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 Canadian author Denise Chong's third book is a nonfiction account of the three Chinese men who threw paint-filled eggs at a giant image of Chairman Mao shortly before the government suppression of democracy campaigners and the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre.
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 Most famous for her bestselling novel The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory has published fifteen novels in total, the latest of which, The White Queen deals with murder, mystery and the fight for the English throne. Read about Gregory's book tastes, research methods, and obsession with the past.
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 Psychotic shrubs, vicious vines, and poisonous petals - Amy Stewart's fascination with the beasts and boogeymen of botany makes for a captivating read, complete with stunningly beautiful copper etchings accompanying. Read about her favourite venomous stems, and how she got into poisonous plants in the first place. |
 R.J. Ellory is a Birmingham, UK author with seven published thrillers under his belt. As far from boastful as possible, Ellory is grateful for his fans and will happily talk about his books anywhere - even a 15 person book club, if they'll have him. But beware, he has a dark past - he revealed to us that he once did prison time for stealing and eating a chicken from a monastery.
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 Michael Crummey grew up in Newfoundland and Labrador. His third novel, Galore, is a vast, intricate story full of twists and turns and folklore. With superstitions, grudges and traditions, the book successfully encapsulates the stories and experiences of generations in a small fishing village in Newfoundland.
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 In 1993, Erica Johnson Debeljak married and moved from New York City to Ljubljana, Slovenia where she became a literary translator (from Slovenian into English), writer, and occasional interpreter of all things American. Her 2009 memoir Forbidden Bread was published by North Atlantic Books.
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Canadian author Alan Bradley talks about idealism, writing, and his experiences with travel and the media. And of course, all about his novel The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which won Britain's 2007 Crime Writer's Association Debut Dagger Award.
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 In Jeff Rubin's new book Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, the economist discusses alternate energy sources, and how the key to our future is going to be energy usage reduction. What does that mean? We'll need to look a lot more to our own backyard for our needs.
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 Publisher and editor-in-chief at Canada's Maclean's Magazine, Kenneth Whyte is no stranger to print media himself. Now he brings us The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst: an in-depth look at the life and success of William Randolph Hearst, the most famous - or infamous - newspaper mogul of all.
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Daniel Kalder is no stranger to uniqueness. From a self-proclaimed Jesus to a Russian 'mole', Kalder weighs in on interesting people, and their places in his second book, Strange Telescopes.
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A blog that became a book, Stuff White People Like is a tongue-in-cheek, list-style discussion of... well, stuff that white people like. Christian Lander talks about its success, its detractors, and how it all began.
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When it comes to mysteries, Chris Knopf is old school. The author tells us about creating Sam Acquillo and why he himself prefers hardboiled, noir detective stories to the modern thrillers usually published today.
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Step into the dark world of Tunnels with Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. The co-authors talk to AbeBooks about Deeper - the follow up to their 2007 fantasy bestseller, Tunnels, where teenage hero Will Burrows travels deeper underground and deeper into trouble.
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Ilana Stanger-Ross writes about women's underpants. Her debut novel, Sima's Undergarments for Women examines the daily life struggles and relationships of modern life in Jewish Brooklyn.
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David Andelman, a longtime foreign correspondent, looks at the Treaty of Versailles and how it influenced conflicts around the world.
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Author William Leith talks to AbeBooks about being hungry, being a worrywart, likening his aging body to war invaders, and his wonderfully named memoir Bits of Me Are Falling Apart.
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Meet Elizabeth Hand - a writer, a mother, a reader and a former winner of the prestigious science fiction Nebula Award.
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Jen Hadfield is a 30-year-old British-Canadian poet whose second collection, Nigh-No-Place, won the 2008 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. We chatted with Hadfield about what inspired her, what's next, and a fish market as a muse.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club talks about his new book Rant and why it might be a good idea to bring smelling salts with you to one of his readings.
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Malcolm Gladwell prefers to write about the mundane, but extremely influential, aspects of life rather than the exotic. Published in January, Blink:
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking has cemented his position as a leading cultural commentator and is a best-seller across the world.
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News of mass killings has everyone wondering "Why?"
Mark Ames tells AbeBooks why we're seeing more rage than we did 30 years ago.
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Andrew Davidson talks about his debut novel, The Gargoyle and how he is staying remarkably calm about all the hype and his worldwide book tour.
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Matt Haig, author of The Dead Fathers Club and The Last Family in England, tells us how he channels Shakespeare, MySpace, and the universal subject of death to write and promote his very original books.
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Is it a cookbook, a travel book or a coffee table photography book? Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China is all of these things.
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Former Oscar-nominated-actress-turned-author Meg Tilly pulled no punches with her latest book, the heartbreakingly emotional Gemma.
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AbeBooks talks to Sadie Jones about her acclaimed debut novel, The Outcast, and how its success is changing her life.
