Maple Syrup, Airplane Crashes, and The Power of Non-Market Innovation
Drawing on the arguments in his bestselling book, Where Good Ideas Come From, and his new collection, The Innovator's Cookbook, Steven Johnson looks at the surprising—and encouraging—way that non-market environments create important innovations, in this talk from the Emerging Technology conferenc...
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Julie Klam and Timothy Hutton discuss books and dogs (sort of)
The secrets of love, health, and happiness gleaned from a life lived with dogs from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Woof and Love At First Bark. Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, unable to meet a man she could spend her life with. And...
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WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson
One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and ...
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Janny Scott discussing her book, A SINGULAR WOMAN: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person he credits ...
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BETTER BY MISTAKE: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong by Alina Tugend
"Better By Mistake is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of the deeply human phenomenon of screwing up. With Alina Tugend as your wise (and wise-cracking) guide, you'll learn why perfection is a myth, why apologies pack power, and why effort is often more important than results. And once ...
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The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers. A new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley. On sale March 24, 2009. www.waltermosley.com
YOU HAD ME AT WOOF by Julie Klam
The hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of a woman learning the secrets of love, health, and happiness from some very surprising teachers: her dogs. Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, wondering if she would ever meet the man she could spend the ...
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The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
A green-eyed girl born into slavery on a Jamaican plantation who exhibits a dark, charismatic power... A group of slave women who are conspiring to stage a revolt and overthrow their masters... A young writer who "brings to mind early Toni Morrison, Jessica Hagedorn, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez......
Shalom Auslander: Attic Call with Ira Glass
www.shalomauslander.com http "Shalom Auslander writes like some contemporary comedic Jeremiah, thundering warnings of disaster and retribution. What makes him so terrifyingly funny is that he isn't joking." -- Howard Jacobson, author of The Finkler Question and winner of the Man Booker Prize Shal...
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SITUATIONS MATTER by Sam Sommers
The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize it. Every day and in all walks of life, we overlook the robust power of situations, of context, in our lives. And that's a mistake, says Sam Sommers in his pro...
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YOU LOST ME THERE by Rosecrans Baldwin
By turns funny, charming, and tragic, Rosecrans Baldwin's debut novel takes us inside the heart and mind of Dr. Victor Aaron, a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the Soborg Institute on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Victor spends his days alternating between long hours in the sterile lab and runn...
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Shalom Auslander: Attic Call with Sarah Vowell
www.shalomauslander.com http "Shalom Auslander writes like some contemporary comedic Jeremiah, thundering warnings of disaster and retribution. What makes him so terrifyingly funny is that he isn't joking." -- Howard Jacobson, author of The Finkler Question and winner of the Man Booker Prize Shal...
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GIRL IN TRANSLATION by Jean Kwok
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice, an inspiring debut about an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl dur...
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Khaled Hosseini - Picture A Book Changing Lives
PICTURE A BOOK CHANGING LIVES. NOW WATCH IT HAPPEN. Now you can help change even more lives. Due to popular request, Riverhead's Picture a Book Changing Lives campaign has eliminated the limit of two photos per Penguin Community account, and with your friends' permission, you can also submit thei...
Lewis Black on Black Friday
"...sales that turn crowds into frenzied mobs" don't miss your favorite comedian Lewis Black talk about 11/26/2010 - BLACK FRIDAY I'M DREAMING OF A BLACK CHRISTMAS is on sale now.
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Walter Mosley in Edina Minnesota.1
Last month I received a finished copy of THE LONG FALL: The First Leonid McGill Mystery by Walter Mosley, which Riverhead Books published on March 24, 2009. Mosley embarked on a national book tour which will bring him to Minneapolis yesterday, April 8th for an event at Barnes & Noble/Edina, where...
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Geoff Kloske's "The David Awards" Acceptance Speech
Riverhead Publisher Geoff Kloske accepts his David Award for "Best On Screen / On Air Personality" for his role in "You Had Me At Woof"
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The Conundrum by David Owen
The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto from The New Yorker writer David Owen about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, f...
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- Length: 3:37
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Shalom Auslander: Attic Call with John Hodgman
www.shalomauslander.com http "Shalom Auslander writes like some contemporary comedic Jeremiah, thundering warnings of disaster and retribution. What makes him so terrifyingly funny is that he isn't joking." -- Howard Jacobson, author of The Finkler Question and winner of the Man Booker Prize Shal...
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- Length: 2:12
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3rd Annual David Award Nominations Announcement
Penguin Group (USA) Announces Third Annual David Nominees, Opens Voting to Book Lovers Everywhere Publishing Industry Lets Out Collective Gasp and Wonders Excitedly, "Who Will Win?" New York, February 13, 2012 -- Penguin Group (USA) announced the nominees for the third annual David Awards, which ...
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