Literature
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Jeff Abbott's 'Inside Man' doesn't disappointJul 07, 2014 11:30 am - “Inside Man,” the fourth novel by Jeff Abbott to feature bar owner and ex-CIA agent Sam Capra, continues one of the best ongoing series in the thriller genre. Readers ...
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Actress Jenny Mollen puts it out there in new bookJul 07, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Jenny Mollen has no filter. And she's fine with that. The actress often tweets raunchy commentary about ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" with her ...
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Starbucks chair co-writing book on military vetsJul 05, 2014 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz is collaborating on a book about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can T...
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Book notes: Meet Chris Colfer at local book signingsJul 05, 2014 5:45 am - • “Sinner” author Maggie Stiefvater reads from and signs copies of her book at 7 p.m. Monday, July 7, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. (630) 35...
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'Sleepwalker's Guide' is a beautiful family sagaJul 04, 2014 5:45 am - At the start of Mira Jacob's beautiful debut, “The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing,” Amina Eapen's mother summons her home to Albuquerque, New Mexico, claiming that her f...
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War hero Zamperini lived 'unimaginable drama'Jul 03, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Seventy years ago, the world was convinced that Louis Zamperini was dead. There had been no word of the track star and former Olympian since his World War ...
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John Verdon's cleverness shines in new thrillerJul 01, 2014 5:45 am - John Verdon's skillful melding of the puzzle mystery with the police procedural and the psychological thriller brings a unique spin to his series about retired NYPD ...
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Meg Gardiner's latest thriller is her best yetJun 30, 2014 11:30 am - Meg Gardiner's latest thriller, "Phantom Instinct," begins with a shootout at the club where Harper Flynn works. Harper's boyfriend is killed, a police officer is se...
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Ex-GalleyCat ed Jason Boog on raising bookwormsJun 29, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Jason Boog was immersed in publishing for five years as editor of the MediaBistro blog GalleyCat. When he became a dad, he was curious how best to foster a lo...
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'Ways of the Dead' is fast-paced narrativeJun 28, 2014 5:45 am - Neely Tucker's debut novel is an utterly thrilling mystery set in Washington, D.C., in the late 1990s, just before the Internet and the rise of smartphones changed the l...