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Acclaimed wine writer Natalie Maclean talks about her global wine tasting adventures and what it's like to have the best job in the world. But is she really drunk all day long?
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Ever wonder who is behind a romance novel? Met Merline Lovelace, a former US Air Force colonel and a prolific writer of more than 70 romance novels.
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There may be an international flavour to Rick Browne's latest recipe collection The Big Book of Barbecue Sides, but in the barbecue master's opinion, nothing tops his Beer Butt Chicken.
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Yann Martel is back to talk about the illustrated Life of Pi, how his life changed with the success of the book, and the progress towards his new book.
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Have you ever wondered where the flowers in your florist or supermarket come from? The farm down the road perhaps? Think again. Amy Stewart talks to AbeBooks about her love affair with flowers.
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AbeBooks talks to Kiran Desai about the luxury of the Booker Prize, life on the road and protests against The Inheritance of Loss.
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They say that there is a book inside all of us. For John Burns, that book turned out to be about a very lovable and well-mannered penguin named Pengey.
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AbeBooks talks to Richard Gwyn about his life on the edge, poetry and his newest book, Deep Hanging Out.
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Julian Barnes, bestselling author of Arthur & George talks with us about Sherlock Holmes, his favourite bookshop, and not winning the Booker.
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Think you know everything about Harry Potter? Meet Andy Gordon, he's a contributor to the Harry Potter fan site Mugglenet.com and co-author to the book What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7?
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Meet Douglas Glover, author of Governor General Literary Award-winning Elle.Glover talkes to AbeBooks about his favorite reads (Canadian and otherwise), and what drew him to write the strange and fantastical story of Elle on the island.
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MC Beaton takes a break from her cigarettes, coffee and writing to talk to us about her bossy heroine, Agatha Raisin, life in the heart of the English countryside, and her favorite authors.
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A language, kept secret for centuries in rural China, provides the back-drop to Lisa See’s latest novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - recently reviewed in USA Today & LA Times.
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Meg Gardiner tells us about what it’s like to not be published in your native country, Stephen King, and her international smuggling habits.
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Iain Banks has been one of the UK’s most productive and successful writers for the past 20 years. Find out why he’ll never leave Scotland and won’t be writing any more non-fiction books.
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Lynne Truss took time out from her vacation to tell us about her favorite bookstore, why she hates cyclists and how she scored ringside seats to the Lennox Lewis/Evander Holyfield fight.
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One Sunday Morning is the latest offering from LA author Amy Ephron - find out why she thinks it is so hard to keep a secret in our exclusive AbeBooks interview.
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Anthony Bourdain is frank and often blunt, but he's always entertaining. The chef-turned-author-turned-TV star tells it like it is when it comes to vegans, Gordon Ramsay, and the worst restaurant in the world.
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Anne Perry has been a published author since 1979 when The Cater Street Hangman hit the bookshelves. Now she has 50 books to her name with Long Spoon Lane – a tale of Victorian terrorism – published in April 2005.
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Former US Marine Nathaniel Fick reveals why he feels the US is in danger, and why leaving the Marines was the second best decision he has ever made.
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Four long hard years spent as a criminal forensic scientist in Cleveland gave Elizabeth Becka the inspiration for her debut novel - a crime thriller called Trace Evidence.
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Greene's new book, Here
Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey
of George Harrison, was sparked by his
memories of a meeting with Harrison in December
1969 when the writer was a 19-year-old organ player
and Harrison was one of the world's most famous
musicians.
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for Joshua Greene's books |
The world remains fascinated with the mystique of Marie Antoinette. Elisabeth de Feydeau's A Scented Palace - which traces the story of Jean-Louis Fargeon, Marie's devoted perfumer - offers a fresh scent on the French monarch, her extravagant life and her dramatic demise.
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Alexander McCall Smith, creator of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, talks about gruesome fairytales, a scary book called Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare and much more in our exclusive interview.
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Canadian author and entrepreneur Leonard Brody talks to us about start-up companies, online communities, and his fellow Canadians.
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Author Nancy Pearl is the go-to person when looking for the next great
book to read. We spoke to her about her favorite books,
celebrity authors, and her action figure.
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for Nancy Pearl's books |
ABC TV journalist and author Richard Esposito talks about his novel The Bomb Squad and discusses the challenges faced while he was assigned to the New York bomb squad.
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Jared Diamond - the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel and Why Sex is Fun - reveals why he loves birds and reading Italian in our exclusive author interview.
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Meet Laura Penny, author of the bestselling book Your Call Is Important To Us as she reveals the alleged culture of spin and marketing.
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal has grabbed the attention of North America with her entertaining but highly insightful book Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life.
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Chelsea Cain is the author of Confessions of a Teen Sleuth – an entertaining parody of Nancy Drew, which exposes everything you always wanted to know about the heroine from River Heights.
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Alain de Botton’s career has been spent writing books that tackle questions of everyday life. They refer both to his experiences and ideas – and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers of the past.
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