Robert Parker's Books
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Globe and Mail, October 30, 2009
...on wine. Pondering her father's opinions about the subjective sensuality of wine and the controversial wine critic Robert Parker's famous 1-100 rating system, she considers a similar system for the sensual experience of sex. If a man dressed up in a...
The Independent, October 29, 2009
...Renaissance painting, perfumes offer some of the greatest of all sensory pleasures. Yet, with the arguable exception of Robert Parker's book on Bordeaux wines (his analysis is mainly olfactory), they have scarcely ever been written about. This guide to...
Air Force Times, October 12, 2009
...has breakout potential. Daniel is one deeply cool writer who has a dark, funny streak to him. Part Robert Parker and a little bit James Ellroy,” says Simon & Schuster publisher David Rosenthal. “It’s very noir. It’s nasty and fast-paced. And none...
IntoWine.com, October 2, 2009
...exceptional. The New York Times called it 'the best book around on the contemporary French wine business' and Robert Parker labeled it 'a brilliant effort'. Andrew Jefford is an award winning author of nearly a dozen books on wine, spirits, and...
Suite101.com, September 30, 2009
...kick ass, if need be. And he has a sardonic sense of humor that makes him reminiscent of Robert Parker's Spenser, except he's in Los Angeles. Cole has a partner, Joe Pike, who's stoic (to say the least). Hard to read behind his ever-present sunglasses,...
Slate Magazine, September 26, 2009
...spend a lot of time in wine chat rooms, you may have missed the recent controversies involving critic Robert Parker. The short version: Parker's publication, the Wine Advocate, was found to be violating its own strictures against freebies and...
Helium, September 9, 2009
...upon the similarity between their two adventures. In other cases an author may create a new character entirely. Robert Parker, author of the popular Spenser series, has written additional books about other characters. Jesse Stone is Spenser with a...
Wine Pages, September 2, 2009
...subject, but one which is already being touted as the definitive study. In his introduction to the book Robert Parker says it is the book 'I wish I had written in my wildest dreams'. This is a monumental work, the size and weight of a small tombstone,...
University College London, August 20, 2009
...by the wine writer and television presenter Oz Clarke; a wine-buyer?s guide by the American wine guru, Robert Parker; and a guide to the wines of England and Wales. The winner will be announced at a banquet on 7 September...
Bureau County Republican, August 6, 2009
...and Bob Woodruff, and ?Mudhouse Sabbath? by Lauren F. Winner. Audio books adult fiction ? ?Bad Business? by Robert Parker, ?The Appeal? by John Grisholm, and ?11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour, Armistice Day, 1918 WW I and Its Violent...
Buffalo News, August 2, 2009
...the role familiar to many mystery fans: The murderously talented, amoral ?buddy? to the unconventional lead: Hawk to Robert Parker?s Spenser, Win to Harlan Coban?s Myron Bolitar; Mouse to Walter Mosley?s Easy Rawlins. But Larsson had a...
Riverside Press Enterprise, July 29, 2009
...Room at the Grace Mellman Library, 41000 County Center The book for August is 'Perchance to Dream' by Robert Parker. 951-296-3893. The Temecula Library Book Discussion Group meeting is set from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 10 in the Grace Mellman Heritage Room at...
New York Times, July 20, 2009
...sellers, did not achieve anything like the runaway success of Mr. McCourts first book, which the British director Robert Parker brought to the screen in 1999. Not to be outdone, Mr. McCourts younger brother Malachy, an actor, brought out two volumes of...
Star News Online, July 11, 2009
...bodysurfing in the waves at Wrightsville when he was 6 years old and was an award-winning member of Robert Parker's famed local 'Hansen' team in the 1960s. The licensed ship's captain has been researching surfing in these waters for years, and he worked...
London Free Press, July 11, 2009
...that's because you can't breeze through his books the way you can with, say, one of Robert Parker's Spencer novels, enjoying the story and then forgetting it the moment you finish the last page. Cook requires more of readers; he forces you to read...
