Topic: Book Reviews
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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3 new novels featuring risk-taking protagonists
In these three new releases, characters seize at chances for new experiences.
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'Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted': 8 stories from the making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
Writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong explores what happened behind the scenes of legendary sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Here are eight stories from her book.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Mother's Day 2013: 10 best books
Mother's Day 2013: 10 best new books for all kinds of moms
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Country Girl
Trailblazing Irish novelist Edna O'Brien delivers the memoir she once believed she'd never write.
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Reader recommendation: Fatherhood
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Chapter & Verse Laini Taylor's 'Days of Blood and Starlight' sequel will be released spring 2014 (+video)
The third book in the series, 'Dreams of Gods and Monsters,' will conclude the trilogy that started with Taylor's book 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone.'
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Chapter & Verse Dan Brown at Lincoln Center: more about his childhood than 'Inferno'
Dan Brown appeared at Lincoln Center to promote his new novel 'Inferno,' but focused more on his parents and his early years than his Dante-inspired book.
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Reader recommendation: The Covenant
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Will Dan Brown's 'Inferno' be heavenly for Dante and Florence?
Some scholars welcome the attention that 'The Da Vinci Code' author's latest novel will likely bring to famed Florentine poet Dante – but others warn that Mr. Brown's conspiracies come with a price.
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Chapter & Verse Dan Brown's 'Inferno': Will its sales live up to his previous books?
Dan Brown's new novel, 'Inferno,' will star protagonist Robert Langdon and focus on Dante's 14th-century epic poem of the same name.
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Chapter & Verse Maya Angelou: 'Mom & Me & Mom' explores a powerful mother-daughter dynamic
Maya Angelou's latest memoir tells of getting to know the mother whom she first called 'Lady' rather than 'Mom.' Maya Angelou is famous for her other autobiographical works, including 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.'
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A Delicate Truth
John le Carré is still at the top of his game with this heady tale of espionage in the age of the war on terror.
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Reader recommendation: Burning the Days
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Chapter & Verse 'Sex and the City' author Candace Bushnell is hacked, excerpt of her new novel leaked online
Candace Bushnell's computer was hacked by Guccifer, who previously claimed responsibility for posting former president George W. Bush's art online.
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3 new novels featuring risk-taking protagonists
In these three new releases, characters seize at chances for new experiences.
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'Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted': 8 stories from the making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
Writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong explores what happened behind the scenes of legendary sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Here are eight stories from her book.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse '1Q84' author Haruki Murakami makes his first public appearance in Japan in 18 years
Murakami appeared at Kyoto University to discuss his new novel 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.'
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Mother's Day 2013: 10 best books
Mother's Day 2013: 10 best new books for all kinds of moms
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Chapter & Verse Edgar Awards honor Dennis Lehane, 'Midnight in Peking'
The 2013 Edgar Awards – given to the books judged best in the mystery genre – went to titles that take readers from Boston to Peking, and from the Roaring '20s to the possible end of the world.
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10 best books of May, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon staffers say these books are the cream of the crop among May releases.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/29/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Learning to love them
A Christian Science perspective: Facing the temptation to make generalizations about those 'not like us'
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Chapter & Verse Climate change inspires a new literary genre: cli-fi
Cli-fi, or 'climate fiction,' describes a dystopian present, as opposed to a dystopian future. And don't call it 'science fiction.' Cli-fi is literary fiction.
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Chapter & Verse 'The Great Gatsby' movie tie-in cover rankles some fans
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' is experiencing huge sales in advance of Baz Luhrmann's cinematic take on the novel, but a cover featuring Luhrmann's leads doesn't appeal to some.
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Reader recommendation: Dancing Dogs
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10 reasons NOT to love books (compliments of H.L. Mencken)
Books may seem universally beloved, but these historical persons, from Martin Luther to Woodrow Wilson, weren't such big fans.
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