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Turning the Torture Report Into a Book

Last Thursday afternoon, Dennis Johnson sat at his desk at Melville House, the independent press in Dumbo of which he is the co-founder and co-publisher, contemplating blurb copy for the Senate Select Intelligence Committee"s Study of the C.I.A."s …
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Book of the day – John Marsden

According to the blurb, the story begins with Emily"s father emerging from the woods with the broken body of a girl in his arms. "Gone," he says, then lapses into silence. I"ve gotta say I love a book that goes fearlessly into the dark side of life and …
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To the dictionary"s class of 1914: happy birthday!

Blurb (n). Admiring jacket copy on a book. “Said to have been originated in 1907 by Gelett Burgess in a comic book jacket embellished by a drawing of a pulchritudinous young lady whom he facetiously dubbed Miss Blinda Blurb,” according to the OED.
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Money Can"t Buy Happiness? Sometimes It Can

The blurb on a book, “Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending,” offers this provocative idea: “If you think money can"t buy happiness, then you"re not spending it right.” What if our money could, in fact, help us lead happier lives — if we just …
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