The Drinks Business, July 8, 2009
...the Wines of England and Wales Kathleen Burk and Michael Bywater Is this bottle corked? Oz Clarke Bordeaux Robert Parker The Wine Buyer's Guide (7th Edition) Online Wine Writer of the Year 2009 Julia Harding MW Articles from www.jancisrobinson.com...
Star Press, July 5, 2009
...that's because you can't breeze through his books the way you can with, say, one of Robert Parker's Spencer novels, enjoying the story and then forgetting it the moment you finish the last page. Cook requires more of readers; he forces you to read...
Examiner.com, June 29, 2009
...and Other Stories ?The House on Maple Street? read by Tabitha King ?Umney?s Last Case? read by Robert Parker ?Head Down? read by Stephen King ?Brooklyn August? read by Stephen J. Gould...
Metronews, June 19, 2009
...that's because you can't breeze through his books the way you can with, say, one of Robert Parker's Spencer novels, enjoying the story and then forgetting it the moment you finish the last page. Cook requires more of readers; he forces you to read...
ZDNet, June 18, 2009
...graded on a 1 to 10 or 1 to 100 scale, kind of like a taste score by Robert Parker or The Wine Spectator, for a fermented grape beverage. But it?s coming and Keane wants his outfit to be the one that cracks the code. Literally. Keane is...
Crossville Chronicle, June 15, 2009
...library shelves: Adult Fiction Books Fatally Flaky by Diane Davidson Map of Bones by James Rollins Brimstone by Robert Parker The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Therapy by Jonathan Kellerman Jupiter?s Bones by Faye Kellerman The Day Trader by Stephen...
Harpers, June 5, 2009
...M Members of Robert Parker's team have accepted paid-for hospitality from wine producers, it has been revealed. Parker has always maintained that accepting free trips would compromise his impartiality, and he has criticised...
Wine Pages, May 25, 2009
...it is still surprising to see that a wine critic can be the subject of a biography. But Robert Parker is no ordinary critic, and more ink has been spent analysing him, than all other wine tasters put together. The first thing to say about McCoy's book is...
Jancisrobinson.com, May 13, 2009
...people had heard of and who they actually follow. And then you had very few people actually citing Robert Parker but his ?I follow him religiously? rating was obviously very, very high whereas Oz?s was very low. So it?s not just who you have you...
Jancisrobinson.com, May 13, 2009
...people had heard of and who they actually follow. And then you had very few people actually citing Robert Parker but his ?I follow him religiously? rating was obviously very, very high whereas Oz?s was very low. So it?s not just who you have you...
Crossville Chronicle, May 4, 2009
...by Andrew Gross Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer Fault Line by Barry Eisler Stranger in Paradise by Robert Parker Corsair by Clive Cussler The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon Honolulu by Alan Brennert Young-Adult Fiction Books Firestar?s Quest...
Forbes.com, April 23, 2009
...innocent, well-researched column on the decline of the Australian wine industry. Discussion ensued on eRobertParker.com (yes, that Robert Parker, the world-famous wine critic and publisher of The Wine Advocate), which Squires peremptorily deleted. What...
Juneau Empire, April 3, 2009
...adult readers to keep you busy while you're waiting for the newest Dana Stabenow, M.C. Beaton, Robert Parker, or Earl Emerson (all newly arrived this week, too). 'The Book of the Unknown,' by Jonathon Keats. A tradition in Judaism says that there must be...
Daily News Tribune, March 29, 2009
...John Gardner pulled it off rather nicely with Ian Fleming's 007, but Robert Parker's attempt to resurrect Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe ('Poodle Springs,' 1989) was a disaster. Now comes veteran mystery writer Joe Gores with 'Spade & Archer,' a...
IF Magazine.com, March 25, 2009
...I like to be transported for those periods of time. I like escaping. Right now, Im deep into Robert Parker with the Spenser series. Im reading them for pleasure. Something that Robert Parker does very well is his attention to detail. I think thats one of...
