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This Just In… Facing the Dragon: A Vietnam War Mystery Thriller by Philip Derrick

On October 15, 2018 by admin

January 1970. Just over a week ago James Peterson was a high school freshman whose biggest worry was passing his geometry class. Now he’s in South Vietnam impersonating an army paratrooper. He’s not there for glory, but to make up for his…

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Sunburst Award for “Books of the Fantastic”

On October 15, 2018 by admin

Eden Robinson has been awarded the Copper Cylinder Award, a prize given annually for Canadian literature of the fantastic, selected by members of the Sunburst Award Society for books published during the previous year. Additionally, the 2018 Copper Cylinder Young Adult Award…

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Fiction: <i>Chupacabra Meets Billy the Kid</i> by Rudolfo Anaya

Fiction: Chupacabra Meets Billy the Kid by Rudolfo Anaya

On September 12, 2018 by admin

Chupacabra Meets Billy the Kid (University of Oklahoma Press) is the third installment in Rudolfo Anaya’s ChupaCabra series, following up on 2006’s Curse of the ChupaCabra and ChupaCabra and the Roswell UFO from 2008. The stalwart protagonist of the series, Rosa Medina,…

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Cookbooks: <i>Pretty Simple Cooking</i> by Sonja and Alex Overhiser

Cookbooks: Pretty Simple Cooking by Sonja and Alex Overhiser

On September 11, 2018 by admin

In a culture where fewer and fewer people are able to cook for themselves, cookbooks that can tackle simple food prep and make it easy are more and more important. In Sonja and Alex Overhiser’s Pretty Simple Cooking (DaCapo Longlife) food is…

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Grief Becomes Us

On September 10, 2018 by admin

Two new titles out from Orca Books are aimed at helping kids deal with grief and death, albeit in very different ways. In After Life: Ways We Think About Death, author Merrie-Ellen Wilcox demystifies many of the things our culture has thrown…

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From Russia With Love

On September 10, 2018 by admin

In honor of Leo Tolstoy’s 190th birthday, the New Yorker devoted a good chunk of real estate to Russian literature. Six (including Tolstoy) of the most memorable of Russian writers are looked at including a look at the making of War and…

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Bob Woodward’s Fear

On September 5, 2018 by admin

A week before Bob Woodward’s Fear: Trump in the White House (Simon & Schuster) is due to drop, the book has reached the top spot on Amazon, while creating a storm on social media and in the news. Since the Washington Post…

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Philip Pullman on Magic and Poetry

On September 3, 2018 by admin

Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, His Dark Materials) spends some time at The Guardian this weekend, asking why we believe in magic. The result is beautiful. The universe of magic is a large place. It contains phenomena ranging from simple good luck…

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The Books You Haven’t Read Will Help You Live Longer

On September 2, 2018 by admin

That towering TBR pile next to your bed might help you live longer and better, that’s what experts are saying about all the books you’ve bought but haven’t yet gotten around to reading. From INC.: Lifelong learning will help you be happier,…

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Village Voice Ceases Editorial Operation

On August 31, 2018 by admin

The iconic 60-plus year old New York weekly, The Village Voice, has ceased editorial operations. From The Columbia Journalism Review, who also broke the story: THE VILLAGE VOICE IS SUSPENDING ALL EDITORIAL CONTENT and will lay off half its staff effective immediately,…

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