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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Top ten comic tragedies

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Shalom Auslander was raised as an Orthodox Jew in Spring Valley, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under thirty-five, h...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Five of the best books of poetry for sci-fi fans

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At io9 Rebecca Ariel Porte came up with five of the best books of poetry for every kind of science fiction fan. One title on her list: Cybor...

Five notable books on home life

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One title on the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top books on home life: Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker In his first novel...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Top ten first person narratives

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Kathryn Erskine was a lawyer for fifteen years before turning to her first love: writing. Her debut novel, Quaking , was one of YALSA’s Top...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Ten of the best owls in literature

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At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best owls in literature. One entry on the list: The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith Rob...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Five Nazi-themed novels

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At the Wall Street Journal , Sam Sacks wrote about five Nazi-themed novels, including: "The Detour" (Soho, 307 pages, $25), by the...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Five best books on bad habits

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Emrys Westacott is a Professor of Philosophy at Alfred University. His latest book is The Virtues of Our Vices: A Modest Defense of Gossip,...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Sam Bourne's five favorite classic thrillers

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Sam Bourne is a literary pseudonym for Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He writes a weekly column in the Gu...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Top ten books about China

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Paul Mason is the BBC's Newsnight economics editor. He is the author of Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Five of the best Hollywood tell-alls

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One title on the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top Hollywood tell-alls: My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn In iconic film ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Nevada Barr's six favorite books

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Nevada Barr is an award-winning novelist and New York Times best-selling author. She has a growing number of Anna Pigeon mysteries to her ...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Five of the best books on jazz

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Nat Hentoff is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall...
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