jacket or cover that encloses the...the pages, facing outward when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing...adj. [in comb.] broken-spined paperbacks. |
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commodity fetishism
...different objects into relations of equality with each other—one meal in a restaurant, for example, might equal four paperback books. Exchange-values depend upon the ratio of the labour times currently needed to produce the objects. This in turn... |
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pbk
pbk paperback (book) |
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edition
...n. a particular form or version of a published text: a paperback edition. ∎ a particular version of a text that has been...type: a first edition. ∎ the total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time... |
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original
...performer or artist personally: a mix of traditional tunes and originals. ∎ a book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form: paperback originals. ∎ a garment made to order from a design specially prepared for... |
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book
book • noun 1. Nadine...recommended some good books synonyms: volume...treatise, manual; paperback, hardback, pocket book, e-book. 2. he...400 deposit in the book | the council had to balance its books ... |
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novel
novel1 • noun curl up with a good novel synonyms: book, paperback, hardcover; story, tale, narrative, romance, roman à clef; piece of fiction; best seller, blockbuster; potboiler, pulp (fiction). |
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volume
volume • noun 1. a volume from the library synonyms: book, publication, tome, hardback, paperback, title; manual, almanac, compendium. 2. a glass syringe of known volume synonyms: capacity, cubic measure, size, magnitude... |
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MODERN BOOKS IN PAPERBACK.(Living Today)
...record-shattering paperbacks such as John Hersey...The "instant" book. This month, Pocket Books is celebrating...s first modern paperback publisher. For...never owned a book before. Universally...early years, the paperback ... |
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Spiritual beauty in the landscape; England's Thousand Best Churches. By Simon...
...in his masterful reference book, England's Thousand Best Churches, now out as a paperback. This 'personal odyssey...as the standard reference book on England's churches...five-star churches in the book. And the prejudices of a... |
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Books: PAPERBACKS
...enough material for half a dozen books. As a prologue, Gay offers...the point in triplicate. The book traces a wandering path from...Picador pounds 6.99. For the paperback, Elaine Showalter has added...extraordinarily hostile reactions this book elicited on ... |
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BOOKS PAPERBACKS
...Britain, he sold 11 million in paperback, with every third child being given at least one of his books annually. Meanwhile the Chinese...aged spread, Forsyth's books have grown fatter and flabbier...worry and self- doubt. This book is not about old age - ... |
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Books: Paperbacks - Theological musings aren't everyone's tub of jellied eels
...acquired taste, and the Narnia books cloy after childhood, but...It is a shame then that this paperback edition of his essays omits...inscrutable. It appears from this book that even the myth of the hare...a marvellous and insightful book marred only by its ... |
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Books Paperbacks: The possessor of the thunderbox
...cover that this is the "first paperback edition" (the trilogy has...So even if you know the book already, this is different...well, it is Waugh's best book; that ought to be enough...is this such an offputting book? The answer lies in Sereny...insect - they ... |
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Books: Paperbacks
...214pp A RARITY: a mass-market paperback which is also beautifully produced...scare the pants off America's book-reading mothers. Republished...was nominated for the National Book Award, Vanished tells the story...THIS ENTERTAINING, if quirky book reminds us ... |
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BOOKS: PAPERBACKS Lord Berners: The Last Eccentric by Mark Amory Pimlico...
...you could get from OUP a one-volume paperback edition containing his memoir First Childhood...definitive version of events.The two books also complement each other stylistically...telling, it lacks adhesive power - a book from which it's easy to be distracted...persuasive, ... |
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BOOKS: PAPERBACKS
...at all: he's a professional writer of humorous travel- books (Angry White Pyjamas) hunting for something to write about...but mostly, a gloomy air of contrivance hangs over the book. Not wholly unenjoyable. Paperback reviews by Robert Hanks |
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BOOKS: Paperbacks
...continues to do spectacularly well (with UK paperback sales of Ian McEwan's latest now in...Franck is a prolific novelist and his book, shuttling between Picasso in Montmartre...Picasso blockbuster will lap up this book, almost as intoxicating as absinthe and... |
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