BOOK BIZ: Sherlock Holmes is a worthy mental model
» Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock HolmesBy Maria KonnikovaPublished by Penguin Books$16.00 softback Whether you’re a Sherlock Holmes fan from the original books and short stories by Sir Arthur...
View ArticleBOOKBIZ: Do we contain the seeds of morality at birth?
Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Do we develop our morality from our specific culture or religious teachings, or are there some universal facets to it that all of us, as humans,...
View ArticleBOOKBIZ — A book for cultivating your inner courage
Maybe it’s an idea for a start-up that you keep talking yourself out of. Or a new line of business for your company that you believe would improve your fortunes tremendously, but would be something...
View ArticleBOOK BIZ — A Mississippi father looms large in this funny memoir
Father’s Day may be behind us already this year, but that’s no reason not to let Harrison Scott Key entertain you with tales (some tall) about both his larger-than-life father and his Mississippi...
View ArticleBOOK BIZ — Narcissistic fashion world background for tale of friendship
This award-winning book is an odd story — sometimes twisted — that compels the reader to continue to the end. First published in 2005 and again in 2006, it’s the story of a 20-year friendship between...
View ArticleBOOK BIZ — Read this Mississippi native’s impressive debut novel
Jackson, Mississippi native Tiffany Quay Tyson’s evocative debut novel, Three Rivers, explores the meaning and the pull of family, place, and expectations. Tyson creates three parallel but ultimately...
View ArticleBOOKBIZ — A breathtaking debut novel that doesn’t disappoint
Literary agent and author Bill Clegg is no stranger to the best-seller list, whether from the agent’s side or the writer’s. His own success as an author came several years ago with the publication of...
View ArticleBOOKBIZ — Writer George Sand and Paris in the nineteenth century come to life
The Dream Lover is the story of Aurore Dupin, better known as the writer George Sand — the name she gave herself. Her story is amazing and provides a vivid picture of Paris in the nineteenth century,...
View ArticleBOOK BIZ — Learning about memoir from a master of the genre
Everyone has a story to tell. For some among us, the hope of connecting our own personal story to the larger human narrative drives us to write and share what happened. But even if you, instead, just...
View ArticleBOOK BIZ: Jessica Chambers slaying inspires newest Ace Atkins novel
At the beginning of Ace Atkins’ new Quinn Colson novel, The Innocents, we are right back in the middle of Tibbehah County, a fictional community hidden away in the hill country of north Mississippi....
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