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The Genius in All of Us – The Observer’s Paperback of the Week
Posted on 2011/01/17 in General, tagged as
David Shenk’s The Genius in All of Us was reviewed as the Observer’s Paperback of the Week yesterday. ‘Mozart was nothing special, and Michael Jordan doesn’t have magical powers. They just worked really, really hard. That’s the thrust behind this science-meets-self-help book, which joins Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers in encouraging people who don’t usually fall for personal-development shtick that they, too, could realise their wildest dreams.’ Rea… Read more »
Bristol science writing summer school
Posted on 2011/01/14 in General, tagged as
Icon friend and science writer Jon Turney has passed this to us – a summer school in July this year in Bristol for all science writers. They say: Are you writing a book or involved in some other large science writing project, but are feeling mired in the process? Would you love to write a popular science book, but not sure where to start? This new summer school is for people who have some writing experience, and who seek support for a concentrate… Read more »
‘It would be folly to suggest that anyone can literally do or become anything. But the new science tells us that it’s equally foolish to think that mediocrity is built into most of us’
Posted on 2011/01/13 in General, tagged as
David Shenk, author of The Genius in All of Us which is just published in paperback, writes today for the BBC’s online magazine about where talent really comes from. Read the whole piece here.
The Dead Hand and Delusions of Gender paperback arrive at Icon HQ
Posted on 2011/01/11 in General, tagged as
Two key books from Icon, both published at the start of February, have arrived at the Icon ranch this morning. The Dead Hand is David Hoffman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative history of the last decade of the Cold War, focusing particularly on the two men – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev – whose Herculean efforts, alongside many others, helped to bring the era of mutually assured destruction to a close. It’s been hugely feted in the US… Read more »
Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d’Or for the second year running
Posted on 2011/01/11 in General, tagged as
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has won the coveted Ballon d’Or award for the second year running, as you can read here. Corinthian Books, our sports imprint, published a brilliant popular biography of Messi last year and it’s still the best read available on the greatest footballer of his generation – click here for more.
‘Like Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, and Matthew Syed’s Bounce, it’s inspiring.’
Posted on 2011/01/06 in General, tagged as
The paperback of David Shenk’s The Genius in All of Us is reviewed today by William Leith in the Evening Standard. Here’s the whole thing.
Chris Alexander in Uzbekistan
Posted on 2011/01/04 in General, tagged as
Chris Alexander, author of A Carpet Ride to Khiva, writes for the Travel section of the Guardian on the trials of hosting a banquet in the ancient Uzbek city of his book’s title. Read how he got on in the full piece here.
‘Over time their conclusions could have far-reaching consequences as significant as The Female Eunuch.’
Posted on 2011/01/04 in General, tagged as
Along with Lise Eliot’s Pink Brain, Blue Brain, Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender – published in paperback by Icon next month – was given a mention over the festive period in a Guardian round-up of feminist-related notable events of 2010. ‘Two books came out this year which, in the long-term, could change how we view gender for ever. We didn’t list them in our events of the year. Mea culpa. Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender: The Real Science… Read more »
The Dead Hand goes to print
Posted on 2010/12/20 in General, tagged as
One of the most exciting books to be published by Icon in the spring season next year is David E. Hoffman’s The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2010 and rightly so – it’s a fantastically-paced investigative history of the final decade of the Cold War and the remarkable individuals who worked to bring to a halt the arms race that, even in the 19… Read more »
Another Book of the Year plaudit for Delusions of Gender
Posted on 2010/12/20 in General, tagged as
Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender is included in a round-up from ‘ writers, critics and our readers’ in the Guardian who were asked to name their best book of the year. See the full piece here.
