http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ Book Nook provides readers with insights into the world of books. Vick Mickunas takes you into the center of the publishing world with the latest book buzz, book reviews, and exclusive chats with authors..Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News. Find things to do In a hurry? ActiveDayton.com's twice-a-week e-mail newsletter lets you know the top five things to do in the area twice a week. Sign up en-us somatomes@gmail.com 2012-05-24T12:50:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/24/win_a_very_cool_book_of_presid.html and Tyler, too. Presidential Campaign Posters: Two Hundred Years of Election Art was just published by Quirk Books. This lovely coffee table book includes 100 ready to frame posters from the Library of Congress. There are posters from 1828 all... 17409011@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ politicked 2012-05-24T12:50:31-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/21/a_major_publisher_files_for_ba.html Times are tough for some book publishers. Today the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for bankruptcy protection. According to the trade publication Publishers Weekly: “Houghton Mifflin Harcourt officially filed for pre-packaged bankruptcy Monday morning, citing debts and liabilities of over... 17408872@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2012-05-21T17:04:19-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/18/hi_father_was_william_f_buckle.html they do?! Christopher Buckley has led a charmed life. He spent a year as a member of the crew of a Norwegian tramp steamer. He was an editor for Esquire Magazine. At quite a young age he wrote speeches for... 17408767@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2012-05-18T09:40:43-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/15/new_book_on_bruce_springsteen.html darkness on the Internet Things are finally getting back to normal. I’m back on-line (did you miss me?) and the mail just arrived. I can always count on the US Postal Service. Today I received the new book about Bruce... 17408592@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ looks good on paper 2012-05-15T10:10:20-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/10/this_war_hero_lived_in_dayton.html ” Lost in Shangri-La - a True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II” (Harper) by Mitchell Zuckoff was a best-selling book when it came out last year in hardcover. It just came... 17408417@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ memories of Dayton 2012-05-10T14:39:25-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/08/remembering_maurice_sendak.html he was unique Maurice Sendak, the legendary illustrator of books for children, has died. He was 83. “Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s... 17408296@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2012-05-08T12:14:13-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/04/remembering_the_ivory_billed_w.html The Lord God Bird Tom Gallant has just published a wonderful new novel called “The Lord God Bird” (Quantuck Lane Press). The two main characters are the man and an Ivory Billed Woodpecker. These magnificent birds are supposedly extinct. But... 17408175@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2012-05-04T12:44:36-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/03/champaign_county_library_book.html If you are in the Urbana area on Friday or Saturday you should check out this fabulous book sale: The Friends of the Champaign County Library sent me this press release: “We need help. We have too many books, DVDs,... 17408142@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2012-05-03T15:59:26-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/05/01/this_makes_me_feel_old.html this just in My copy of The Rolling Stones - 50 Years of Rock and Roll has just arrived. I was a fan of these bad boys back in the day when they were almost boys. I know that I... 17408005@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ secret passions 2012-05-01T10:25:29-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/30/reader_mail_1.html A couple of readers have sent me e-mails (so far) to point out a mistake that I made in my review of a new biography of Bill Veeck. In my review of Paul Dickson’s new book “Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest... 17407978@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2012-04-30T13:54:29-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/28/free_opera_performance_sunday.html Don’t miss this one….if you have checked out the Dayton Opera Blog recently you might have noticed this announcement: “On Sunday, April 29th, from 2-3 p.m. Underdog Cafe in Yellow Springs will present an afternoon of free opera from the... 17407896@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ you never know who you'll meet in Yellow Springs 2012-04-28T10:32:14-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/26/are_you_looking_for_a_literary_1.html Almost every day I hear from someone that they have a book they want to get published. Quite often they ask me for help because they don’t have the slightest clue how to proceed. One of the first things I... 17407812@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ The melting slushpile 2012-04-26T14:34:47-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/25/it_doesnt_take_much_to_make_me.html LBJ The wait is over. Robert Caro is finally publishing the fourth book in his five volume biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. It will be out next week. The first book was “The Path to Power” (1982) it told... 17407783@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ politicked 2012-04-25T21:43:14-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/24/tarzan_returns.html The Library of America has just reissued gorgeous new editions of two classic books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The titles are his legendary “Tarzan of the Apes” and the vintage fantasy gem “A Princess of Mars”. These are gorgeous reissues.... 17407720@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2012-04-24T20:58:38-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/04/23/tonight_is_world_book_night.html Are you ready for World Book Night tonight? There’s still time to prepare. Did you know that it is World Book Night? No?! OK, quickly click HERE:... 17407624@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ scribbles and scraps 2012-04-23T09:58:38-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com