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Scenes from Mexico City show its human heart

Associated Press
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Mexico City is a sprawling, throbbing stew of 20 million people, but David Lida, in his new book, cuts through the chaos with an array of verbal snapshots that aim to pa...
Lost soul seeks solace after 9/11 in 'Netherland'

Associated Press
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In Joseph O'Neill's third novel, "Netherland," there are two great love objects: the city of New York and the game of cricket. Hans van den Broek, the novel's Dutch narr...
'Monster of Florence' is real-life murder mystery

Associated Press
Jun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - This gripping collaboration between a best-selling American author and an Italian journalist is a most unconventional thriller, a real-life murder mystery in which the a...
Liz Tuccillo's first novel is a dating travelogue

Associated Press
Jun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - As women line up to see "Sex and the City" on the big screen, one of the HBO series' writers is debuting her novel about -- what else? -- dating and the single woman. As...
A bear from 'darkest Peru' returns for a new adventure

Associated Press
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- He was found at a railway station, a small immigrant from "darkest Peru" with floppy hat and a sign around his neck reading, "Please look after this bear. Than...
Billie Letts goes back to Wal-Mart in fourth novel

Associated Press
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Billie Letts returns to Wal-Mart in the opening scenes of her fourth novel, which feature a shoplifting gymnastics star and her younger brother. Letts' first novel, "Whe...
Former college swimmer aims for Olympics 24 years later

Associated Press
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Dreams die hard, especially athletic ones. The difference is today you can do something about it. That's the upbeat if sometimes exasperating message of "Off the Deep E...
Author appearances

Jun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - "Mistress of the Sun" author Sandra Gulland signs copies of her book at 7 p.m. June 12 at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson, Naperville. (630) 355-2665. Gulland als...
Best Sellers

Jun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - FICTION 1. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz 2. The Host, Stephenie Meyer 3. Love the One You're With, Emily Giffin 4. The Front, Patricia Cornwell 5. Snuff, Chuck Palahni...
Book review: "Adam the King"

By Ron Charles Associated Press
Jun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In the 1980s, Jeffrey Lewis concentrated on working-class cops as a writer and producer for "Hill Street Blues," but recently he's turned his attention to silver-spooned...

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