Seacoast Online, March 19, 2009
...Barbara Delinsky, Run for Your Life by James Patterson, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, Night and Day by Robert Parker, After You've Gone by Jeffrey Lent, The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine, and Samuel Adams: A Life by Ira Stoll (a biography). Also: two...
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, March 15, 2009
...has breakout potential. Daniel is one deeply cool writer who has a dark, funny streak to him. Part Robert Parker and a little bit James Ellroy,' says Simon & Schuster publisher David Rosenthal. 'It's very noir. It's nasty and fast-paced. And none of it...
Peterborough Examiner, March 9, 2009
...Robert Parker (G. P. Putnam's Sons) Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections and they stay that way...
St. Catherines Standard, March 8, 2009
...NIGHT AND DAY Robert Parker G. P. Putnam's Son's Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections and they stay that...
Bradenton Herald, March 8, 2009
...?Night and Day? (G.P. Putnam?s Sons, 289 pages, $25.95), by Robert Parker Robert Parker?s protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections, and they stay that way for a long time. Sunny...
London Free Press, March 7, 2009
...G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.50 Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections and they stay that way for a long time. Sunny Randall, the...
Chatham Daily News, March 5, 2009
...Robert Parker (G. P. Putnam's Sons) Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections and they stay that way...
Trentonian.com, March 2, 2009
...'Night and Day' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 289 pages, $25.95), by Robert Parker: Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections, and they stay that way for a long time. Sunny...
CFRB AM 1010, March 2, 2009
...'Night and Day Robert Parker (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Robert Parker's protagonists do not merely fall in love. They become obsessed with the objects of their affections and they stay that way...
ABC News, February 26, 2009
...requires both skill and daring. John Gardner pulled it off rather nicely with Ian Fleming's 007, but Robert Parker's attempt to resurrect Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe ('Poodle Springs,' 1989) was a disaster. Now comes veteran mystery writer Joe...
Meanderings, October 21, 2009
...Ray. Maybe some of us writers aren't cut out for writing long series. (I wouldn't mind Robert Parker's royalty checks, but I can't even begin to imagine writing the 25th, or even tenth Ray Sharp book.) Or maybe Ray just wasn't the sort of...
Suck It Up, September 25, 2009
...down to the manuscript and rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. Hemmingway did. Everyone does, or should. My understanding is that Robert Parker does not, but maybe he is better than us. Someone is always better. It can happen that almost everyone is better. I...
StitchinByTheLake, August 30, 2009
...of my favorite authors: Jean Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear series), Nora Roberts, James Patterson, Janette Oke, Robert Parker, Jan Karon, John Sandford, Kathy Reichs, Iris Johannson, Adriana Trigiani. Oh my, there are so many I love! So...what are some of...
Winecast, May 31, 2009
...at The Wine Advocate . What transpired was a discussion of wine writer ethics that at one point featured Robert Parker labeling wine blogs, “…the source of much of the misinformation,distortion,and egegious falsehoods spread with reckless...
FriendFeed - public, May 31, 2009
...at The Wine Advocate . What transpired was a discussion of wine writer ethics that at one point featured Robert Parker labeling wine blogs, “…the source of much of the misinformation,distortion,and egegious falsehoods spread with reckless...
Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home, May 27, 2009
...the wine blog and wine discussion board world for a while: the ethics of wine writing, centering on Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate . Read it, and check out blog entries from Dr. Vino and Wine Enthusiast columnist Steve Heimoff . Now to beer (and a...
Dr Vino's wine blog, May 26, 2009
...Founder Champions Independence, Two Reviewers Accepted Trips.” Reporter David Kesmodel details the divergence between policy and practice at Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. He acknowledges reporting on this blog that initially raised the questions...
About.com Wine: Most Popular Articles, May 16, 2009
...wine book. Nope this one zealously offers the lowdown on the world of wine. From an interview with Robert Parker and time spent at Bonny Doon Vineyard with Randall Grahm - MacLean brings you face to face with some of the most prominent figures in the...
A Muchness Of Me, May 11, 2009
...Click images for desktop size: "D'Amour" by Douleur I'm re-reading Raymond Chandler's and Robert Parker's "Poodle Springs". That's the book that was supposedly based on notes and pages Chandler was working on when he died. I've heard its anywhere from 5...
