Jiang Shumei learned her first Chinese character at the age of 60. Now, the 87-year-old grandmother from Northeast China's Heilongjiang province is the proud author of six books. "I wasn't educated as a child. I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that I would publish a book o...
Authored by corrosion engineers and steel pile specialists, the book provides an in-depth study of the problems and remedies associated with corrosion of steel piles. —Civil Engineering, November 1981 … all of these books were authored by U.S.-educated anthropologists who did their fieldwork …...
RANDY SHILTS DIES; WRITER EDUCATED PUBLIC ON AIDS WAS AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLING BOOK ABOUT DISEASEAssociated Press
My first foray into this arena was almost my last. The guru in charge of the session asked this question –“Why should someone buy your book?” The question was supposed to help me gain an understanding of what was in it for my reader. However, I drew a complete blank. Why should t...
About the little-known fact that most educated people in the 18th and 19th centuries believed planets of other suns are inhabited. "Engdahl has marshalled an impressive and fascinating selection of primary sources and ... reminded us that our ancestors entertained a view of the universe that was...
I'm finishing a book called post Corona. I'm trying to get it out as quickly as possible because, uh, most of it'll probably be wrong and perishable, but the, the way I would loosely describe opportunities is position yourself around what I would call the great dispersion. And if you...
Even this late in the season, the autumn is an excellent time to be combing book reviews for agent leads, much better than the dead of winter. There are always a lot of great new books hitting the shelves in the fall, including most of the year’s crop of literary fiction and culture...
The one room I was in I urinated in the corner drain most of the time I was there. We didn’t call it the ER in jail. It was called the Hole or the Digger. My view of LHSC is that security runs the show. Safety and security are paramount, but this makes the situation no ...
000 at the same time Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. Only one succeeded. The book is called Masquerade, and was written by British painter Kit Williams. Within its pages are clues to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever figured out the clues could ...
Black Issues Book Review “There are a slew of books about what is now being called the ‘hip-hop generation.’ Luckily, The Hip-Hop Generation gets it right.” SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE The musician and Hip Hop legend—hailed as “the greatest MC of all time” and compared to Thelonious Monk...