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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
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Welcome to picador.com, where you can find out what's new at Picador, read extracts from recently published books, listen to interviews with authors and get exclusive special offers.
You can also talk about all things book-related on the Picador blog, where we will be regularly posting contributions from writers, editors, journalists and literary bloggers, and would love to hear from readers too.
It’s a rare treat working with authors and their books, and yet this industry is beset by huge frustrations.
www.picador.com   (305 words)

  
  picador, rejoneo, bullfighting on horseback, Clarification of Picador and Rejoneador
picador, rejoneo, bullfighting on horseback, Clarification of Picador and Rejoneador
Because of Hemmingway’s account of the picador in the twenties and because of the lack of attention to mounted bullfighting, most accounts of the horse in the Spanish bullfight confuse the mounts of the picador and the rejoneador.
He does not allow the bull to run and knock his mount as is the case with the picador and the risk to the horse is further lessened in a corrida de rejones by the fact that the tips of the bull’s horns are either blunted or covered.
www.flamencoshop.com /bullfight/picador.htm   (1651 words)

  
 Picador
Picador does not engage other Warriors in direct combat.
Once the fight has been set in motion Picador will retire to a discrete distance, always ready prod his lance into sensitive areas should the action begin to flag.
HINT: Alert Warriors can readily spot Picador because, though he seldom takes a stand on controversial issues, he always seems to be near the fray.
redwing.hutman.net /~mreed/warriorshtm/picador.htm   (102 words)

  
 The Week Statescan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Picador set up shop in India in mid-1998, when the buzz around Indian writing in English was at its loudest.
Several British publishers, including Picador, are rumoured to be rueing the large advances paid to certain Indian writers, which the paltry sales of the books failed to recover.
Picador publisher Andrew Kidd and senior editor Sam Humphreys, who visited Delhi rece-ntly, insist they are not: they are ready to wait longer.
www.the-week.com /24feb29/lifestyle_article1.html   (1293 words)

  
 On-line Resources from Macmillan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Since its UK launch in 1972, Picador has been single-minded in its pursuit of outstanding international writing, a philosophy which has led to critical and commercial success all over the world.
Now, Picador Africa welcomes David Cohen, Alexandra Fuller, Ahmed Essop and Chris Van Wyk to that illustrious stable, all to be published in 2004.
Picador Africa will be marketed to a multicultural audience and will strive to become the international standard for contemporary literary writing - fiction, travel and biography - from Africa.
www.macmillan.com /PicadorAfrica.asp   (456 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/thepicador
The Picador is a rock club in Iowa City, at 330 E Washington St. We're open.
Picador o' Picador...we wait patiently to swarm thee.
The Picador will be the spot to rock the house, I can't wait to make some beautiful noise there.
www.myspace.com /thepicador   (740 words)

  
 Imprint Homepage
Pan Macmillan is one of the largest fiction and non-fiction book publishers in the UK and includes the imprints of Pan, Picador and Macmillan Children’s Books.
Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list.
The values of Young Picador are comparable to those of Picador — contemporary, cutting edge and unafraid to deal with difficult issues.
www.panmacmillan.com /imprints   (787 words)

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