new books
Bye-Bye, Barnes and Noble
At the end of the month, my local Barnes & Noble is shutting down. Blame the exorbitant main-street rents in this town. Blame the economy. Blame the iPad. Blame it on the rain and the bossa nova. Use any tired descriptive phrases you like: “closing the book,” “the final chapter,” (Chapter 11?). It doesn’t change […]
Shameless Self-Promotion
It’s no April Fools trick: I have co-co-co-authored a book, The Modern Con Man: How To Get Something For Nothing, which is out today through Bloomsbury USA. It’s filled with funny bets and pranks to pull on friends, enemies, lovers, coworkers, and total strangers, along with plenty of snarky commentary, flimflam history, and some blank […]
Jack Silbert, curator