Campaign for the American Reader

The official blog of the Campaign for the American Reader, an independent initiative to encourage more readers to read more books.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Pg. 69: Alex von Tunzelmann's "Indian Summer"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Alex von Tunzelmann's Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire . About the b...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

What is Peter Spiegelman reading?

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The current featured contributor to Writers Read: Peter Spiegelman , author of three John March novels. His debut novel, Black Maps , was ...

Pg. 99: Carol Anne Davis's "Sob Story"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Carol Anne Davis's Sob Story . About the book , from the author's website: Men behind bars ...

Pg. 69: Humphrey Hawksley's "The History Book"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Humphrey Hawksley's The History Book . About the book , from the publisher: K athleen 'Kat...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Pg. 99: "The Late Bloomer's Revolution"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Amy Cohen's The Late Bloomer's Revolution . About the book , from the publisher: Amy Cohen ...

Pg. 69: Lesley Chamberlain's "Lenin's Private War"

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Today's featured post at the Page 69 Test: Lesley Chamberlain's Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and th...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Pg. 99: "The Unnatural History of the Sea"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Callum Roberts's The Unnatural History of the Sea . About the book , from the publisher: Humani...

Pg. 69: Wesley Stace's "by George"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Wesley Stace's by George . About the book , from the publisher: I n the illustrious history of ...
Monday, August 20, 2007

What is Robert Louden reading?

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The current featured contributer to Writers Read: Robert Loude n , author of The World We Want: How and Why the Ideals of the Enlightenment ...

Sam Reaves's "Homicide 69," the movie

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The current feature at My Book, The Movie: Sam Reaves's Homicide 69 . Here's the set-up, from the author: Homicide 69 ... tracks a ...

Pg. 99: Peter Sacks's "Tearing Down the Gates"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Peter Sacks's Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education . Abou...

Pg. 69: Charles Cumming's "A Spy By Nature"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Charles Cumming's A Spy By Nature . About the book , from the publisher: This is what they told...
Sunday, August 19, 2007

Pg. 69: "Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them"

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Currently featured at the Page 69 Test: Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain . About the book , from the author's we...
Saturday, August 18, 2007

Interview: Richard A. Posner

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New at Author Interviews: Judge Richard A. Posner , author of last year's Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Eme...

Pg. 99: "The Elephant’s Secret Sense"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Caitlin O'Connell's The Elephant’s Secret Sense : The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Afri...

Five best guides to China and its history

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Oliver August, author of Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man , selected a five best "guides to China an...
Friday, August 17, 2007

Pg. 69: Timothy Hallinan "A Nail Through the Heart"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Timothy Hallinan's A Nail Through the Heart . About the book , from the publisher: Travel write...

What is Terese Svoboda reading?

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The current featured contributor to Writers Read: Terese Svoboda , author of several books of prose and poetry, including Trailer Girl and ...

Pg. 99: Beth Kohl's "Embryo Culture"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Beth Kohl's Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the Twenty-first Century . About the book , from ...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Betsy Carter's list

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Betsy Carter, the founding editor of New York Woman magazine, is the author of the memoir Nothing to Fall Back On . Her second novel, Swim...
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