Topic: Marjorie Kehe
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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis touches down in the nations damaged by the 2008 financial meltdown and proves – yet again – that he can turn anything into compelling prose.
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Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life
From Walt Whitman to Jonathan Safran Foer, Brooklyn holds a unique place in America’s literary history.
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Chapter & Verse
A bookstore is thriving – in Tripoli?
A tiny bookstore around the corner from Tripoli's Green Square is one of the first businesses to reopen in Libya's capital.
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Genius of Place
Frederick Law Olmsted – a man of strange and restless talent – dreamed of making a better, greener world accessible to all.
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"Nothing Daunted" – a Q&A with Dorothy Wickenden
Dorothy Wickenden talks about how her grandmother and her best friend – society girls from the East – headed West for adventure in 1916.
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Chapter & Verse
James "Whitey" Bulger is captured – but not in a bookstore
James "Whitey" Bulger – alleged gangster and known book lover – was sometimes sought in bookstores during his 16 years on the run.
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Chapter & Verse
It happened so fast: E-books now surpass print book sales at Amazon
Less than 4 years after they were introduced by Amazon, e-books have now overtaken print.
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Chapter & Verse
What I do believe about "Three Cups of Tea"
Greg Mortenson might have lied about many things. But that doesn't change the essential truth of his book.
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The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism.
How did Margaret Marcus – a middle-class Jew from Larchmont, N.Y. – become Islamic ideologue Maryam Jameelah?
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Chapter & Verse
Can they find anything bad to say about Derek Jeter?
"The Captain," a new Jeter biography coming out next month, is already the subject of speculation.
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Reading My Father
Alexandra Styron searches his writings and her memory in an attempt to piece together the puzzle that was her father, author William Styron.
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Chapter & Verse
A "secular Bible" draws readers, controversy
"The Good Book" – intended to serve as a secular Bible – focuses on ethics but not religion.
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Chapter & Verse
Stieg Larsson shared details on his fourth "Dragon Tattoo" novel
Stieg Larsson died before the overwhelming global success of his "Millennium" novels – but not before sharing a few details about the fourth book in the series.
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Interview with Stephanie Staal, author of "Reading Women"
Feminist texts that had seemed energizing when Stephanie Staal read them as a college student held a completely different message when she approached them as a mother.
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Classic review: Triangle
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
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Modigliani: A Life
Biographer Meryle Secrest tackles the messy, "cursed" life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.
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Chapter & Verse
Amazon deals a blow to Lendle e-book lending site
Amazon has revoked Lendle's API access, saying that the e-book lending service "does not serve the principal purpose of driving sales of products and services on the Amazon site."
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The Alice Behind Wonderland
Simon Winchester examines the story behind the discomforting photo taken of the little girl who inspired “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
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Chapter & Verse
Bristol Palin will publish a book
Bristol Palin will write about "her life, her world, and the things that matter most" in a 2011 book called "Not Afraid of Life."
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Chapter & Verse
Dr. Seuss's birthday: How many ways can we celebrate?
Dr. Seuss's birthday – March 2 – has become a holiday of note around the world.
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Interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of "36 Arguments for the Existence of God"
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein talks about her novel "36 Arguments for the Existence of God" – a book that goes places bestselling fiction normally avoids.
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Chapter & Verse
Egypt: reflections from the author of "Down the Nile"
Rowing solo 120 miles down the Nile gave Rosemary Mahoney a unique perspective on the Egyptian character.
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Chapter & Verse
Roger Rosenblatt: How do you teach writing?
Award-winning writer Roger Rosenblatt explains what he has learned about teaching his craft.
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You Never Give Me Your Money
Veteran music reporter Peter Doggett offers a heartbreaking but fascinating account of the postbreakup Beatles.
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J.K. Rowling cleared of plagiarism charges in the US
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling was cleared of plagiarism charges when a judge found that the plaintiff's case 'strains credulity.'
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