Book

Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo

2013-05-18 11:52:11

By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning — efforts that...

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor

2013-05-11 11:53:01

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....

Guy Fieri's new 'Diners' book features Sip and Bite

2013-05-14 06:00:00

Baltimore's Sip & Bite restaurant is one of the restaurants featured in Guy Fieri's new book, "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown," in which Fieri takes readers back to some of his favorite finds from recent seasons of his long-...

Once upon a time, 'the best place to shoot ducks' was Miller's Island

2013-05-03 03:09:00

Where was the best place to hunt waterfowl in the Upper Chesapeake Bay? The most likely answer would be the Susquehanna Flats off Havre de Grace, but that might not necessarily be the correct one, according to "The Best Place to Shoot Ducks, Miller's...

Romance mingles with social issues through Suzie Carr's novels

2013-04-09 10:04:00

For romance writer Suzie Carr, inspiration comes from everyday life. Through her lesbian romance novels, she tackles topics such as adultery, temptation, bullying and coming of age. She says she hopes those themes resonate with her readers and bring...

National Aquarium names new communications manager

2013-03-04 10:04:53

Amanda Forr of Bel Air has been hired as communications manager for the National Aquarium in Baltimore. As communications manager, Forr will create, edit and deliver content and communications relating to the organization's mission within brand...

Former candidate gets probation, community service for illegal votes

2013-03-08 16:01:46

Former Maryland congressional candidate Wendy W. Rosen pleaded guilty Friday to voting illegally in two elections and will serve five years probation and pay a $5,000 fine. The 58-year-old Rosen, who won a Democratic primary last year to challenge...

Book review of 'The Three Count' by Jimmy Korderas

2013-04-05 12:03:00

Jimmy Korderas is a friend of mine, so I wanted to unequivocally love “The Three Count.” But unfortunately, in the end I’m left more with mixed emotions. My problem with the book, if you can call it that, is one of perspective. There are...

How come we don't hear about 'conservative media bias'?

2013-03-05 10:16:00

Liberal media bias. So incessant is this complaint from conservatives that the three words string together as one, like Holy Roman Empire. But like the old saw about that infamous regime being neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, liberal media bias...

Towson professor investigated over allegations of plagiarism

2013-03-28 18:13:00

A longtime Towson University professor has resigned his post as the head of the city school system's ethics panel amid allegations that his published academic articles contain content from dozens of sources without proper — or in some cases any...

Some scholarly journals charge author fees

2013-04-01 04:17:00

A Denver-based scholarly librarian leveled plagiarism allegations against a Towson University professor after doing research for his watchdog blog and alerting university officials, journals and The Baltimore Sun. Towson is reviewing the work of legal...

Stealing from yourself

2013-03-28 07:15:00

Yesterday, writing at Poynter.org, Roy Peter Clark suggested that our current attitudes about plagiarism have conflated relatively minor or innocuous literary borrowings with serious thefts. One of the points he identified was the clamor about self-...

A book publisher from Newport Beach, CA

2013-05-13 12:09:00

Brooke was a publisher at Seabury Books, which distributed religious texts and books, and president of Seabury Press. She also wrote several religious books. She was a mentor in the Annand Program of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. She also was founder of the Darien-Mercara Committee.

2013-05-12 05:23:00

Glen Young's book review

2013-04-25 06:41:00