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Unlike a notable retiree earlier this month, Herman Wouk, author of 'The Winds of War' and 'The Caine Mutiny,' has penned a new book and shows no signs of stopping.
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I think I’ve been reading Herman Wouk’s books most of my life. Show More Summary
The New York Times wrote about Herman Wouk at the weekend. The American author, famous for The Winds of War (remember the mini-series?) and The Caine Mutiny, is still writing at the age of 97. His latest book is called The Lawgiver. This writer has been around for so long that he remembers Simon & [...]
Herman Wouk, who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Caine Mutiny way back in 1951 and later gifted heartland America with The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, among other pop-culture landmarks, has just come out with a new novel at the preposterous—not to say preposterously entertaining—age of 97. Show More Summary
Eclecticity: Where does he find this stuff? Thomas Sowell on talking to young people about meaningful work. The trailer for "It Happened Here." Yes, Herman Wouk is still with us. Elvis Presley: "Don't Be Cruel." The trailer for "Wilde." Liz Handlin: Top 10 Things Learned as an Entrepreneur. The Hammock Papers with advice worth taking.
HAPPY 97TH BIRTHDAY to Herman Wouk.
Author Herman Wouk, 96, will publish a new novel with Simon & Schuster this fall.
96-year-old novelist Herman Wouk has sold his latest novel to Simon & Schuster. The Lawgiver follows the production of a movie about Moses through “letters, memos, emails, journals, news articles, recorded talk, tweets, Skype transcripts, and text messages” sent between characters.
Publication is set for the fall. Show More Summary
"The Lawgiver," a new novel by Herman Wouk, the 96-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Caine Mutiny," will tell the story of a group of people filming a movie in modern times about Moses.
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (Back Bay, $16). Only a few great books came out of World War II, but this Pulitzer Prize winner is definitely among them. Captain Queeg is one of fiction's most intriguing characters. Is he a monster or the hero of the novel? This is a book you have to read twice. Show More Summary
I feel as if Rick Perry is the best thing that ever happened to the American Jewish relationship since the salad days of Paul Newman and Herman Wouk. The guy is so scary, who wants to be on his team? Ben Smith at Politico is jaundiced: State Rep. Alan Clemmons... reports on Perry's remarks today: [...]
The Atlantic has a new story from Stephen King: “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive,” and talks with him about “the creative process, the state of fiction,” and… Metallica and Anthrax? Yep.Related Posts:No related posts…
A new short story by the author, "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive," is featured in the May 2011 issue of The Atlantic
The Language God Talks acknowledges my ignorance of calculus and offers something of what I have learned of His other language, which I know pretty well: the Bible.
To my mind, the two authors at the festival who best represented where the industry has been and where it could be headed were Herman Wouk and Dave Eggers.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing Herman Wouk appeared Sunday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, impressively interviewed for an hour by Tim Rutten. Wouk’s new book, which he is publishing at the age...
In the 1970s, you couldn’t go anywhere without seeing the name Herman Wouk. Already popular for such novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “Marjorie Morningstar,” Wouk’s two novelizations of World War II -- “The Winds of War” and “War an...
HERMAN WOUK: IS GOD A MATHEMATICIAN?
I wasn't aware that best selling author Herman Wouk (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War) wrote nonfiction and, more to the point, precisely the sort of nonfiction that I love to read... about faith and God.I am intrigued so far by my preliminary dip into this very readable book. Show More Summary
A rare and delightful event happened tonight at the Library of Congress. Herman Wouk, 93 and still going strong, read from his personal journals. And Jimmy Buffett, barefoot and strumming his guitar, sang a solo medley of songs. They were...