The Same-Sex Future
June 30, 2009
By David Cole observes a dramatic tidal shift in both the public and the political implications of the same-sex marriage movement. In terms of political changes, he cites the difference in views on the issue at both the ballot-box and within state legislatures between the 2004 election and the current day.
His analysis covers the topic across three new books: Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? What We’ve Learned from the Evidence by William N. Eskridge Jr. and Darren Spedale, Evan Gerstmann’s Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution and Marriage, Sexuality and Gender by Robin West.
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Author Dan Ariely Speaks at Google
June 12, 2009
Professor Dan Ariely visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.” One of his topical points reveals tests that determine consumers action to free vs. low price when it comes to internet media. Take a look here:
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Digital Desire – J. Stephen Hicks
June 12, 2009
When we first heard about Stephen Hicks book, ‘Digital Desire,’ we expected a volume of sensuous beauties all given the digital treatment in a fantasy post-production style. Instead, we are treated to some of the world’s most gorgeous models photographed digitally as part of Hicks’ 20 years worth of work for major magazines.
What Hicks and his team have come up with is a collection of beautiful photographs that are made all the more alluring by the selection of the stunningly gorgeous models that Hicks has chosen to exhibit. From his beginnings as a landscape photographer, Hicks’ demonstrates a keen sense of the aesthetic in his set ups and execution making for a book of well chosen photographs one of the better examples of glamour photography collections.
Hicks describes his transition from the relatively stable world of film photography into the digital realm as allowing him to become much more ‘fluid, free and crazy.’ The energy and spontaneity of this transition shows itself well in the shot selection presented here as well. The layouts range from single shot pages to four-up by always walking the fine line between tasteful and exuberant.
For more where this came from, be sure to check out Hicks’ Digital Desire website as well as this interview with the photographer from Fine Art TV.
The Secrets of Female Sexuality by David Shade
June 12, 2009
When David Shade lost his first wife to a ‘bad boy,’ he set about a journey to discover what kept females interested and what kind of women to look for (and which kind to avoid). Shade believes it all relates to sex and in fact likes to use a familiar quote: “For men, sex is sex. For women, sex is everything else.”
Shade goes on to elaborate about what kind of woman is most open to a relationship (high self esteem, well educated, etc.) and believes the best bet for any man’s happiness is to find the legendary “Daddy’s Girl.” Of course, this is easier said than done, but in both this book and his follow-up workbooks, CDs and tools, he outlines a step-by-step approach to finding Ms. Right.
Though interviews, background information and even handwriting analysis, Shade imbues the reader with the signposts to look for in a good mate. He also explores and explodes numerous myths about female sexuality from both his own research and the feedback from many of his followers via a plethora of emails recanting both good and bad experiences from the past.
While Shade’s findings are less clinical and more anecdotal than many books on the same subject, his point-of-view along with that of his readers, goes a long way to simply the choices one makes in mate selection as well as the things to avoid.
Elmore Leonard’s 43rd Novel: ‘Road Dogs’
June 11, 2009
Crime novelist Elmore Leonard is known for his crisp dialogue and his vast back catalog. In his newest novel, Road Dogs, he brings together characters from three of his past books ? Jack Foley, Cundo Rey and Dawn Navarro
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Lincoln’s Black History
June 11, 2009
By Garry Wills “Lincoln on Race and Slavery” edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr., and coedited by Donald Yacovone Abraham Lincoln was born into a racist family, in a racist region of our country, during a racist era of our history. It would have been amazing if he had not begun his life as a racist. Piety toward his memory suppressed that fact for generations
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The Crisis and How to Deal with It
June 11, 2009
Following are excerpts from a symposium on the economic crisis presented by The New York Review of Books and PEN World Voices at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 30. The participants were former senator Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, and Robin Wells, with Jeff Madrick as moderator
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The Crisis and How to Deal with It
Keats’s Afterlife
June 11, 2009
By Christopher Ricks. “Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography” by Stanley Plumly Rome, November 30, 1820. John Keats, who at the age of twenty-five has less than three months to live, is writing to his friend Charles Brown in England:
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Google’s Deal With Publishers Investigated
June 11, 2009
Antitrust investigators at the Justice Department are looking into a deal between Google and book publishers. Critics say the deal will give Google too much power over what could become a large segment of the online book market.
Independent Booksellers Pick Summer’s Best Reads
June 11, 2009
Your reading this summer may involve brushing the sand off page five — or firing up your Kindle. However you do it, we have some reading suggestions for you, straight from independent booksellers around the country.
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