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Romancing A Mystery by Evelyn Cullet
Arts & Entertainment
June 20, 2010
• Paperback: 354 pages • Publisher: Outskirts Press (November 27, 2009) • Language: English • ISBN-10: 1432746669 • ISBN...
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Author spotlight: Tom Piccirilli
Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 2010
Every once in a while a reader happens upon a book that truly stands out. It might be the particular story which speaks to them; other times it...
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Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Arts & Entertainment
February 9, 2010
What does it feel like to suffer from Alzheimer’sdisease? That is the question answered in this wonderful work by Lisa Genova. Originally...
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600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster
Arts & Entertainment
February 5, 2010
Edward Stanton has a mental illness. Sequestered in his small house, he chooses to distance himself from the outside world. Also estranged for the...
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Crafting killer first lines in fiction
Arts & Entertainment
September 4, 2009
You only get one chance to make a first impression. And quite often, you only have one line to sell your book.Say you're at a bookstore. Take a...
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Social minded fiction entries soon to be accepted for Bellwether Prize
Arts & Entertainment
August 17, 2009
The Bellwether Prize.established by author Barbara Kingsolver, has been awarded in even-numbered years for the past decade. “My hope is that...
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‘The Street Sweeper’ burdened with ponderous history lectures
Contemporary Literature
January 30, 2012
(Current fiction and quality fiction of the past.)“The Street Sweeper” (Riverhead-Penguin) by Elliot Perlman tells rather than shows...
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Academics resurrect Cortázar’s ‘Hopscotch’ for cyber studies
Contemporary Literature
January 30, 2012
(Current fiction and quality fiction of the past.)By actual count there are about 50 novels that could be labeled “cyberpunk” as...
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‘The Sheltering Sky’ gave Paul Bowles a name he lived up to
Contemporary Literature
January 29, 2012
(Current fiction and quality fiction of the past.)"During the middle of the day it was no longer the sun alone that persecuted from above ...
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Midnight in Austenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale
Book Review
January 28, 2012
Midnight in Austenland: the Novel by Shannon Hale is the second book about Austenland, a magical place where the company is genteel and romance is...
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