by vjbooks | Jul 29, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Spy vs. Spy When the cold war ended and the last spy came in from the cold, it was predicted that the espionage novel would fade with the “duck and cover” films. No longer were we under the constant threat of annihilation – we were finally free from the fear of...
by vjbooks | Mar 29, 2011 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Agent X by Noah Boyd Okay, I shamefully admit, I skipped The Bricklayer by newcomer Noah Boyd. The title didn’t grab me, and the last bricklayer (or stonefitter) that really met my expectation was Tom Builder in Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. However, when...
by vjbooks | Aug 10, 2010 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Tualatin, Oregon – August 10, 2010 – VJ Books (http://www.vjbooks.com) presents signed editions of Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants (September 2010: Dutton) – the highly anticipated first book in The Century Trilogy. Ken Follett, recognized the world...
by vjbooks | Jan 26, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(blogs.thetimes.co.za, Nov. 26) Forbes Magazine has released its list of the world’s highest paid authors. In a year when financial returns are a great source of consternation, some writers have still managed to rake in the cash. Top of the list is unsurprisingly J.K...
by vjbooks | Nov 14, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Oct. 20) “World Without End (Ken Follett) had an impressive 24-week run on PW’s hardcover fiction list-a tenure that few hardcovers achieve. NAL Trade launched World in paper with a 600,000-copy printing. Its hardcover success...