Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers, and Rebels by Alissa Quart
Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein, Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists that Changed our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio
Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity by Meredith Whitney
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, might set the record for largest value of letters in author’s name (21) minus letters in title (10) = 11
proofreading part of a new book by Edward Jay Epstein, described as a “Kennedy assassination diary”
Nice post
Why do so many contemporary non-fiction writers use colons in their titles? Pressure from publishers? Herd instinct?
Even some novelists have begun to do this.
The trend bothers me, although for the life of me I cannot say why.
The trend bothers me: for the life of me I cannot say why.
Look, saved a word. How much of punctuation is just habit? I use too many commas, and I don’t always edit them out.