Literature
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Book review: 'The Fall Guy' accurately portrays police procedures
Oct 16, 2022 11:00 pm - "Fall Guy" by Archer Mayor (Minotaur) A Mercedes sedan, stolen a few days earlier in New Hampshire, is found abandoned in Vermont. It is crammed with sto...
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Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet's 'Dinosaurs'
Oct 12, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDinosaurs,'ť by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton) Besides moving on from a bad breakup, Gil, the protagonist of Lydia Millet's 'œDinosaurs,'ť walks from New York to Phoenix b...
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Anthony Bourdain biography is a profile of a man spiraling
Oct 11, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects. Charles Leerhsen took it a step further: He slept in the same French hotel room where...
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Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences'ť by Bruce Davis (Brandeis University Press) Film historians ...
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Review: WWII novel sets high bar for historical fiction
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œCradles of the Reich'ť by Jennifer Coburn (Sourcebooks Landmark) Gundi, Irma and Hilde all find themselves at a Lebensborn Society house for future mothers who are dee...
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Book review: World War II novel sets high bar for historical fiction
Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - "Cradles of the Reich" by Jennifer Coburn (Sourcebooks Landmark) Gundi, Irma and Hilde all find themselves at a Lebensborn Society house for future mothe...
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Book review: Elizabeth McCracken honors her mom in a sly way
Oct 09, 2022 7:00 am - “The Hero of This Book” by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) Don't be fooled by the fact that this slim new volume from Elizabeth McCracken has the words “a nov...
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Book review: A Montana private detective faces two mysteries in C.J. Box's latest
Oct 08, 2022 7:20 am - "Treasure State" by C.J. Box (Minotaur) Former police officer turned Montana private detective Cassie Dewell has two bizarre mysteries on her hands. Firs...
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Jada Pinkett Smith has deal for 'no holds barred' memoir
Oct 06, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Jada Pinkett Smith has a lifetime of thoughts she'd like to set down. The actor, singer, entrepreneur and co-host of the Facebook Watch show "Red Table Talk" ...
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Second Chicago Theatre date added to Michelle Obama's book tourOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - Judging from the audience response to her U.S. tour in support of her latest book, former first lady Michelle Obama remains as popular as ever. So much so that her publ...