books
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Triumph and tragedy: "Guns at Last Light," by Rick Atkinson
The third book of Rick Atkinson’s World War II trilogy tells the stories of the generals and the GIs in... Updated May. 18, 2013
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Review: "Let the Dark Flower Blossom" by Norah Labiner is an elegant exploration of the power of stories
FICTION: An elegant exploration of the power of stories, wrapped inside a murder mystery.
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The Browser: "Imperial Dreams," "The Stranger"
A quick look at recent releases: "Imperial Dreams," by Tim Gallagher, and "The Stranger," by Camilla Lackberg.
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Minor-league baseball: At the intersection of hopes and dreams
A transcendent tale of a season with a scruffy minor-league baseball team in a scruffy minor-league town.
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Review: A delightful collection, "E.B. White on Dogs," edited by Martha White
Fred the dachshund was an important character in E.B. White’s essay “Death of a Pig.” He stood at White’s side...
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Review: "Strange Stones: Dispatches from the East and West," by Peter Hessler
NONFICTION: Wide-ranging essays, in which Hessler profiles a global basketball star, eats at a rat restaurant and walks the Great...
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Review: 'And the Mountains Echoed,' by Khaled Hosseini
FICTION: An Afghan family endures in the face of migration, poverty and war.
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Review: 'The Woman of Porto Pim,' by Antonio Tabucchi
FICTION: This unclassifiable and wildly inventive book will transport readers to an isolated Azores archipelago.
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Review: The story of "Bunker Hill,' vibrantly told by Nathaniel Philbrick
The history of the seminal battle, and the 1775 siege of Boston.
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more from books
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Review: "Jewelweed,” by David Rhodes
FICTION: A recently paroled man struggles to forgive the sins of his past, but is coaxed back to life by...
Updated May. 11, 2013
- Childhood innocence and adults' dark deeds fill "On Sal Mal Lane"
- Review: "Pacific" by Tom Drury
- Bookmark: ArtStart finalists to read Mississippi River poems
- Bart Plantega puts Wisconsin yodeling on the map
- REVIEW: "The Elimination,” by Rithy Panh with Christophe Bataille, translated by John Cullen.
- Seeing Sylvia Plath with fresh regard
- Legend of F. Scott Fitzgerald lives on
- THE BROWSER: "Tapestry of Fortunes,” by Elizabeth Berg, and "A White Wind Blew,” by James Markert
- Ethan Rutherford launches story collection at Micawber's
- REVIEW: "The Virtues of Poetry,’ by James Longenbach.
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REVIEW: "Ghost Moth,’ by Michele Forbes
A young singer falls into an affair against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles.
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REVIEW: "Red Moon,’ by Benjamin Percy.
The treatment of werewolves as second-class citizens brings about a revolution.
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REVIEW: "The Summer of Beer and Whiskey,’ by Edward Achorn
Nonfiction: Baseball may owe its survival to the 1883 pennant race and those who transformed a failing sport.
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REVIEW: "A Delicate Truth,’ by John LeCarre
FICTION: A botched operation, a coverup and a web of intrigue.
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