Literature
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Geneva clinical psychologist helps athletes develop mental gameMay 07, 2019 11:00 pm - This column is up to date with Pete Temple's correct job title. When clinical psychologist Pete Temple of Geneva began formulating how he could bring sports psychol...
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Review: Chris Pavone's book centers on a single day in Paris
May 07, 2019 7:00 am - "The Paris Diversion" by Chris Pavone (Crown) The narrative in Chris Pavone's "The Paris Diversion" jumps back and forth between several characters in the course of a si...
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Review: David McCullough explores the pioneers in new book
May 07, 2019 7:00 am - "The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West," by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster). When the Revolutionary War was over, and ...
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Review: Musician Ani DiFranco's memoir is raw and powerful
May 07, 2019 7:00 am - Ani DiFranco, "No Walls and the Recurring Dream" (Viking) Ani DiFranco has spent decades challenging the status quo, standing up for what she believes and creating hones...
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Book review: Molly Dektar takes writerly look at allure of cultsMay 07, 2019 6:00 am - “The Ash Family” by Molly Dektar; Simon & Schuster; 352 pages From the very first few pages of her debut novel about a cult, “The Ash Family,” author Mol...
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Review: Laird Barron returns with an often bleak novel
May 06, 2019 7:00 am - "Black Mountain" (Putnam), by Laird Barron Like a lyricist, Laird Barron excels at manipulating the tones and cadence of language. Like a Gothic novelist, the mood he cr...
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Review: Anna Quindlen tours the wild world of grandparenting
May 06, 2019 7:00 am - "Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting," by Anna Quindlen (Random House) "Write what you know." Few follow that advice better than Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ann...
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Review: A gravesite meeting starts David Baldacci's thriller
May 06, 2019 7:00 am - "Redemption" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) In David Baldacci's latest, Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison arrive in a small town in Ohio where Decker was a...
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Book review: 'Like Lions' by Brian Panowich moves at a brisk paceMay 06, 2019 6:00 am - "Like Lions" by Brian Panowich; Minotaur; 320 pages Brian Panowich makes a triumphant return to Bull Mountain, Georgia, in his second novel, "Like Lions,...
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The 10 books to read in MayMay 06, 2019 6:00 am - At last it's spring - and with spring come opportunities for gift giving: Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduations, weddings. There are books for every occasion and recip...