Friday, October 29, 2010
TOP BESTSELLERS BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
American Assasin - Hardcover Fiction
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race - Hardcover Nonfiction
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Mass Market Paper
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trade Paper
Torment – Children’s Fiction
Scaredy-Cat, Splat! - Children's Picture Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Children's Series & Tie-ins
Don't Blink (unabr.) - Audio Fiction
The Power - Audio Nonfiction
What The Author Said: Mark Twain Quotes
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one - to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one - to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
When in doubt tell the truth.
Wise Word Indeed!!
Book Review: She Wins, You Win
Title: She Wins, You Win
Author: Gail Evans
Year of Publication: 2003
Publisher: Gotham Books, United States of America.
Reviewer: Ada Amogu
New York Times Business Bestseller in her book believes that the success of one woman increase the chances of another woman succeeding in business and also believes that failure of one woman in business increases the chances of failure in business of another woman.
Gail Evans proposed a game plan for women in business and laid out strategies for changing a losing dynamic into a win for all women.
The author gives women practicable tips on how to succeed in what has been categorized as ‘the men’s world’. Some of the tips mentioned in her 190 paged book include the need for women to support each other i.e. women need to know how to take care of each other and look out for each other on the way up. She states the importance of staying together and banding as a team. She believes that once the rule is understood women will rule the business world.
In her book, Gail Evans shares tips for women teams from her experience as the CNN first female Vice-President and also the challenges that the team would face and how they can be overcome.
Gail Evans gives career women tactics and strategies needed to make them productive and successful in the corporate world of business. It is definitely a must read for the 21st century working woman!
The 12th Lagos Book and Art Festival
The 12th Lagos Book and Art Festival, with the theme, ‘Literacy and the Notion of Freedom’, will hold between November 11 and 14 at the exhibition hall of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. Organised by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), this year’s edition is also dedicated to the celebration of author Chinua Achebe at 80. The 2010 LABAF is marked with a number of events which underscore its theme.
The festival opens on November 11 with a Business Forum for publishers to discuss some of the challenges they face in the publishing industry. Also intended to be a networking session to allow publishers to interact with one another, the forum will take place at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The main events and attractions are scheduled to hold at the National Theatre; and some of these include; festival colloquiums with a varying number of themes, readings, reviews and discussions centred on books. Among the featured books are: ‘You Must Set Forth At Dawn’ by Wole Soyinka, ‘Just Before Dawn’ by Kole Omotosho, ‘In-Dependence’ by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, ‘In My Father’s Countr’y’ by Adewale Maja-Pearce and many others.
One of the features of the festival is the focus on children and children’s literature. The Kiddies’ segment includes a performance of ‘My Malaria Story’ in words, pictures and dance at the National theatre on November 12. This event will be supported by CATE in collaboration with AMMREN and Café Scientifique Nigeria.
Another event discussing children’s literature is ‘Talking Books With CATE’ which will hold on the November 13. Also programmed are: ‘You, Too, can write!’ is a roundtable discussion on ‘The Land of Kalamandahoo’, a book for six to ten-year-olds by Ruby Igwe; and ‘The Missing Clock’- a book for nine to thirteen-year-olds, by Mai Nasara (Adeleke Adeyemi). A workshop for kids (five years and under), titled ‘Green Creativity Workshops’ taking place on November 13 – will also be of interest to children and their parents. There will be a presentation of works from the workshop on November 14.
Lagos 2060
The festival will be a forum for looking at the role of books in economic empowerment and the financial dynamics of book publishing from the author’s perspective. This will be the topic of consideration by a panel of on November 13. Relevant books include: ‘The Outlier,’ by Malcolm Gladwell; ‘Minding Your Business’ By Leke Alder; ‘17 Secrets of High Flying Students’, by Fela Durotoye. A musical interlude on the day will be followed by a discussion segment tagged ‘Writers Angst’, where four young authors discuss the pains and joys of writing. Another set of discussants will consider the topic, ‘What will be the fate of Lagos 100 years after independence?’ They will also look at the future of the mega-city and its continued role in inspiring, infuriating and enchanting writers across generations, taking a cue from the Lagos: 2060 Project by DADA books.
Rounding off festival activities on November 13 will be a festival birthday organised in honour of the likes of Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Patrick Doyle and Dele Momodu – all of whom turned 50 this year. The party also commemorates the milestones of the following: Odia Ofeimun, Eddie Aderinokun, Segun Olusola, Fred Agbeyegbe, Mabel Segun and Chinua Achebe.
The festival culminates in a panel discussion on the presence or absence of folklore influences in the literature and film of our time. Books to be looked at, include: ‘The Adventures of a Sugarcane Man’ (Femi Osofisan’s adaptation of Fagunwa’s Ireke Onibudo); ‘Praying Mantis’ by Andre Brink; ‘The Hidden Star’ by Sello K Duiker and Ahmadou Koroumah’s ‘Allah Is Not Obliged’. The festival play is ‘Killing Swamp’ by Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo, which will commemorate 15 Years of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Some of the other books to be showcased during the festival colloquium are Ike Okonta’s ‘When Citizens Revolt’, Wale Okediran’s ‘Tenants of the House’, Eghosa Imasuen’s ‘To Saint Patrick’ and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’.
CORA has removed Peter Enahoro’s autobiography, ‘Then Spoke The Thunder’, from the festival list because it is not available in Nigeria. “We need to get every book selected for the festival into the hands of would-be-discussants so we can have a robust debate around them,” said Jahman Anikulapo, CORA’s chair of Programmes.
Source:234next.com
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Howard Jacobson Wins Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize is given every year to a novel by an author in Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth nations.
The author of “The Finkler Question,” Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award. The Finkler Question is a witty novel about a friendship between a radio producer and a philosopher and the questions of religion it brings. The Finkler Question became the first unashamedly comic novel to win the Man Booker prize in its 42-year history.
The Booker prize chairman, Sir Andrew Motion, said it was "quite amazing" that this was the first time Jacobson had been shortlisted. But he was not, in any way, being rewarded because it was his turn. "It never came into our minds," he said. "Having said that, there is a particular pleasure in seeing somebody who is that good finally getting his just deserts."
Mr. Jacobson had been long-listed for the Booker Prize twice before, for “Who’s Sorry Now?” in 2002 and “Kalooki Nights” in 2007. Mr. Jacobson accepted the award to unusually loud and sustained applause at an awards ceremony in London on Tuesday night. “I’m speechless,” he said. “Fortunately I prepared one earlier. It’s dated 1983. That’s how long the wait’s been.”
Jacobson wasn't the favorite to win the award. C, by Tom McCarthy, was. The other finalists were In a Strange Room, by Damon Galgut; The Long Song, by Andrea Levy; Room, by Emma Donoghue; and Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey.
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