Book News, Reviews, Bestsellers lists targeted specifically for book lovers in the baby boom. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/AARP/47153.html?nid=3330 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52:28 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6607184.html?nid=3330 From PW and AARP, here are 15 books to keep boomers warm as the leaves and the temperature falls, including novels about Led Zeppelin and time travel, two nonfiction books with "Shadow "in the title, and how-to books that will help you with migraines and your personal brand. Read on! Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6584951.html?nid=3330 It's the last month of summer, which means it's time to plan this year's last trips to the beach--and to figure out what to read. This month, PW and AARP have come up with some great books: a few thrillers for the beach or the plane; with election season coming, there are books on politics, one of them by Nancy Pelosi; and of course, a handful of helpful how-tos. Get reading, quick, before the weather changes and you have to take your book inside. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6572849.html?nid=3330 This month, PW and AARP bring you a handful of hot summer reads, including hefty novels, notable nonfiction and helpful how-to's to keep you company at the beach or wherever you'll be relaxing. Enjoy, and keep cool! Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6551709.html?nid=3330 PW and AARP have teamed up again to bring you a list of Spring books just for baby boomers. From Peter Carey's new novel to fictional and nonfictional accounts of the Kenney's to a guide to not looking old, there's lots here to read as you say goodbye to winter. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:49:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6536929.html?nid=3330 AARP and Publishers Weekly team up once again, scouring the latest titles and helping you find just the right book for your grandchild. From a cookbook for toddlers to a book about the real John Henry, there's something here for everyone. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:30:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6527560.html?nid=3330 PW and AARP have teamed up once again to bring you a list of books especially for boomers. These books may not keep away the winter chill, but at least they'll distract you. We've got a novel about the Rolling Stones, a how-to book about reclaiming your life from your too-busy schedule, a travel guide to happiness, and much more! Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6511490.html?nid=3330 PW and AARP have colaborated once again to bring you a list of books just for baby boomers. Here you'll find holiday gift ideas, new year's resolutions and cures for the winter blues. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:42:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6506788.html?nid=3330 Along Columbus Avenue in San Francisco, at the nexus of North Beach and Chinatown, a bronze plaque in front of a jazz/seafood joint called the Condor reads, “Where It All Began. The Birthplace of the World’s First Topless/Bottomless Entertainment.” Down the street, a barker stands in front of another club, the Roaring Twenties, exhorting tourists to “come in for a great ... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6494503.html?nid=3330 “Why don’t you order for me?” I ask Michael Pollan, author of the bestselling The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the upcoming In Defense of Food, (The Penguin Press, Jan. 2008). We’re at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Alice Waters’s ode to exquisite cuisine and one of the forerunners of the whole food movement in America. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:11:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6491572.html?nid=3330 This month's installment of Books for Grownups, a collaboration between PW and AARP, presents another handful of great new books for boomers. There's Denis Johnson's epic Vietnam novel, Tree of Smoke, which has become something of an istant classic. In nonfiction, Anne Kreamer consideres the power of Going Grey. And, in the How-To list, there's a book that promises seven steps to Ultralongevity. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:03:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6478458.html?nid=3330 The author of the award-winning novel Waiting and other works that have made the personal and political conflicts of people in his native China resonate with Western readers, turns his eye to the American scene in his forthcoming book A Free Life. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6469366.html?nid=3330 Sure, it's an honor just to be nominated. But what does winning an award do for an author's career? Baby boomer writers speak out. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6469371.html?nid=3330 British short story writer Helen Simpson lives in London. Knopf published her newest collection, The Driver’s Seat, on this side of the pond. PW talked to Simpson just as she’d arrived on the West Coast of the U.S. for the first time in her life, and talked to her about the Red Sox, "the autobiographical question," and an unlikely boom industry in the U.K. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:55:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6469367.html?nid=3330 This fall, as candidates compete to become the next president of the United States, one memoir, Raising Hell for Justice: The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive (University of Wisconsin Press, September), renders judgment on every person who has held that office in the post-Vietnam era--offering some surprising verdicts. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:51:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6469911.html?nid=3330 Master documentarian Ken Burns on rendering the war to those who were not there Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:10:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435294.html?nid=3330 PW and AARP are working together to produce bi-monthly lists of great books that appeal to baby boomers. From Christopher Buckley's new novel Boomsday to This Is Your Brain On Music, there's something here for everyone. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:50:00 EST