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Robert Kirsch Award
Since 1980, the ''Los Angeles Times'' has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, biography, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, current interest, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, history, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, poetry, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, science and technology (category added in 1989), and Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel, young adult fiction (category added in 1998). In addition, the Robert Kirsch Award is presented annually to a living author with a substantial connection to the American West. It is named in honor of Robert Kirsch, the ''Los Angeles Times'' book critic from 1952 until his death in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Eggers By David Shankbone
Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland * ''Dave'' (TV series), a 2020 American comedy series * "Dave" (Lost), an episode of ''Lost'' * ''Meet Dave'', a 2008 film starring Eddie Murphy People * Dave (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Dave (surname), a common Gujarati surname * Dave (artist) (born 1969), Swiss artist * Dave (rapper) (born 1998), English rapper from London * Dave (singer) (born 1944), Dutch-born French singer Software * Dave (company), a digital banking service * DAvE (Infineon), a C-language software development tool * Thursby DAVE, a Windows file and printer sharing for Macs Other uses * Dave (Belgium), a town in Belgium * DAVE (CP-7), a 1U CubeSat * "Dave", a 1984 song by the Boomtown Rats from ''In the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults. The company is based in the Financial District, Boston, Boston Financial District. It was formerly known as Houghton Mifflin Company, but it changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt (publisher), Harcourt Publishing. Prior to March 2010, it was a subsidiary of EMPG, Education Media and Publishing Group Limited, an Irish-owned holding company registered in the Cayman Islands and formerly known as Riverdeep. History Ticknor and Allen, 1832 In 1832, William Ticknor and John Allen purchased a bookselling business in Boston and began to involve themselves in publishing; James T. Fields joined as a partner in 1843. Fields and Ticknor gradually gathered an impressive list of writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Rex (book)
''Theodore Rex'' (2001) is a biography of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt written by author Edmund Morris (writer), Edmund Morris. It is the second volume of a trilogy, preceded by the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt'' (1979) and succeeded by ''Colonel Roosevelt'' which was published on November 23, 2010. ''Theodore Rex'' covers the years of the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, from 1901 to 1909, covering events such as the construction of the Panama Canal, as well as the Roosevelt Administration's political, diplomatic and military exploits during the aforementioned period. Critical reception In ''City Journal'', critic Ryan L. Cole praised the book along with the rest of the trilogy. He said that ''Theodore Rex'' showed the apotheosis of Roosevelt's life in a way that is "epic in scope and vast in detail". The book won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Biography. Notes References *Edmund Morris (writer), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
