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May. 7, 2013

Video of the Day

Time-lapse video of European cities by Dominic Boudreault. Watch it full-screen.

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Jan. 18, 2013

Best Book Trailer Ever

The hilarious book trailer for John Kenney’s debut novel “Truth in Advertising”

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Jan. 7, 2013

Valediction

Maurice Sendak’s final interview with Terry Gross on “Fresh Air.”

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Dec. 12, 2012

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, happiness and flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, happiness, and flow (TED talk)

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Dec. 11, 2012

Louis C.K. on Twitter

Louis C.K. on Twitter (video)

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Dec. 9, 2012

Steve

Steve Jobs: “You can change it” (video)

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Dec. 8, 2012

Obama offstage

Obama behind the scenes (video)

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Oct. 5, 2012

Gay Talese

Gay Talese gives a tour of his office and discusses his writing habits (video)

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Oct. 2, 2012

Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer (1963)

Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer (1963) (video)

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Sep. 22, 2012

Homer votes

Homer Simpson votes

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Aug. 23, 2012

Elmore Leonard on bad movies and good writing

Elmore Leonard interviewed. (video)

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Jul. 10, 2012

Man from the South

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “Man From the South,” from a story by Roald Dahl (1960) (video)

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Jun. 28, 2012

Defending Jacob on the Today Show

Defending Jacob is mentioned as a recommended summer book on the Today Show.

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Jun. 27, 2012

Inside Random House

The editors, designers, and creative directors at Random House offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to publish a book. (video)

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May. 16, 2012

Ken Burns: On Story

Ken Burns: On Story (video)

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May. 8, 2012

John Fox on ball games

Book trailer for “The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game” by my friend John Fox (on sale May 14).

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Apr. 18, 2012

In case you missed it

On this morning’s “Anderson,” Anderson Cooper’s new syndicated show, Nicholas Sparks named Defending Jacob his #1 recommendation for summer reading.

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Mar. 7, 2012

Yale vs. Princeton, 1903

The oldest surviving video of an American football game, Yale vs. Princeton in 1903

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Jan. 29, 2012

Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (Video)

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Jan. 12, 2012

Advertising Jacob

Random House produces a video ad for Defending Jacob.

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