Library conference highlights and book blurbs
At a library conference Donald Davis urged storytelling as a path to language learning. The piece reviews several novels including Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi, The Ha Ha by Dave King, Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors, and Human Capital by Stephen Amidon, outlining plots and themes of family, murder, and ambition with an emphasis on human connection and resilience.
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Donald Davis
North Carolina
Penny Vincenzi
Dave King
Howard
Vietnam
Rose Connors
Martha “Marty” Nickerson
Chatham
Cape Cod
Manuel Rodriguez
Nickerson
Stephen Amidon
Drew
Shannon
PEN Awards honor global writers and free expression advocates
The 2005 PEN Montblanc Literary Gala celebrated Ali Al-Domaini Abdullah Keskin Deyda Hydara and Joan Aboldi for defending free expression. NBC’s Brian Williams hosted as awards, including $1 million raised for PEN. Hydara’s family accepted the Barbara Goldsmith prize. Keskin received the International Freedom to Publish Award. Al-Domaini’s wife attended on his behalf.
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New York
PEN Montblanc
Joan Aboldi
Ali al- Domaini
Abdullah Keskin
Deyda Hydara
NBC
Brian Williams
Tina Brown
Brown
PEN
Airoldi
Deming
Wash
FBI
Osama bin Laden
PEN/Newman
Library
Amory Peck
Keskin
Turkey
Jeri Laber
Association of American Publishers
Avesta
Hydara
Gambia
Yaya Jammeh
Marie
Notable Books and Bestsellers Listed by Publisher
A compiled list of hardback fiction and popular titles across publishers. Notable works include The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, reflecting varied genres from thrillers to literary fiction and memoirs.
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Nicholas Sparks
Warner Books
Monk Kidd
Viking
Matthew Stover
del Rey
Lucas Books
Dan Brown
Doubleday
Laurell K. Hamilton
Ballantine Books
Home
Mary Higgins Clark
Simon & Schuster
Rebecca Wells
HarperCollins
Ian McEwan
Doubleday/Talese
Stuart Woods
Putnam
Heaven
Mitch Albom
Hyperion
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin
Mark Haddon
Vin
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To Al-Domaini
Saudi Arabia
Fouzih Alouni
Rick Warren
Zondervan
Maria Shriver
Free Press
Jack Welch
Suzy Welch
HarperBusiness
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
Lit* Brown
Thomas L. Te
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Random House
Jac Osteen
Warner Faith
Suzanne Somers
Crown
Harry G. Frankfurt
Princeton University Press
Arthur Agarston
M.D
Rodale
Pocket
Sue Grafton
Berkley
Jonathan Kellerman
Ballantine
Douglas Adams
Janet Evanovich
Charlotte Hughes
St. Martin's
Iris Johansen
Jodi Pleoult
Washington Square Press
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the Dial Press
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Warner
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Azar Neti
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Workman
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