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Authors@Google: Lee Siegel

jackskin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:38:03 +0000

Journalist Lee Siegel visits Google’s Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book “Against the Machine.” This event took place on April 28, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

I am looking for any authors who write under contemporary paranormal romances. Can anyone help me?

jackskin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:18:56 +0000

I am looking for paranormal romance authors who write contemporary. The authors I have read are Kay Hooper: Bishop Series, Jayne Ann Krentz’s Arcane Society. I like the kind along those lines. At this time, I do not want to read Vampires. Appreciate any help.

Authors@Google: Willliam Poy Lee

jackskin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:37:55 +0000

William Poy Lee visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “The Eighth Promise: An American Son’s Tribute to His Toisanese Mother.” This event took place on July 1, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. The award winning memoir of local author William Poy Lee and his Toisanese mother, Poy Jen Lee, The Eighth Promise, sweeps through history, from the brutal 1930s Japanese invasion of the mother’s childhood village to the 1960s San Francisco of the author’s own coming-of-age: face-to-face with Jimi Hendrix and the counterculture at the Summer Solstice Festival, dodging tear gas bombs and police clubs protesting the Vietnam War, co-organizing the first Chinatown civil rights march along Grant Avenue, and finally, leading the charge for justice to correct his younger brother’s wrongful conviction during the so-called Chinatown “Gang Wars” of the 1970s. William Poy Lee worked in Silicon Valley when he began writing, including a stint with Frank Quattrone who then headed the investment banking group, Deutche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group. He is also an attorney, presenter, and contributor to California Magazine and AARP Media. For more information on his book, please visit: www.TheEighthPromise.com.

How many authors and books are there from the Gothic/horror genre?

jackskin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:37:53 +0000

How many authors and books, short stories, or poems are out there of the Gothic and Horror genre?

How puritan authors are alike and different?

jackskin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:37:19 +0000

How are puritan authors portrayed as being alike and different in aspects of life and their writings?

Authors@Google: Simon Schama

jackskin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:19:34 +0000

Simon Schama discusses hos book, “Rough Crossings,” at Google’s Mountain View, CA, headquarters. This event took place on April 14, 2006, as part of the Authors@Google series.

what are your favorite authors that have affected the modernism time period?

jackskin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:39:23 +0000

i have to do a report on modernism authors that are not from Britain or any countries that contributed to the Americas. We start tomorrow in class, i need to have at least three authors that affected the time period. if you have any in mind, please help me out. thank you!

Authors@Google: Charles Stross

jackskin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:19:30 +0000

Charles Stross visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, “Halting State.” This event took place on October 12, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.

Google Books Settlement Agreement with Authors and Publishers

jackskin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:37:28 +0000

Learn more about how Google Books works and the recent settlement agreement between Google and a broad class of authors and publishers. Please note that this agreement resolves a United States lawsuit, and therefore directly affects only those users who access Book Search in the US

Authors@Google: Peter Sagal

jackskin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:37:15 +0000

Peter Sagal visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them).” This event took place on July 23, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are. Or so everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated NPR host—the man who put the second “L” in “vanilla”—decided to find out if it’s true. From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets—and then back to the strip clubs, but only because he left his glasses there—Sagal explores exactly what the sinful folk do, how much they pay for the privilege, and exactly how they got those funny red marks. He hosts a dinner for three of the smartest porn stars in the world, asks the floor manager at the oldest casino in Vegas how to beat the house, and indulges in molecular cuisine at the finest restaurant in the country. Meet liars and rich people who don’t think consumption is a disease, encounter the most spectacular view ever seen from a urinal, and say hello to Nina Hartley, the only porn star who can discuss Nietzsche while strangers smack her butt. With a sharp wit, a remarkable eye for detail, and the carefree insouciance that can only come from not having any idea what he’s getting into, Sagal proves to be the perfect guide to sinful behavior. What happens in Vegas—and in less glamorous places—is all laid out in these pages, a modern version of Dante’s Inferno, except …

How do I get into critiquing books for authors?

jackskin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:18:56 +0000

I know that authors will send you copies of heir books to get an opinion from an avid reader….I just don’t know where to look. If anyone does this or knows how to get into this please let me in on the fun. I am an avid reader and just think it would be interesting to see books before they go to the publisher. I’m not looking to proofread, although that is an option too, I just want to give helpful information to writers before publication. Only serious answers please.

What are some good authors in the ilk of Nelson DeMille , John Grisham and Robert Crais?

jackskin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:09 +0000

I’ve read most of their books and would like to discover[with some help] some other authors that would have the style , craft, and talent of the authors mentioned.

Could you name some really good modern authors whose books are worth reading?

jackskin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:28:55 +0000

What I consider as good? I haven’t discovered that myself yet but 2 authors I really liked recently are Russell Andrews and Margaret Atwood.

What I consider as modern? Just something written in the last 20 years.

Any ideas are good so help!

