Barry Hannah died suddenly at his home yesterday afternoon, March 1, after a long illness, at the age of 67. He was widely regarded as being among the first rank of orginal artists of American fiction, honored by the PEN / Malamud Award for short fiction in 2003. Click below to read Richard Howorth's tribute to Hannah originally written for the Book Conference program.
"Five Best Business Books"
I recently heard Daniel Pink-author of the new book Drive, which deals expertly with the idea of rethinking motivation-answer the querstion: "What are the five best business books?"
His answer:
1. MONEYBALL by Michael Lewis
"It challenges the norms of industry."
2. TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY by Pietro Rivoli
"A page-turner account of global economy."
3. MADE TO STICK by Dan & Chip Heath
How some ideas die and others thrive, "a great analysis of why good ideas stick."
4. THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield
"On individual performance and the creative process of entrepeneurship."
5. FLOW by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
"A classic-my grandkids are gonna be reading this book."
All are available at Square Books.
RH
Each spring the best mystery and crime books, and their authors, are considered for Edgar Awards. Edgars are widely acknowledged as the most prestigious awards in the genre. We were thrilled to learn that among this year's nominees, several have been prominent in the life of Square Books.
Upcoming Events
March 10, 2010 (4:00 pm)
We are honored to welcome authors Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce on Wednesday, March 10th at 4pm.
Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the popular Magic Tree House series. She works with her husband Will and her sister Natalie on the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Many of her books have been named to best-books lists.
Please join us for this momentous...
March 11, 2010 (5:00 pm)
Roy Morris, Jr. will be on Thacker Mountain Radio reading Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Became Mark Twain.
March 11, 2010 (6:00 pm)
Jimmy McDonough will be on Thacker Mountain Radio reading his new book Tammy Wynette, broadcasted live from Off Square Books.
The twentieth century had three great female singers who plumbed the darkest corners of their hearts and transformed private grief into public dramas. In opera, there was the unsurpassed Maria Callas. In jazz, the tormented Billie Holiday. And in country music, there...
March 13, 2010 (2:00 pm)
Square Books, Jr.'s Mr. Geoff will read Jellybeans at Holli's Sweet
Tooth for a special Spring Break Storytime on Saturday, March
13th at 2pm.
March 16, 2010 (5:00 pm)
Stokes McMillan will be at Off Square Books to read and sign copies of One Night of Madness.
One Night of Madness is the true story of a dark and wicked event in American history. In 1950, Mary Ella Harris, a black mother of five, struggled amid poverty to take care of her rural Mississippi family. Her sharecropper husband drank, gambled, and associated with unsavory white people, one being Leon...
