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19 Apr

The Book Sense Poetry Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending April 16, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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18 Apr

2006 Pulitzer Winners Announced

The 90th annual winners of the 2006 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music were announced on Monday, April 17, by Columbia University.

Among the winners in the category of Letters & Drama are:

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18 Apr

2006 Pulitzer Winners Announced

The 90th annual winners of the 2006 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music were announced on Monday, April 17, by Columbia University.

Among the winners in the category of Letters & Drama are:

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12 Apr

2006 - 2007 Book Sense Reading Group Picks Preview

Independent stores with Book Sense will be receiving the 2006 - 2007 Reading Group Picks list in the May Red Box. The full list, with bookseller quotes, can be previewed online now.

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05 Apr

The Book Sense Personal Finance & Investing Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending April 2, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine

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30 Mar

The May 2006 Book Sense Picks & Notables Preview

Here is the full listing of the May 2006 Book Sense Picks, with booksellers' comments, as well as a preview of the month's Notables. Independent booksellers in the Book Sense program will be receiving their May Picks fliers in the April Red Box. (The flier includes jacket images, bibliographic information, and bookseller quotes.)

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21 Mar

What's in a Name: Colson Whitehead on Apex Hides the Hurt

If it's true that the child who reads is father to the man who writes, one might well wonder: What sort of cutting-edge literary fare shaped the early sensibilities of novelist and MacArthur Fellowship-recipient Colson Whitehead, author of the April Book Sense Pick Apex Hides the Hurt (Doubleday)?

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16 Mar

2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winners Announced





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14 Mar

Exploring the Implications of Our Role as The Weather Makers

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09 Mar

Announcing the Spring 2006 Book Sense Picks Poetry Top Ten

Here is the Spring 2006 Book Sense Picks Poetry Top Ten, based on the nominations of independent booksellers nationwide. The March Red Box will contain the Poetry Top Ten pads and a PDF of the list is available on BookWeb.

The list showcases a wide-ranging and strong list of titles for readers of all ages, and it is the result of a very strong level of support from booksellers, reflecting a deep level of knowledge and commitment.

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07 Mar

The Book Sense Presidential Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending March 5, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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02 Mar

The April Book Sense Picks and Notables Preview

Booksellers have spoken regarding the number-one title on the April Book Sense Picks list, and ... it's a tie.

When the tabulating was done, The Madonnas of Leningrad, a novel by Debra Dean (Morrow), and Saving the World, a novel by Julia Alvarez (Algonquin), had received an equal amount of support from independent booksellers in the Book Sense program.

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23 Feb

Only Six Days Left to Cast Ballots for Book of the Year

The owners and staff of all American Booksellers Association member bookstores have until Tuesday, February 28, to cast their ballots for the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.

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22 Feb

The Book Sense Love & Romance Nonfiction Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending February 21, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent booksellers with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine

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13 Feb

Excavating Family History in Falling Through the Earth

In Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir (Holt), Danielle Trussoni puts her own literary twist on the war memoir: Her father, Dan, was the one who served, but his experiences, and the posttraumatic stress disorder they cause, haunt the entire family, particularly Trussoni. She came to view the Vietnam War as a "hole...

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