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'Dark' vision of an an alternate America

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - An old man lies alone in the dark each night, hobbled by an auto accident and haunted by death. To fill the sleepless hours, he thinks up a story about a man who wakes u...
'Before you die' co-author dies after fall

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hit...
Buckley's satire on Supreme Court hits the mark

Associated Press
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court have footnotes, so it's fitting that a novel about that institution would have them, too. But who'd expect them to be so amusing? It's...
Thriller-like suspense drives 'The Good Thief'

Associated Press
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Hannah Tinti treats readers of her first novel much like a runaway train does its passengers: She takes off on her fantastical tale knowing they'll have no choice but to...
T. Bone Pickens talks about his first billion

Associated Press
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - T. Boone Pickens deals in big figures. Very big. He quotes Forbes Magazine as pegging his worth at $3 billion in 2007, when he was 79. Now he wants to save the United St...
Title, print run announced for new Woodward book

Associated Press
Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat," but we now know the name of Bob Woodward's fourth investigative work on the Bush administ...
Best sellers

Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. Moscow Rules, Daniel Silva 2. The Host, Stephenie Meyer 3. The Bourne Sanction, Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader 4. Tribute, Nora Roberts 5. The Guernse...
Washington man wins best worst writing contest

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A grotesque comparison of a steamy love affair to mist through a manhole cover has won a Washington man this year's grand prize in an annual contest ...
'Good People' marks Sakey as an author worth watching

Associated Press
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - When Tom and Anna Reed investigate a beeping smoke alarm in their downstairs tenant's apartment, they discover a grease fire blazing on the kitchen stove and the tenant ...
Gross tales get boys to read

The Wall Street Journal
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The book's main character slaughtered his victims by running them through with sharp stakes. He once left hundreds dying slowly on a hillside while the soil grew "muddy ...

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