Posts tagged with nancy-pearl

Jan 29 2015

Christmas and my birthday, rolled into one

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OH MY GOD: We asked for this in 2012, and Nancy Pearl, like a book-nerd fairy godmother, has totally delivered! Yes, dear readers: for the first time in my lifetime, my beloved Greensleeves will actually be available in print.

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Jan 12 2012

Zombie print runs

On Tuesday, Amazon announced that it has launched a new series with well-known librarian and book critic Nancy Pearl. "Amazon’s Book Lust Rediscoveries" will publish print editions of approximate...

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Jul 7 2008

Georgette Heyer is one step closer to (posthumously) ruling the world...

...thanks to NPR commentator and super-librarian Nancy Pearl. Ms. Pearl is featuring Wordcandy goddess Georgette Heyer's Regency-era novel An Infamous Army as part of her recommended summer readi...

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Apr 26 2007

Book Crush, by Nancy Pearl

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Naturally, we here at Wordcandy have trouble understanding why you might look to anyone else for your book recommendation needs, but we can—reluctantly—accept that occasionally you’re going to str...

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Apr 25 2007

Nancy Pearl

Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust, is America's best-known librarian. She's a regular commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, developed the One Book, One City program, and served as the model for ...

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