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8 best books of May: Amazon editors choose
It's the month of Mother's Day, commencement addresses, cookouts, and the Indianapolis 500 – not quite summer but deep into spring. What should you be reading? If you ask the Amazon editors, here's what they will tell you are the very best titles of May 2011.
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10 best novels about the US Civil War
It was 150 years ago this week that Confederate troops fired on a federal fort in Charleston harbor and began the violent four-year struggle in which Americans raised arms against Americans. The history books can tell us much about the trauma of war, but for those who prefer the emotional truths that can be conveyed by a good novel, here are 10 classic stories of the US Civil War.
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St. Patrick's Day: 5 great books that celebrate Ireland
What should you read on St. Patrick's Day? If you're hoping to celebrate Ireland with a book in hand, the hardest part will be figuring out which one, as the Emerald Isle has long been a wildly prolific source of inspiration to writers. And so to my earlier list of 10 best books about Ireland (which I still stand by), I can easily add five more.
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7 books to help you understand Libya
What to read for background on Libya? The shelves of English-language libraries and bookstores are not exactly crammed with options. However, there are a handful of works – from histories to fiction to travel literature – which offer a good general grounding in the country's background and culture. Here, at least for starters, are some interesting suggestions.
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NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010
All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.
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Chapter & Verse
Cheney's memoir: few apologies, some evasion, and critical words for Condi Rice
An early review of Cheney's "In My Time" suggests that readers of the memoir will react more with frustration than with anger.
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"Once Upon a River," by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Campbell's plucky heroine, Margo, carves out her own epic on the Stark and Kalamazoo rivers.
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The Reading Promise
A father reads out loud to his daughter – 3,218 nights in a row.
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Strings Attached
Teens (and their parents) will love Judy Blundell’s stylish noir thriller set in 1950s New York.
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8 best books of May: Amazon editors choose
It's the month of Mother's Day, commencement addresses, cookouts, and the Indianapolis 500 – not quite summer but deep into spring. What should you be reading? If you ask the Amazon editors, here's what they will tell you are the very best titles of May 2011.
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Classic review: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
This dryly delightful debut novel is the most endearing love story I've read in a long time.
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10 best novels about the US Civil War
It was 150 years ago this week that Confederate troops fired on a federal fort in Charleston harbor and began the violent four-year struggle in which Americans raised arms against Americans. The history books can tell us much about the trauma of war, but for those who prefer the emotional truths that can be conveyed by a good novel, here are 10 classic stories of the US Civil War.
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St. Patrick's Day: 5 great books that celebrate Ireland
What should you read on St. Patrick's Day? If you're hoping to celebrate Ireland with a book in hand, the hardest part will be figuring out which one, as the Emerald Isle has long been a wildly prolific source of inspiration to writers. And so to my earlier list of 10 best books about Ireland (which I still stand by), I can easily add five more.
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Townie
Dad may be an acclaimed writer at the nearby college – but that doesn't prevent these kids from growing up unwashed and underfed.
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Classic review: In the Country of Men
This powerful novel about a 9-year-old boy and his absent father offers an unnerving portrait of life in the Libya of Muammar Qaddafi.
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7 books to help you understand Libya
What to read for background on Libya? The shelves of English-language libraries and bookstores are not exactly crammed with options. However, there are a handful of works – from histories to fiction to travel literature – which offer a good general grounding in the country's background and culture. Here, at least for starters, are some interesting suggestions.
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A Widow’s Story
After 48 years of happy marriage, Joyce Carol Oates experiences widowhood.
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NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010
All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.
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Chapter & Verse
5 questions about teaching ethics to kids
Rushworth Kidder, author of "Good Kids, Tough Choices," talks about the vital challenge of helping children develop moral fiber.
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Classic review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
"The Jane Austen Book Club" meets "84 Charing Cross Road."
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Harry Potter: A chronology
As the world waits for the Nov. 19 release of Harry Potter film No. 7 ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 1), it's fun to remember Harry as he's been revealed to us through the years.
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Best of 2010 book lists
"Best books of 2010" – here come the lists, earlier than ever this year.
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Classic review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
What better way to prepare for the movie than to read the book again?
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"Running the Books": Avi Steinberg talks about life as a prison librarian
Memoirist Avi Steinberg reflects on the humor, sadness, scariness, and "just utter strangeness" of working in a prison.
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Growing Up Laughing
Marlo Thomas remembers her own childhood even as she asks top comics: “How did you become funny?”
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"Twain's Feast" author Andrew Beahrs talks about Mark Twain's dream dinner
"Twain's Feast" explores the 80 uniquely American menu items for which Mark Twain yearned while abroad.
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Colum McCann wins the first annual Medici Book Club Prize
Colum McCann's novel "Let the Great World Spin" wins a $5,000 prize celebrating the power of book club selections.
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"Phantom Tollbooth" creators return with "The Odious Ogre"
"Phantom Tollbooth" fans rejoice: After 50 years, Juster and Feiffer have a new book.
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"Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen: a review roundup
"Freedom" has got everybody talking about Jonathan Franzen.
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"Mockingjay" reviews: how fares the summer's most anticipated book?
"Mockingjay" may be the best thing to happen to publishers this season.
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