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Literature

Sedaris' new book: more mature, thoughtful writer

Associated Press
Jul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pick up David Sedaris' new book and you're staring at death. If the van Gogh painting of a skeleton gracing the cover doesn't say it clearly enough, t...
'Well Enough Alone' details a life of hypochondria

Associated Press
Jul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - In our current age of anxiety, medical-themed TV shows and WebMD, most of us -- at one time or another -- have inflated a pimple into cancer or a stomachache into append...
New book looks at the history of the 'American Nerd'

By A.J. Jacobs For The Washington Post
Jul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When I was assigned this review, the editor wrote me a note: "I hope you don't take offense at this, but your name sprang to mind as a reviewer for a book on nerds." I p...
George F. Will, elder statesman

Associated Press
Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- George F. Will, the conservative columnist and pundit, seems too young and young-looking to be anyone's "elder statesman." He is 67, his hair still boyishl...
Serial killer and suspect president

Associated Press
Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a common plot ploy: A detective takes what looks like an easy job and winds up running for her life. That's the situation in which Dana Cutler finds herself when sh...
Best sellers

Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. Sail, James Patterson and Howard Roughan 2. The Host, Stephenie Meyer 3. Nothing to Lose, Lee Child 4. Plague Ship, Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul 5. ...
The horrors of World War II come to life in 'Skeletons at the Feast'

By Margot Livesey For The Washington Post
Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Perhaps our tumultuous times have something to do with the enduring popularity of World War II as subject matter for both books and films. In recent years, novelists suc...
History of Prozac fight gives hope to underdogs

Associated Press
Jun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - It's hard not to cheer for the little guy in "Side Effects," the true story of underdogs who stand up to powerful drug companies and their questionable ethics. It's also...
'Hit and Run' is hard to put down

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - John Keller, professional hit man, is on his way to Des Moines to take a life -- one last job before retiring to spend more time with his stamp collection. Keller is the...
'Conquistador' details Cortes' defeat of the Aztecs

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met the mighty Montezuma during a brief but elaborate ceremony in the Aztec ruler's home city of Tenochtitlan on Nov. 8, 1519. It was ...

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