Tag Archives: books

There was a time in the ’80s when I was absolutely obsessed with Bill James’ vision of baseball and thought his creative statistical insights into the REAL game had the ring of TRUTH. His insights and persistence have finally seeped into the official basball world, as evidenced by Michael Lewis’ …

Old Greenskin: The Early Years

Borders Books and Music reopens in Lower Manhattan next Thursday, June 12, replacing the WTC store destroyed 9/11/01: Located in the American Surety Building at 100 Broadway between Pine and Wall Streets, the new 31,200-sq.-ft. store has two full floors, a mezzanine and a cafe operated by gourmet food and …

The J.K. Rowling Albert Hall appearance will be webcast hither and yon. J.K. Rowling [will read] from the next Harry Potter adventure at the Royal Albert Hall on June 26, and [do] a live interview about the book that will be broadcast simultaneously on the Internet, organizers said Tuesday. At …

California Supremes rule on the Winter Bros. comic book suit.

CSPAN2’s Book TV sees itself as sober nonfiction book talk each weekend from 8am Saturday to 8am Monday – it is rare that participants nearly come to blows. But this little tiff proves the left-right gulf hasn’t closed any since the war ended: Unlike Ernest Hemingway’s encounter with poet Wallace …

Alan Moore's mystical investigation into superheroics and the magical nature of things. . .

“Literary wastrels” he calls them: The explanation for the mystery was right there, on either side of block-long Jack Kerouac Street in North Beach. At 6 a.m. Sunday, Vesuvio Cafe was open and serving liquor, as it is every day, while City Lights Bookstore wouldn’t open until 10 a.m. City …

James Kochalka's latest graphic fantasy

We have been following the growing distaste with provisions of the Patriot Act for some time – librarians and book sellers have been particularly displeased with the provisions that allow the government to demand book loan and purchase records. 32 organizations representing booksellers, librarians, book publishers and authors have signed …