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Review: 'Arthur Ashe,' by Raymond Arsenault
NONFICTION: A biography of tennis star Arthur Ashe presents the full range of his extraordinary life.
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Review: 'The Line That Held Us,' by David Joy
FICTION: After an accidental death, the stakes rise and the dead man's brother seeks retribution.
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Review: 'Dog Symphony,' by Sam Munson
FICTION: An American travels to Buenos Aires and becomes swept up in the city's bizarre infestation of stray dogs.
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Review: 'The Last Englishmen: Love, War and the End of Empire," by Deborah Baker
NONFICTION: A fascinating account of the push to climb Everest and the last days of the British Empire in India.
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How can we reverse the steady decline of reading by teens?
Reading makes us smarter. Not reading, I'm afraid, makes us dumber. Can wonderful books and smart, savvy writers solve this problem?
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Review: 'The Diary of a Bookseller,' by Shaun Bythell
NONFICTION: A cranky Scottish bookseller records a year in the life of his shop.
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William Kent Krueger's 'Desolation Mountain' features a dead senator and dark plots
FICTION: In the 17th Cork O'Connor mystery, a Minnesota politician dies in an Iron Range plane crash and foul play is suspected.
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Review: 'So Much Life Left Over,' by Louis de Bernieres
FICTION: A rich novel follows the lives of a range of characters.
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Review: 'Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear,' by Kim Brooks
NONFICTION: Kim Brooks explores what happens when parenting is governed by fear.
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Review: 'Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road,' by Kate Harris
NONFICTION: In this compelling travel memoir, history and self and place get all mixed into an expression of an explorer's desire.
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Review: 'Ohio,' by Stephen Markley
FICTION: Four Ohioans confront their pasts, and Rust Belt economic decline, in this ambitious debut.
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