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Friday, March 16 2012

Bestselling Author, James Patterson along with the Little Brown Company are donating 200,000 hardcover books to U.S. Troops.

Patterson and Little Brown Company have teamed up with Operation Gratitude, Books for Heroes, the Peerless Bookstore and Feed the Children to distribute a number of the author's titles to military members stationed in the U.S. and Afghanistan, according to a Hatchette Book Group press release.

The troops will get to choose from "Tick Tock", "Private", and "I, Alex Cross," among other Patterson thrillers.

“Every day the men and women of our Armed Forces sacrifice themselves on our behalf," Patterson said in the release, "I can’t think of a more deserving group to receive this gift, and I hope that this gesture shows how big our gratitude truly is.”

To get involved with Operation Gratitude, click here

To get involved with Feed the Children, click here.

Source: Huffington Post
 

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Friday, March 16 2012

Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison recently appeared at Oberlin College presenting her latest novel, Home. While there at the college she revealed to her fans that she has decided to cancel her memoir. Stating that she arrived at this decision because, "there's a point at which your life is not interesting."

Morrison, now 81 years old prefers to write fiction.

Source: Huffington Post
 

Posted by: THE STAFF @ B2M AT 10:27 am   |  Permalink   |  0 Comments  |  Email
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