Literature
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Kids book brings White House into viewJun 12, 2014 5:30 am - Your parents grumble a lot about politics. They don't like who's in charge of certain departments. They're upset about laws and regulations, and they worry about taxes a...
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Barrington 5th-grader mines success with gamer novelJun 12, 2014 5:00 am - Most elementary-age students don't see summer break as an opportunity to work on their next novel, but Jake Mayer is not your average fifth-grader. Jake's book, “A Tale ...
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Alafair Burke's latest is one of her bestJun 11, 2014 5:15 am - Alafair Burke tells a compelling tale that combines a police procedural and a legal thriller in “All Day and a Night.” Anthony Amaro, convicted of killing six women ...
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'I Am Pilgrim' may be one of the year's bestJun 09, 2014 11:00 pm - A man with ties to a top-secret unit of the federal government has to fight his instincts to stop a madman in Terry Hayes' compelling thriller “I Am Pilgrim.” The man ...
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Amazon spat with publishers escalates as contracts endJun 08, 2014 6:00 am - Amazon.com Inc.'s sales contracts with some of the world's biggest publishers, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, are next up for renewal, signaling that skirmishes ove...
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Book notes: Local authors promote debut novel TuesdayJun 07, 2014 5:45 am - • “How to Babysit a Grandma” author Jean Reagan reads from and signs copies of her new children's book, the follow-up to her title “How to Babysit a Grandpa,” at 7 p.m. ...
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Eros, gender roles at heart of 'Euphoria'Jun 07, 2014 5:30 am - Lily King's new novel, “Euphoria,” unfolds on a South Pacific island where a trio of young anthropologists lives among isolated tribes to make groundbreaking studies...
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Colbert assails Amazon over delayed book shipmentsJun 05, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - On one side of a major publishing feud is Amazon.com, the industry's biggest book seller. On the other side is a leading New York publisher few readers have h...
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Series characters paired in 'FaceOff' anthologyJun 04, 2014 5:15 am - International Thriller Writers Inc. has worked with publishers on various anthologies with stories written by their members. In “FaceOff,” nearly two dozen authors t...
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Blogger tallies Springsteen's Top 100Jun 03, 2014 5:15 am - Music blogger Jim Beviglia is trying to do far more than start arguments with his latest book, “Counting Down Bruce Springsteen: His 100 Finest Songs.” He ranks Springst...