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Best kidbooks of all time?
Parent and Child magazine comes up with a list--and it's not bad, but you and I both know that many titles are missing. Updated: 11:45 AM
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It can now be told: Cheryl Strayed is 'Dear Sugar'
Minnesota author is the brains and the words behind the popular Rumpus advice column.
Full storyFull story Updated: Feb. 15, 2012 - 12:17 PM
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REVIEW: Growing up and breaking free
BOOK REVIEW: Deborah Feldman's memoir, "Unorthodox," gives an unprecedented view into a Hasidic community that few outsiders ever experience.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 14, 2012 - 02:34 PM
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The most romantic stories ever.
You read, and re-read, certain books because of the powerful way they make you feel about the characters, and how thrilled you are when they finally get together.
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'A Wrinkle in Time' turns 50 today.
Madeleine L'Engle's classic book, which won the Newbery Award in 1963, was rejected by 26 publishers and almost never made it to print.
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Memoir steeped in violence, forgiveness
When Andre Dubus III began writing about his bleak childhood, he realized he had to reveal his family's secrets.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 13, 2012 - 06:57 AM
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NONFICTION: "Behind the Beautiful Forevers," by Katherine Boo
The virtuosic account of children who, in the shadow of luxury, must become garbage pickers, scavengers and thieves to survive.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 11, 2012 - 08:32 PM
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FICTION: "The Healing," by Jonathan Odell
A woman with healing powers helps empower a group of slaves.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 11, 2012 - 05:46 PM
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MEMOIR: "Bringing Up Bebe," by Pamela Druckerman.
The secrets of parenting, French-style
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more from books
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NONFICTION: "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom," by Stephen R. Platt
The story of China's lengthy Taiping Civil War, and its connection to Great Britain.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2012 - 05:46 PM
- SHORT STORIES: "The Odditorium," by Melissa Pritchard
- Bestseller about a dying man changed journalist's life
- Governor's Mansion hits 100. In celebration--free books for schools!
- FICTION: "Three Weeks in December," by Audrey Schulman
- THE BOOKMARK: The latest from the local scene
- A strong lineup, all year, for Banfill-Locke series.
- Writer Denis Johnson to speak at UM in April
- National bestsellers for week ended Jan. 28
- REVIEW: Lyrical essays on growth
- Tiger Mom has a few regrets
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The Browser: A quick look at recent releases
"Alice in Bed," by Cathleen Schine, and "A Burial at Sea," by Charles Finch
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 6, 2012 - 06:29 AM
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Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday
He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
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FICTION: "The Snow Child," by Eowyn Ivey
An older couple try to tame a child of the wilderness.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 4, 2012 - 04:52 PM
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Author Jeffrey Zaslow killed in car accident
Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in northern Michigan. He was 53.
Full story Full storyUpdated: Feb. 11, 2012 - 08:31 AM
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