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• in TV
  Meet American Hero Daisy Bates on Independent Lens February 2
  Daisy Bates, fearless civil rights leader, achieved fame as leader of the Little Rock Nine, but at what price?
  by missbobetier / on Jan 30, 2012
• in Film
  From Tribeca Film: Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Adventure (2011)
  When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.
  by missbobetier / on Jan 22, 2012
• in TV
  Have You Heard from Johannesburg (PBS) Concludes January 26
  The conclusion of a five-part series about the global anti-apartheid movement, “Have You Heard from Johannesburg?,” airs on PBS January 26.
  by missbobetier / on Jan 21, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “nonfiction”

 

• Sex in Old Hollywood

  
  EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection — Authority: 463
  Rising on Amazon’s sales rankings (now at #30) as a result of a story in the “Fashion and Style” section of Sunday’s New York Times is a book by a man who reportedly ran, “a type of prostitution ring for gay and bisexual men in the film industry, including A-listers like Cary Grant, George Cukor and [...]
  15 hours ago

• Reasons to Love Writing…

  
  Cheryl's Musings — Authority: 99
  Reason #1: Writing is awesome!!! Reason #2 (this week’s SPECIFIC reason): Last week, I was in Florida for research on two separate projects. Yes, this counts as work. I spent one day at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce talking with scientists, looking at photographs, and touring one of their ...
  16 hours ago

• Book for Writers, Linguists, Anthropolgists and Lovers of Language

  
  The New Book Review — Authority: 405
  Euphemania Subtitle: Our love affair with euphemisms By Ralph Keyes Little Brown and Co. ISBN: 9780316056564 Nonfiction/ (Writing/Language) Contact Reviewer: hojoreviews@aol.com Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson originally for MyShelf.com . If you don’t love language, it’s a good ...
  18 hours ago

• Secret Sex – A Book Alive Online: Chapter 13 – Hi, School

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 425
  eNewsChannels BOOK SERIAL: “Secret Sex, A Book Alive Online,” written and lived by John Scott G. Chapter 13 – Hi, School. You may not believe it, but the powers-that-be at middle school allowed me to move on to high school. Go figure. I believe they said something like “After in-depth deliberation, it is ...
  1 day ago

• Beyond the Baby Blues

  
  Babyology — Authority: 469
  I don’t think I’m unique in saying that within my circle of family and friends, I know four women who have suffered post-natal depression. That may seem like a lot however currently one in five women will suffer some form of perinatal depression. Anxiety and depression around childbirth is one of the most common ...
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• Four Letter Words

  
  In the Pages.... — Authority: 106
  A "needed" book?? Yep, this is it!  I have three teenage boys that I am trying to prepare for the big world - and what do we discuss with them the most?? How to stand firm in what we believe and how to share that with others.  So I feel that Bill Giovannetti has hit the nail on the head with his book, Four Letter ...
  2 days ago

• Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Brief Thoughts)

  
  Rebecca Reads — Authority: 105
  Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Chronicle Books, 2008) carries the subtitle “Exploring the fine art of children’s book illustration,” and that is what it is: a full-color coffee table style book that highlights a few of the best children’s book illustrators by examining what makes their art “fine art.” ...
  3 days ago

• The Arab Spring One Year On: Eight Writers Reflect (Plus: Slideshow)

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 119
  “Arab Spring”, “Egyptian Revolution” and “Tahrir Square” are terms that we have come to associate firmly with the events of the past year, the inciting incidence being the toppling of Tunisian president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, on 14 January 2011. Yet, these terms have not been vanquished from our global ...
  3 days ago

• Review: Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston

  
  Life ... With Books — Authority: 94
  Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston Publisher: Atria Books, 2005 Pages: 354 Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Adventure/Survival Where I Got It: Bought It Why I Read It: After seeing the mind-blowing film 127 Hours , I wanted to get all the details of Aron Ralston’s story My Rating: 4 stars ...
  3 days ago

• Home Sweet Home

  
  Eleventh Stack — Authority: 106
  “Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home.” Claire Danes as Beth March in Little Women I’ve always been the kind of person who enjoys staying home instead of traveling or going out a lot. This is why I’ve taken especially great care to make my home as vacation-like and comfortable as ...
  4 days ago

