Michelle Kerns

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Michelle Kerns writes for a disturbingly eccentric assortment of publications. She loves the movie Hot Fuzz, the fictional character Melrose Plant, and extra dry gin martinis, but most of all, she loves books. Join her daily for an intelligent and uninhibited romp through Book Land.

  

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COMING SOON TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU: New Releases for the Week of August 18th

August 18, 11:26 PM
by Michelle Kerns, Book Examiner
 
 

courtesy of wikipedia 
Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface by Michael Phelps and Brian Cazeneuve

Read all about everyone's favorite Olympian in his own words. Phelps relates the many adversities he has overcome on his journey to swimming and Olympic history. Included are reflections on the Athens,and (at the time of the book's writing) the upcoming Beijing Olympics, his experiences as a college student at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and his DUI arrest in late 2004. His story is one of the triumph of determination and tenacity in the face of physical, emotional, and mental obstacles.

Sports Publishing LLC; in stores August 20th

iPhone: The Missing Manual: Covers the iPhone 3G by David Pogue

This full color book will show you how to get the most out of your Apple iPhone. Perfect for complete novices as well as techie geeks, you'll learn how to web browse, to watch videos, to listen to music; in fact, just about everything you can possibly imagine except how to make an extra dry gin martini (and even that you can just use your iPhone to get off of the web, so there.)

Pogue Press; in stores August 20th

 David Pogue with his iPhoneauthor Pogue with his iPhone, courtesy of amazon.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

30 some-odd years ago, travel writer Paul Theroux published The Great Railway Bazaar, a now classic account of Theroux's travels by train from London to Tokyo and back again. In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux retraces his long ago railway trip, enlightening readers along the way with stories of little-known parts of the globe and reflections on the nature of travel. This book is a must-have for all fans of Theroux and travel writing.

 Houghton Mifflin; in stores August 18th


    
 

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