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Dan Lyons - Fake Steve Jobs
Dan Lyons, also known as Fake Steve Jobs, visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs." This event took place on November 5, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.
Kyle Mills - Darkness Falls
In DARKNESS FALLS, a former FBI agent and a maverick environmentalist team up to prevent a biologically-engineered disaster that threatens to consume the world. Find the best prices on this book using the BookOpinion.com price comparison search here:
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Norman Mailer on Charlie Rose
Segment 1: Author Martin Amis talks about his new book, "House of Meetings".

Segment 2: We conclude with Norman Mailer. His latest is "The Castle in the Forest".
Will Self - Psychogeography
Will Self visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "Psychogeography." This event took place on October 29, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google program.

"This method is about reappopriating what is beautiful," he says. "Why shouldn't we live in a world that if we can't consider it as being beautiful the the whole time? We can at least consider that we are actually in it. We can at least give it that respect."

Elizabeth Hay - Late Nights on Air
Scotiabank Giller Prize 2007 winner Elizabeth Hay gives us an inside view of the world of radio in her book "Late Nights on Air."
Bret Hart - Hitman Book
Check out this video with one of pro wrestling's all time greats Bret Hart. Not just for the wrestling fans, "The Hitman" tells us how his autobiography came about, and why readers will love his book, Hitman. Find out what he has to say about Vince McMahon too!
Phillip Zimbardo - The Lucifer Effect
What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Renow-ned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how---and the myriad reasons why---we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark side." Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in conce
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth Series
NY Times bestselling author, Terry Goodkind, presents CONFESSOR, the final novel in his bestselling SWORD OF TRUTH fantasy series. To find the best prices on any of the Sword of Truth books use the BookOpinion.com price comparison tool here:
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David Halberstam - The Coldest Winter
Trailer for David Halberstam's final great work, The Coldest Winter. Find the best prices on this book using the BookOpinion.com price comparison tool here:
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Secret World of Supreme Court - Jeffrey Toobin
On September 25, 2007 Jeffrey Toobin visited the Google NY office to discuss his new book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." and to answer NY Googlers related questions. Use the BookOpinion.com price comparison tool to find the best prices for "The Nine" here:
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Michael Lewis - The Blind Side
One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game in which the quarterback mus
David McCullough - 1776
In 1776, David McCullough's bestselling account of a pivotal year in our nation's struggle, readers learned of the greatest defeats, providential fortune, and courageous triumphs of George Washington and his bedraggled army. Now, in 1776: The Illustrated Edition, the efforts of the Continental Army are made even more personal, as an excerpted version of the original book is paired with letters, maps, and seminal artwork. More than three dozen source documents -- including a personal letter George Washington
Alex Ross - The Rest is Noise
Classical music critic for the New Yorker, Alex Ross visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, "The Rest Is Noise." In this talk, he takes you on a tour of classical music. This event took place on October 17, 2007, as part of the Authors@Google series. Find the best prices on this book here: http://bookopinion.com/cgi-bin/?s_i=y&f_i=0374249393
President Bill Clinton - Giving
Bill Clinton discusses his book "Giving" with Borders. Find the best prices for this book using BookOpinion's price comparison search here:
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Cornelia Funke - Igraine the Brave
International bestselling INKHEART author Cornelia Funke presents IGRAINE THE BRAVE, a magical tale about a princess longs to be a knight, a wizard family, a gentle giant, a sad soldier, and a dastard with a plan to storm her castle. Find the best prices on this book using the BookOpinion.com price comparison search here:
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John Grisham - Playing for Pizza
The best-selling author tells Today's Matt Lauer about "Playing for Pizza," and says his next book is his most political yet. Find the best prices for this book using BookOpinion.com's price comparison tool here:
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House of Mondavi - Julia Flynn Siler
Author Julia Flynn Siler discusses her book "The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty" as a part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on August 10, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Find the best prices on this book using BookOpinion.com's price comparison search here:
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Memoir of Iraq - David Bellavia
Bringing to searing life the terrifying intimacy of hand-to-hand infantry combat, House to House is far more than just another war story. Populated by an indelibly drawn cast of characters, from a fearless corporal who happens to be a Bush-hating liberal to an inspirational sergeant-major who became the author's own lost father figure, it develops the intensely close relationships that form between soldiers under fire. Their friendships, tested in brutal combat, would never be quite the same. Not all of the
Ivo Stourton - The Night Climbers
Humming with intellectual energy and grace, The Night Climbers portrays the intensity of early relationships, when people are at their most impressionable, and explores the ties that bind with a keen eye.
STAR WARS: Legacy of the Force Book Series
The adventure in a galaxy far, far away continues in the LEGACY OF THE FORCE book series, the latest epic adventure to expand the Star Wars universe. LOTF sees the return of major Jedi and Sith players in an explosive galactic war.
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