• A glimpse into the world of fashion during the hippie revolution…

  
  The Dark Phantom Review — Authority: 92
  If you’re interested in the private lives of people who make the fashion world, how they started and how they got to the top, you might want to pick up a copy of Karen Moller’s memoir, Technicolor Dreamin’: The 1960′s Rainbow and Beyond. In her fresh and engaging voice, award-winning fashion designer and ...
  4 days ago

• Exclusive Books Summer Sale Starts Tomorrow

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 119
  Alert! The Exclusive Books Summer Sale begins tomorrow, Friday 27 Jan, with a wide selection of titles on sale at fantastically low prices. With an average retail price of R51.00, and Fanatics members receiving 10% off their sale purchases, this is definitely one sale you don’t want to miss. The sale is this ...
  4 days ago

• The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone

  
  things mean a lot — Authority: 534
  Brooke Gladstone’s The Influencing Machine is a non-fiction comic about the media. The book’s structure owes much to Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics : a cartoon version of Gladstone herself addresses readers directly and guides them on a journey through the history of journalism (mostly US-focused, ...
  4 days ago

• Karin Brynard resenseer Missing and Murdered deur Alan Morris

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 119
  Uitspraak: wortel Prof. Alan G. Morris bieg hy het ’n swakheid vir televisiereekse waarin die goeie ouens patoloë en nadoodse ondersoekers is. In sy boek delf hy veel dieper, ryker en harder – en met meer verrassende gevolge – na die waarheid as wat enige fliek of TV-reeks ooit sou kon. Volledige ...
  4 days ago

• Bernice van der Merwe Shares a Recipe for Vanilla Cupcakes

  
  NB — Authority: 111
  Bernice van der Merwe, assistant food editor at You and Huisgenoot and author of One-Two-Three On The Table , shares her recipe for vanilla cupcakes topped with vanilla butter icing with Expresso: Ingredients : 1 ½ cups (375ml) flour ¾ cup (180ml) sugar 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ½ cup (125ml) ...
  4 days ago

• John van de Ruit Unveils the New Title in His Spud Series: Exit, Pursued by a Bear

  
  Penguin SA — Authority: 110
  This morning, Penguin Books revealed the title of the fourth book in John van de Ruit ‘s wildly popular Spud series. Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear is due for release in August 2012 and follows van de Ruit’s previous books in the series, the first of which is Spud , followed by Learning to Fly and ...
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• Appeals Committee Deliberates Julius Malema’s Fate, But Will the Outcome Matter?

  
  Pan Macmillan — Authority: 107
  Oral submissions in Julius Malema’s appeal application, following his suspension last year from the ANC , were concluded yesterday. Malema’s fate now rests in the hands of the ANC’s national disciplinary committee of appeals, consisting of Trevor Manuel, Jeff Radebe, Jessie Duarte, Brigitte Mabandla, and Cyril ...
  5 days ago

• Rob Hofmeyr Reviews Gamebirds of Southern Africa by Rob Little and Tim Crowe

  
  BOOK SA - Magazine — Authority: 116
  Verdict: carrot This is a new edition of a book first published in 2000. It remains arguably the most beautiful book on birds ever published in this country. The paintings and the quality of the printing make this very special. I should love to see an edition of prints made available. But the book is not ...
  5 days ago

• The Congo in Books: Bram Posthumus’ Two-part Literary Postmortem

  
  BOOK SA - Magazine — Authority: 116
  Senegal-based Bram Posthumus has written a two-part article about how reading certain seminal books on the Congo can help to understand why the Democratic Republic of Congo is the tumultuous place it is today. The aptly named Posthumus suggests that a dip into the past with Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost ...
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• Speurhond Willem in die ruimte en ander prettige kinderboeke verskyn in Februarie

  
  NB — Authority: 111
  Speurhond Willem in die ruimte Ná hulle vorige avonture in Europa, die Indiese Oseaan en die Bosveld neem Willem en Adriaan se nuutste sending hulle dié keer na selfs meer onbekende terrein: die Internasionale Ruimtestasie! Voor jy kan sê “gespikkelde spanjoel” is Willem en Adriaan op pad Baikonoer ...
  5 days ago

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