All posts from Nick Johnson
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Making a Cover at Orbit Books
For David Dalglish’s Shadowdance series, Orbit Books went to great length to design captivating, accurate covers.
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Who Knew Stephen King Is Such a Grinch?
Celebrity authors weigh in on their favorite holidays movies. But you won’t believe what Stephen King has to say about It’s a Wonderful Life.
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Book of the Month: Being Mortal
In Being Mortal, doctor and writer Atul Gawande discusses end-of-life care. He takes us through the history of gerontology, assisted living, and provides countless sets of data and anecdotes. Through it all, Gawande says that the medical community as well as patients’ families treat patients as subjects rather than as human beings.
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Indie Picks: July 2015
From the moment you enter Village Books in Bellingham, WA, you feel their love of books. So what better choice than Village Books to give us advice on what books to listen to this month? Here’s what booksellers Hayden, Hana, and Claire recommend.
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What I Know for Sure
Oprah has gathered her favorite entries from her “What I Know for Sure” column of O, The Oprah Magazine. The essays are grouped by themes, ranging from joy to awe, clarity to power, and much, much more.
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9 Things That Bernadette Has Right About Seattle
Bernadette Fox, the eponymous character in Where’d You Go, Bernadette, loves to hate Seattle. And while you might imagine that we Seattleites would rush to defend our Emerald City, we have to admit, she got quite a few things right.
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Why Smart Parents and Teachers Turn to Audiobooks
Did you know that when listening to audiobooks, students can comprehend books two grade levels above their reading level? Boom. Knowledge.
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Favorites from XKCD
Randall Munroe’s website, xkcd, is sort of a big mixing pot of Lord of the Rings, science, and adults who want to turn their apartments into giant ball pits (minus the stale urine smell). Here are a few of our favorite comics.
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