Authors@Google: Howard Zinn

jackskin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:19:44 +0000

The Authors@Google program welcomed Howard Zinn to Google’s Cambridge office on November 11, 2008. Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds appearing in Voices of a People’s History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Paralleling the 24 chapters of Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. Historian and activist Howard Zinn is the author of the best-selling A People’s History of the United States and many other books, including The Zinn Reader (Seven Stories Press 2000), Artists in the Time of War (Seven Stories Press, 2003) and Terrorism and War (Seven Stories Press 2002). A People’s History of American Empire: www.youtube.com

Authors@Google: Trevor Paglen

jackskin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:22:35 +0000

Trevor Paglen visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World.” This event took place on February 11, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Authors@Google: Marion Nestle

jackskin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:44:16 +0000

Nutritionist and Author Marion Nestle discusses her latest book, “What to Eat” as well as her previous books “Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition” and “Health and Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism” as part of the Authors@Google series. A professor of nutrition at NYU, Nestle was featured in the film “Super Size Me” and has been called “one of the nation’s smartest and most influential authorities on nutrition and food policy.” This event took place May 8, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA

Authors@Google: Tom Bissell

jackskin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:19:03 +0000

Tom Bissell visits Google’s San Bruno office to present his book “Extra Lives”. This event took place on June 28, 2010, as part of the Authors@Google series. Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for, literally, days. Until recently, Bissell was somewhat reluctant to admit to his passion for games. In this, he is not alone. Millions of adults spend hours every week playing video games, and the industry itself now reliably outearns Hollywood. But the wider culture seems to regard video games as, at best, well designed if mindless entertainment.Extra Lives is an impassioned defense of this assailed and misunderstood art form. Bissell argues that we are in a golden age of gaming—but he also believes games could be even better. He offers a fascinating and often hilarious critique of the ways video games dazzle and, just as often, frustrate. Along the way, we get firsthand portraits of some of the best minds (Jonathan Blow, Clint Hocking, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux) at work in video game design today, as well as a shattering and deeply moving final chapter that describes, in searing detail, Bissell’s descent into the world of Grand Theft Auto IV, a game whose themes mirror his own increasingly self-destructive compulsions. Extra …

Authors@Google: Peg Tyre

jackskin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:19:44 +0000

Interviewing hundreds of parents, kids, teachers, and experts, award-winning journalist Peg Tyre drills below the eye-catching statistics to examine how the educational system is failing our sons in The Trouble with Boys. She explores the convergence of culprits, from the emphasis on high-stress academics in preschool and kindergarten, when most boys just cant tolerate sitting still, to the outright banning of recess, from the demands of No Child Left Behind, with its rigid emphasis on test-taking, to the boy-unfriendly modern curriculum with its focus on writing about feelings and its purging of high-action reading material, from the rise of video gaming and schools unease with technology to the lack of male teachers as role models. Peg Tyre was, until recently, a senior writer at Newsweek specializing in social trends and education. She has won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, a Clarion Award, and a National Education Writers Association Award. She lives in New York City with her husband, novelist Peter Blauner, and their two sons. This event took place on October 20, 2008

Authors@Google: Neil deGrasse Tyson

jackskin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:18:53 +0000

The Authors@Google program welcomed Neil deGrasse Tyson to Google’s New York office to discuss his book, “The Pluto Files”. About the Book: “The New York Times best-selling author chronicles America’s irrational love affair with Pluto, man’s best celestial friend. In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it’s a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto was “discovered by an American for America.” Pluto is entrenched in our cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Only Tyson can tell this story: he was involved in the first exhibits to demote Pluto, and, consequently, Pluto lovers have freely shared their opinions with him, including endless hate mail from third graders. In his typically witty way, Tyson explores the history of planet classification and America’s obsession with the “planet” that’s recently been judged a dwarf.” This event took place on February 9, 2009.

Authors@Google: Michael Shermer

jackskin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:20:05 +0000

Michael Shermer discusses his book “Mind of the Market” as part of the Authors@Google series. How did we evolve from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumer-traders? Why are people so irrational when it comes to money and business? Bestselling author Dr. Michael Shermer argues that evolution provides an answer to both of these questions through the new science of evolutionary economics. Drawing on research from neuroeconomics, Shermer explores what brain scans reveal about bargaining, snap purchases, and how trust is established in business. Utilizing experiments in behavioral economics, Shermer shows why people hang on to losing stocks and failing companies, why business negotiations often disintegrate into emotional tit-for-tat disputes, and why money does not make us happy. Employing research from complexity theory, Shermer shows how evolution and economics are both examples of a larger phenomenon of complex adaptive systems. Along the way, Shermer answers such provocative questions as: Do our tribal roots mean that we will always be a sucker for brands? How is the biochemical joy of sex similar to the rewards of business cooperation? How can nations increase trust within and between their borders? Finally, Shermer considers the consequences of globalization and what will happen if nations allow free trade across their borders. This event took place January 29, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. For more information about Michael Shermer, visit: www …