Literature
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Review: 'The 14th Colony' by Steve Berry is gripping novel
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "The 14th Colony" (Minotaur), by Steve Berry Cotton Malone fights a ticking clock and a Russian conspiracy to give the United States government payback in Steve Berry's ...
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Review: 'Unbroken Brain' takes a look at addiction
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction" (St. Martin's Press), by Maia Szalavitz Nancy Reagan's death last month caused some to take stock of...
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Book Review: 'Running: A Love Story' is too shallow to enjoy
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Running: A Love Story" (Seal Press), by Jen A. Miller File this book under "I was misinformed." I came across a reference to the new book "Running: A Love Story" in New...
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Beverly Cleary on turning 100: Kids today 'don't have the freedom' I hadApr 05, 2016 6:00 am - Beverly Cleary doesn't really want to talk about turning 100. "Go ahead and fuss," she says of the big day, April 12. "Everyone else is." Across the country, people are ...
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Review: Augusten Burroughs searches for love in new memoir
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Lust and Wonder" (St. Martin's Press), by Augusten Burroughs If you've read author Augusten Burroughs' other cynically funny memoirs, you might be surpr...
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Review: 2 sisters' secrets go viral in 'Keep Me Posted'
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Keep Me Posted" (NAL), by Lisa Beazley Cassie and Sid are sisters, best friends, and desperate for more time together. While Cassie balances twin 3-year-olds, a cramped...
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Young couple navigates cancer and life in 'Alice & Oliver'
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Alice & Oliver" (Random House), by Charles Bock Set in early '90s Manhattan when street corners touted pay phones, Charles Bock's "Alice and Oliver" jar...
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James McBride pays tribute to the Godfather of Soul
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Kill 'Em and Leave" (Spiegel & Grau), by James McBride James McBride, best-selling author of "The Color of Water" and "The Good Lord Bird," has written a furious ode to...
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'For the Love of Wine' explores an ancient wine culture
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "For the Love of Wine: My Odyssey Through the World's Most Ancient Wine Culture" (Potomac Books), by Alice Feiring As children we learn to read starting with ABCs, yet m...
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Travel writer Marty Essen at Oakton April 5Apr 03, 2016 11:00 pm - Award-winning author Marty Essen will present the global travel and photography show "Around the World in 90 Minutes" from 2:30-4 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, at Oakton's Sko...