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Oprah’s annual Favorite Things show aired on Friday, and if you were watching, you saw her audience members lose their minds as they received gifts like a Royal Caribbean cruise and a Sony 3-D TV, just to name a few. Oprah is noted book lover, so her list also includes two books: Decoded by Jay-Z and A Course in Weight Loss by Marianne Williamson. Naturally, [...]
This week the new book releases include James Patterson’s latest in the Alex Cross series, a long anticipated book from Jay-Z, and a new book by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. Plus President Barack Obama has written a children’s book about groundbreaking Americans, and he will donate all proceeds to a scholarship program for the children of fallen and injured soldiers. Check out some of the [...]
Check out the cover of Jay-Z’s upcoming book Decoded, which features an image from Andy Warhol’s 1984 Rorschach series. Decoded has been described as a memoir, but as new details about the book emerge, that doesn’t seem to be an adequate description. There’s autobiographical content, a break down of the lyrics to 36 of Jay-Z’s song (hence the title), and illustrations. There’s also an iPad/iPhone [...]
The New York Public Library has released its calendar of events for Fall 2010 and there are two surprising names on it: Keith Richards and Jay-Z. Both musicians are publishing memoirs and will speak (in separate events) at the NYPL to promote their books. Jay-Z’s memoir, Decoded, is due November 16th. The book was written several years ago, but he has been reluctant to release [...]
