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The Torture Debate: Disbar the Lawyers?

An editorial in the New York Times today calls for the Obama administration to “[move] toward some accountability for the Bush administration lawyers who justified torture.” The lawyers, it...

7 May 2009

Authors and Readers Coming Together

Alex Beguin, Cambridge Southeastern Rep In the past month, I have been working more at home in preparation for next season’s catalog. This has enabled me to really notice even more what events are happening...

6 May 2009

Gordon Silverstein on The Last Conservative

Law’s Allure author and court expert Gordon Silverstein‘s article about Justice Souter is now available for the reading in The New Republic. The Supreme Court will lose its only true conservative...

5 May 2009

IX. Rebel Horsemen of the Americas

The ninth post in the series The Horse in Human History Gaucho from Argentina, 1868 (Wikipedia) The story of the Spanish conquest of the Americas is well known. In a hemisphere where the horse had been...

Pita Kelekna | 4 May 2009

The Page 99 Test: Rachel Hope Cleves

Rachel Hope Cleves applied the Page 99 Test to her book: The Reign of Terror in America. The test seeks to introduce a book by way of the 99th page, and Cleves doesn’t disappoint: P. 99 of The Reign...

4 May 2009

No Free Book Friday Today

It’s yucky outside, yes, but we’re also tied up in Sales Conference. See you next week! Read More ?

1 May 2009

Tomorrow: Free Comic Book Day!

A host of comic publishers have sponsored Free Comic Book Day, taking place tomorrow, May 2. I’m all for the free ice cream days and free iced coffee days, but this one really beats them both. Read More ?

1 May 2009

Penguin Science Fiction Covers!

Via Boing Boing, vintage Penguin science fiction covers in a massive page of thumbnails at The Art of Penguin Science Fiction. Re-live your early literary memories, or even your best vintage store book...

30 Apr 2009

Arlen Specter’s Decision Makes Sense

Sean Theriault, author of Party Polarization in Congress offers his analysis on why Specter’s decision to go Democrat is a smart one, and why re-election may be a minor sticking point. Senator Arlen...

29 Apr 2009

Senator Arlen Specter: Some Reactions

Senator Arlen Specter, longtime Republican Pennsylvania Senator with an independent streak, has announced his intentions to seek re-election as a Democrat. Steven Smith is the Director of the Weidenbaum...

28 Apr 2009

Dewey, meet Fidel

Another library cat has cropped up, this time in Kent, England. Unlike the famous case of Dewey, who was dropped off in a book return box however, Fidel visits each day from a nearby home, hanging out...

28 Apr 2009

Congrats to Carmichael’s – PW Bookseller of the Year!

Carmichael’s in Louisville, Kentucky, is Publisher’s Weekly bookseller of the year! An article in Publisher’s weekly today recounts the many “secrets” to its success, and...

28 Apr 2009