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Six great books by Jess Walter
Critically acclaimed author Jess Walter is perhaps the best-known novelist from Spokane. His recent book "Beautiful Ruins" is a New York Times bestseller. Please read my brief descriptions of six of his books.
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Six great works of fiction by C.S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis became one of the most respected Christian apologists of his era thanks to scholarly works such as "Mere Christianity." He was also a popular fiction writer thanks to the Narnia books, his science fiction trilogy and other works featured on this list.
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The Science Behind Bigfoot and Other Monsters
The authors of a new book apply the scientific method to the study of some very elusive creatures.
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If You Like Books, You'll Like BookLikes
One way to really understand someone is to look at the books on their bookshelf. Here's a picture of mine and it's a picture of my soul.
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Two-Thirds of College Kids Think They’re Going to Change the World
But they’re cynical about the priorities of others at the same time.
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Biography Reveals Another Side of Salinger
The authors of the new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing’s greatest mysteries: What “The Catcher in the Rye” novelist was working on during the last half century of his life.
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Top 10 Most Beautiful Places to Read Books
Mark Twain said ““In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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Multi-billion dollar Ikea feud revealed in new book
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad was forced to hand over billions of dollars to his sons following a bitter family feud, according to a new book on the global furniture giant.
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King 'nervous' about Shining sequel
Stephen King has admitted he is nervous about the reaction to his forthcoming sequel to his novel The Shining.
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Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction
How will police use a gun that immobilizes its target but does not kill? What would people do with a device that could provide them with any mood they desire? What are the consequences of a massive, instant global communications network? Such questions are relevant to many technologies on the market today, but their first iterations appeared not in lab prototypes but in the pages of science fiction.
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Novel story: 14 little known facts about the writing of 1984
George Orwell's 1984 has been translated into sixty-five languages, yet is one of the world's top ten most banned books. What is it about this iconic novel, which has made it so widely read yet so subversive? To find out read these little known facts about the story of its creation.
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Stephen King slams Twilight franchise as 'tweenage porn'
Stephen King, the prolific and best-selling patriarch of the horror novel, has used a rare interview to express disdain for modern pretenders to his title, dismissing the Twilight franchise as "tweenager porn" and calling The Hunger Games dull and derivative.
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The woman who wrote Liberty Valance
Bob Greene says Dorothy Johnson wanted to break into the boy's club of writers of Westerns, and she did -- big time
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The Recipes of Iconic Authors: Jane Austen, Sylvia Plath, Roald Dahl, the Marquis de Sade & More
It comes as no surprise that Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, possessed a sweet tooth. Having dazzled young readers with visions of Cavity-Filling Caramels, Everlasting Gobstoppers, and snozzberry-flavored wallpaper, Dahl's candy of choice was the more pedestrian Kit-Kat bar.
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Study: Read Romance, Be Sensitive
Readers of fiction (romance more so than science fiction, suspense, or domestic) were better at picking up emotion in the eyes of others.
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A better way to die
My mother faced death on her own terms, and in doing so set a good example for all of us
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Studying How The Blind Perceive Race
Law professor Osagie Obasogie walked into a movie theater to see "Ray," a biopic about the musician Ray Charles, and walked out with a question that would drive eight years worth of research.
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From grief to grace: Wife of Amish schoolhouse shooter breaks her silence
Among the flowers and plants in Marie Monville’s sunny yard sits a rosebush, a gift from her first husband, Charlie.
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Author pleads: Please don't buy my new novel on Amazon
Jaime Clarke, a Boston-based author and independent bookstore owner, sends out a public plea for readers to resist buying his new novel from the e-commerce giant.
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More than half of American adults read books for pleasure in 2012
The good news: According to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts, more than half of American adults read books for pleasure in 2012. The bad news is that the percentage of adults reading works of literature -- in the NEA's definition, novels, short stories, poetry or plays -- has declined since 2008, returning to 2002 lows.
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