Not PC, May 5, 2009
...to help keep this blog and its writer going. They’re all very much appreciated. To paraphrase Robert Parker’s hero Spenser, when I get donations I spring immediately into action: I head for the nearest bookshop . Or Marbeck's . See:...
kate rothwell, May 4, 2009
...don't want to. She's addictive like the cheesy puffs. 3. And then there is the latest Robert Parker book. During a huge nor'easter Susan and Spenser are trapped in a barn on a private island, right after a double homicide, waiting for the murderers' next...
About.com Wine: Most Popular Articles, May 4, 2009
...wine book. Nope this one zealously offers the lowdown on the world of wine. From an interview with Robert Parker and time spent at Bonny Doon Vineyard with Randall Grahm - MacLean brings you face to face with some of the most prominent figures in the...
SaltShaker, May 2, 2009
...out the Wine Advocate on writer Jay Miller accepting all sorts of freebies on his trips, things that Robert Parker specifically claims he doesn’t allow for himself or writers in his magazine. Initially there was denial from the WA camp, circling the...
POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS, April 29, 2009
...Koontz, David Baldacci, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jonathan Kellerman, Stephen King, John Sandford, Clive Cussler, Debbie Macomber, Stuart Woods, Robert Parker, Jeffery Deaver, and Jack Higgins. Twenty-one authors wrote 47 of the 155 novels that sold more than...
On Line Opinion - Latest Articles, April 27, 2009
...kangaroo on the label. It is “sunshine in a bottle”. Inexplicably promoted by the grand American wine critic Robert Parker, this industrial plonk swept the US market. Yellow Tail is produced in Australia’s endangered food bowl, guzzling precious...
jamie goode's wine blog, April 27, 2009
...stated policy of the Wine Advocate and the practice of some the new members of team WA. Specifically, Robert Parker, in his Wine Buyer's Guide , states that he doesn't accept hospitality and pays for his own trips. Some of team WA have taken press trips...
Forbes.com: Wine News, April 23, 2009
...innocent, well-researched column on the decline of the Australian wine industry. Discussion ensued on eRobertParker.com (yes, that Robert Parker, the world-famous wine critic and publisher of The Wine Advocate ), which Squires peremptorily deleted. What...
Britannica Blog, March 26, 2009
...a spectacular double-cross at the very least, no doubt terminating Marlowe’s career as husband suddenly and severely. Robert Parker, the creator of the popular “Spenser” detective series, who now writes an entertaining occasional blog , was called...
LENNDEVOURS, March 24, 2009
...his tireless and proving research. He tells the stories of the wine world's most celebrated names -- Robert Parker, Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson -- drawn into the intoxicating chase for the rarest and most glamorous wines. The background,...
LENNDEVOURS, March 24, 2009
...his tireless and proving research. He tells the stories of the wine world's most celebrated names -- Robert Parker, Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson -- drawn into the intoxicating chase for the rarest and most glamorous wines. The background,...
spineless?, March 23, 2009
...titles added to the Edinburgh campus library at Riccarton include Comparative international acco unting , by Christopher Nobes and Robert Parker ( additional information for this title is available), and Management accounting for business , by Colin...
Ask MetaFilter, March 22, 2009
...there was a private investigator outside his house yesterday and he might actually be the son of novelist Robert Parker and perhaps he and I don't have the same father and is Brother #2 the same child our mother miscarried 27 years ago and when he tried...
mango & ginger, March 18, 2009
...which is crazy when you consider that Reidel glasses are now available at Target. The article jibes with Robert Parker's look at the last 30 years in US wine history that ran in Food & Wine last September . So I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it...
Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources, March 2, 2009
...quite good. If you haven't already, ... At March 2, 2009 , Greg Hatcher wrote: Just finished Valediction by Robert Parker, The Bookwoman's Last Fling by John Dunning, and Death of Captain America volume three ... At March 2, 2009 , Ian A. wrote: Juan...
