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Born to Be Good by Dacher Keltner

May 31st, 2009

Title: Born to Be Good
Author: Dacher Keltner
Publisher: W.W. Norton (2009)

This is a really interesting topic, much of which is currently being publicized on the super awesome TV show Lie to Me.  Now, this book isn’t only about catching liars…in fact it’s not about catching liars at all. But there is a lot of information [...]

LOP News: RSS Lesson

May 27th, 2009

I want to take a minute to divert from normally scheduled programming of super awesome book reviews and book news events to talk about RSS feeds, specifically MY RSS feed.
Basically an RSS feed is a way for you to follow Letters on Pages (or any other blog) without having to actually check the page for [...]

But Wait There’s More by Remy Stern

May 25th, 2009

Title: But Wait…There’s More!
Author: Remy Stern
Publisher: HarperCollins (2009)

Have any of you bought anything that was on an infomercial? I don’t think I have, though at times I have wanted to. Studies say that 1 in 3 people have purchased a product via infomercial…but certainly everyone is fascinated with the commercials. I can’t [...]

Start Where You Are by Chris Gardner

May 19th, 2009

Title: Start Where You Are
Author: Chris Gardner
Publisher: Amistad (2009)

Have you seen The Pursuit of Happyness? Will Smith stars as Chris Gardner who is a homeless single dad trying to make a career in finance. It’s an OK movie that would be much better if a quarter of the movie wasn’t Will Smith running. [...]

Twitter

May 16th, 2009

I’ve officially caved and I am now on twitter. I’m sure it will be much more fun than I want it to be.
So if you are on twitter…either leave a comment here or find me @lettersonpages

Book News: Lady Returns Library Book 31 Years Late

May 13th, 2009

I think this story is hilarious for a couple of reasons…first, it is funny that the lady had the book for 31 years!  From St. Augustine.com:
On March 16, 1978, with Jimmy Carter in the White House and Dick Cavett on late night TV, Sarah McKee walked into a library and borrowed a book.
On this day [...]

Author Interview: Seth Shulman

May 6th, 2009

Recently, I reviewed The Telephone Gambit by Seth Shulman. It was a really good read about the history (and controversy) of the invention of the telephone. Luckily for us, Seth agreed to answer a few of my questions.

While researching this book did you find yourself getting angry at Bell for stealing Gray’s idea?
In [...]

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