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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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11 essential books for dog lovers
Here are 11 must-read books for dog lovers.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/25/11, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 8/11/11, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 8/04/11, according to IndieBound*
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Chapter & Verse Gardner heist: Journalist Ulrich Boser discusses the history behind the famous theft
Will the paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ever reappear? Boser addresses these and other questions about the heist, including the plan the thieves may have had and why Boston takes the theft so personally.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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23 years after $500 million art heist, a breakthrough
FBI says it knows who pulled off the 1990 art heist at Boston's Isabella Steward Gardner Museum. The stolen Rembrandt, Manet, and other art works were taken to Connecticut and Philadelphia after the heist.
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11 essential books for dog lovers
Here are 11 must-read books for dog lovers.
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Spiritual stewards
A Christian Science perspective.
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Earworms and the 'mononymous' phenomenon
Doing a spell-check on a pop singer's name, the Monitor's language columnist is reminded how writers can get words, as well as music, 'stuck' in their ears.
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Something we should stop having done
A news story from London's National Gallery illustrates the trouble with something people say every day.
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Picasso painting stolen in Greece during art heist
A Picasso and a Mondrian were stripped from their frames at Greece's biggest state art museum.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/25/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/11/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
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Bestselling books the week of 8/04/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
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Bestselling books the week of 7/28/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
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Stealing Rembrandts, by Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg
The stranger-than-fiction truth about how and why the works of Rembrandt are so frequently stolen
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Bestselling books the week of 7/14/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
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Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother
This uneven collection of essays highlights Schama’s charm but tries to cover too much ground.
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Royal wedding: So who owns the crown jewels?
Royal wedding puts spotlight on a family that has plenty of assets. But most of those on display during the royal wedding are owned by the government.
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Bestselling books the week of 9/2/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/26/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/12/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/5/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 7/29/10 according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Gallery: Famous art heists
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more.
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Thanksgiving Day: Pilgrims were a surprisingly worldly, tolerant lot
Pilgrims who braved the Mayflower were profoundly shaped by their 11 years in Leiden, Netherlands, where they arrived 400 years ago this year. Deeply devout, they were also some of the most tolerant among Puritan groups who headed to the new world.
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