<![CDATA[CentreDaily.com -- Books]]> http://www.centredaily.com/222/index.html CentreDaily.com, State College, PA en-us Copyright 2012 - CentreDaily.com Books 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:37 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 bheisse@centredaily.com (Bob Heisse) <![CDATA[Facebook's success: It's about making people feel better]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089799/facebooks-success-its-about-making.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089799/facebooks-success-its-about-making.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Among the fascinating outgrowths of the Facebook phenomenon are the psychological studies on what Facebook tells us about human behavior. One new study, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and…

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]]> <![CDATA[Study: New kids' books lack connection to nature]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088569/study-new-kids-books-lack-connection.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088569/study-new-kids-books-lack-connection.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Take a minute to think about your favorite book from childhood. Do you envision lots of furry animals? A wise old tree? Kids in the forest? With environmental issues so…

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]]> <![CDATA[Book review: This will make you long for a cloudy day]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088567/book-review-this-will-make-you.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088567/book-review-this-will-make-you.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST I spotted "The Cloud Collector's Handbook" in a bin of shamelessly disregarded books near my editor's desk.

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]]> <![CDATA[S. Korea law gags dissent, critics charge]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088568/s-korea-law-gags-dissent-critics.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088568/s-korea-law-gags-dissent-critics.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST By his own admission, Park Jung-geun has long been an Internet wiseguy, a young photographer and blogger with a cyber chip on his shoulder whose favorite target for satire is…

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]]> <![CDATA[Picture book: Kids will learn to love themselves with a little help from 'Mr. Prickles']]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088486/picture-book-kids-will-learn-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/13/3088486/picture-book-kids-will-learn-to.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story"

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]]> <![CDATA[Best-sellers]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/12/3087549/best-sellers.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/12/3087549/best-sellers.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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]]> <![CDATA[Best-sellers]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/12/3087550/best-sellers.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/12/3087550/best-sellers.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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]]> <![CDATA[Wealthy Facebook artist takes stock, tags Stern, Walters as interviewer choices]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3086112/wealthy-facebook-artist-takes.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3086112/wealthy-facebook-artist-takes.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00 EST David Choe, the graffiti artist who made headlines last week for having an estimated $200 million in Facebook stock, spent this week in New York granting interviews to a lucky…

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]]> <![CDATA['Comic Book Men,' premiering Sunday on AMC]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085985/comic-book-men-premiering-sunday.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085985/comic-book-men-premiering-sunday.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Comic Book Men" is a new retail reality show from AMC, a network not commonly associated with reality shows. It is different from other retail reality shows in that it…

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]]> <![CDATA['Comic Book Men,' premiering Sunday on AMC]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085546/comic-book-men-premiering-sunday.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085546/comic-book-men-premiering-sunday.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The new series "Comic Book Men" taps into the love and longing that many of us have for those colorfully drawn magazines of our youth. And it gives us reason…

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]]> <![CDATA[Facebook sees slowing growth]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083455/facebook-sees-slowing-growth.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083455/facebook-sees-slowing-growth.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST SAN JOSE, Calif. - Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper…

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]]> <![CDATA[Why most Facebook users get more than they give]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083110/why-most-facebook-users-get-more.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083110/why-most-facebook-users-get-more.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Facebook is made up of two kinds of people: people who give a lot, and people who get a lot.

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]]> <![CDATA[Facebook sees slowing growth]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083107/facebook-sees-slowing-growth.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3083107/facebook-sees-slowing-growth.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST SAN JOSE, Calif. - Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper…

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]]> <![CDATA[The Romance Reader: 'Sudden Attraction']]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082874/the-romance-reader-sudden-attraction.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082874/the-romance-reader-sudden-attraction.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Sudden Attraction" by Rebecca York; Harlequin ($5.25, paperback)

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]]> <![CDATA[Tony Judt's complex and passionate views of 20th century live on in retelling]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082635/tony-judts-complex-and-passionate.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082635/tony-judts-complex-and-passionate.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Thinking the Twentieth Century" by Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder; Penguin Press ($36)

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]]> <![CDATA[4 good reads from National Book Critics Circle awards' finalists]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082638/4-good-reads-from-national-book.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082638/4-good-reads-from-national-book.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST Every year for the last six years, this has been my routine in January and February: I shut myself in a room with a jar of peanut butter and a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Liked 'Presumed Innocent'? Love 'Defending Jacob']]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082642/liked-presumed-innocent-love-defending.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082642/liked-presumed-innocent-love-defending.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Defending Jacob" by William Landay; Delacorte Press ($26)

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]]> <![CDATA[Harlem Renaissance collection contains surprising groundbreakers]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082644/harlem-renaissance-collection.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082644/harlem-renaissance-collection.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "Harlem Renaissance Novels: The Library of America Collection," edited by Rafia Zafar; Library of America ($70 for set or $35 per volume)

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]]> <![CDATA['Kosher Jesus' book raises furor]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082641/kosher-jesus-book-raises-furor.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082641/kosher-jesus-book-raises-furor.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST For an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Shmuley Boteach has a deeply unorthodox streak.

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]]> <![CDATA[A computer world designed for military training goes frighteningly awry in 'The Demi-Monde: Winter']]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082636/a-computer-world-designed-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082636/a-computer-world-designed-for.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00 EST "The Demi-Monde: Winter" by Rod Rees; William Morrow ($26.99)

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