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Short stories show a valiant effort from John Grisham

USAToday Books - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:01pm
Give the king of the legal thriller credit for expanding his literary range. Today, Ford County, John Grisham's first collection ...


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'The Battle for Normandy' storms the beaches anew

USAToday Books - Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:00pm
Antony Beevor's Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege sold more than a million copies. His absorbing D-Day: The Battle for Normandy could ...


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Mary Karr talks about memoirs, alcohol abuse and her new 'Lit'

USAToday Books - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:42pm
Mary Karr's best-selling 1995 memoir, The Liars' Club, about her rough Texas childhood with alcoholic parents, "kick-started ...


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Children's Books

New York Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/05/2009 - 6:37pm
Top 5 at a Glance
1. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft
2. JULIE ANDREWS’S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES, by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews
3. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint
5. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
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Books roundup: Self-help

USAToday Books - Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:58pm
From workplace advice for women to the best advice for de-cluttering your home, here are four new titles that you might want ...


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New in paper: Stephen King's 'Just After Sunset'

USAToday Books - Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:26pm
The "wonderfully wicked" short-story collection is the horror master's first since 2002.


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Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing

USAToday Books - Wed, 11/04/2009 - 5:40pm
The story of a Harlem teen named Precious is set to hit the big screen; "pioneer" cooking is hot; and Target gives a boost to ...


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Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father in novel

USAToday Books - Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:18am
President Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel, the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive ...


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TBR: Inside the List

New York Times Book Reviews - Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:35pm
Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw” enters at No. 3, while Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner land at No. 2 with “SuperFreakonomics.”
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The Dossier

New York Times Book Reviews - Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:56pm
Kati Marton read her parents’ secret police files to research this powerful narrative of their imprisonment in Stalinist Hungary.
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'The Humbling': Philip Roth at his rawest

USAToday Books - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 7:21pm
Philip Roth remains prolific, unlike the main character in Roth's 30th. novel, a famous actor who has suddenly and inexplicably ...


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Agassi says he did meth for 'a year or so'

USAToday Books - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:35am
Andre Agassi tells People magazine he used crystal meth periodically for "a year or so."


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Wilderness Warriors

New York Times Book Reviews - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:17am
Theodore Roosevelt and his eccentric chief forester make a very odd couple in this account of the founding of the United States Forest Service.
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Brutal Terrain

New York Times Book Reviews - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:16am
This military history of the Civil War emphasizes geography’s role in shaping strategy.
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Ayn Rand’s Revenge

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 5:18pm
Anne C. Heller’s biography conveys the conviction and odd charisma of Ayn Rand, whose individualist message is still resonant for American conservatives.
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Raising the Dead

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 5:07pm
This novel’s Frankenstein hobnobs with Byron and the Shelleys.
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In the Long Run

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 3:43pm
Brief introductions to the life and theories of the economist John Maynard Keynes from Peter Clarke and Robert Skidelsky.
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Letters: Wild Things: Still Here

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:14pm
To the Editor:.
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Letters: When Dusk Is Only Dusk

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:13pm
To the Editor:.
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Letters: Stumped by ‘Wasp’

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:11pm
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