Literature
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Cornwell writes 21st Scarpetta mysteryNov 18, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — Patricia Cornwell never runs out of ideas for her intrepid forensic investigator, Kay Scarpetta. “Cybercrime is now a really big deal, and so Scarpetta is ine...
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Nobel author Doris Lessing dies at 94Nov 17, 2013 8:35 am - LONDON — Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Pr...
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Amy Tan tells sweeping tale in new bookNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - The prolific and award-winning Amy Tan has delivered yet another sweeping tale of mothers and daughters that spans continents and generations. “The Valley of Amazement” ...
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Book notes: Goodwin speaks about 'Bully Pullpit'Nov 16, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Kathryn Atwood discusses and signs copies of her book “Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Centuries and Sleuths ...
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Two JFK books to read: 'End of Days' and 'If Kennedy Lived'Nov 13, 2013 4:45 am - “End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy” Questions remain and conspiracy theories abound 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A...
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Letterman books it with artist-writer Bruce McCallNov 11, 2013 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Hear David Letterman, who knows something about comedy, pay tribute to the comic artistry of Bruce McCall. “The standard by which comedy should be judged,” sa...
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Tori Spelling grows up in latest bookNov 10, 2013 5:00 am - From her rocky relationship with her mother to falling in love with actor Dean McDermott while they were married to other people, Tori Spelling has no problem sharing th...
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Book notes: Anderson’s hosts Newt and Callista GingrichNov 09, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown discusses and signs copies of his book “Jedi Academy” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at Anderson’s Booksho...
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'Mud Season' is lighthearted, but flawed, memoirNov 09, 2013 4:30 am - First, the good: Ellen Stimson is funny. Darned funny. And she knows how to spin a good, old-fashioned yarn. She's telling her story of moving from the urban Midwest to ...
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'The Epic of Lou Bolchazy' a classic tale of vision, zest, funNov 07, 2013 4:30 am - Even if you only consider the literature, art, music, religion, culture and history made a millennium before the Renaissance, eccentric publisher Lou Bolchazy of Lake Ba...