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Review: Nick Hornby has affable romp in 'Dickens and Prince'

By ANN LEVIN
Nov 15, 2022 6:00 am - 'œDickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,'ť by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books) Nick Hornby has been writing about pop culture since the 1990s, most famously his ...
Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Nov 15, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNumber One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions,'ť by Steve Martin with drawings by Harry Bliss (Celadon): Between the covers of this surprisingly th...
Book review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father

By Andrew Demillo Associated Press
Nov 13, 2022 6:00 am - "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams" by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotte...
Book review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 'The Passenger'

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Nov 12, 2022 4:00 am - "The Passenger" by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It's been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released "The Road" and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,...
Review: New novel explores the life-changing power of art

By ANN LEVIN
Nov 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNow Is Not the Time to Panic,'ť by Kevin Wilson (Ecco) For the past 25 years the bestselling author Kevin Wilson has repeated to himself a semi-poetical, semi-nonsens...
Review: Movie fans will roar, growl over '50 MGM Films' book

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Nov 07, 2022 6:00 am - 'œThe 50 MGM Films that Transformed Hollywood: Triumphs, Blockbusters, and Fiascos,'ť by Steven Bingen (Lyons Press) The title of film historian Steven Bingen's new book...
Book review: 'It's Not TV' a revealing account of HBO's rise and challenges

By Andrew DeMillo Associated Press
Nov 05, 2022 11:00 pm - “It's Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowa...
Book review: A Texas cop solves murder of a woman with a secret

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Nov 05, 2022 7:00 am - "Murder at the Jubilee Rally" by Terry Shames (Severn House) Samuel Craddock, the amiable police chief of mythical Jarrett Creek, Texas, is good at his j...
Retired police chief to sign her book at Aurora Historical Society Nov. 8

Submitted by Aurora Historical Society
Nov 03, 2022 11:00 pm - Retired police chief Kristen Ziman returns to her hometown of Aurora on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for a book signing at the Aurora Historical Society gift shop in the Pierce Art ...
Best Bets: David Sedaris, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bono, Smashing Pumpkins, Gin Blossoms

By Barbara Vitello and Brian Shamie
Nov 01, 2022 6:00 am - Randy Rainbow live Musical satirist Randy Rainbow treats guests to his “The Pink Glasses Tour,” complete with hilarious songs, personal stories and his take on current e...

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