Monday, December 21, 2015

Pg. 69: Laurie Cass's "Pouncing on Murder"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass . About the book , from the publisher: Springtime in Chilson, Michigan, ...

Six top YA titles for Jane Austen fans

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At the B & N Teen Blog, Jenny Kawecki tagged six top Young Adult reads for Jane Austen fans , including: The Espressologist , by Kristin...

What is David A. Bell reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: David A. Bell , author of Napoleon: A Concise Biography . His entry begins: For work, I’m currently reading sou...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Wall Street Journal's top ten nonfiction books of 2015

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One of the Wall Street Journal 's top ten nonfiction books of the year: Mourning Lincoln by Martha Hodes Abraham Lincoln’s assassina...

Kim MacQuarrie's "The Last Days of the Incas," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie . The entry begins: I’m perhaps fortunate in that the FX Cha...

Ten top Christmas books

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Matt Haig 's newest book, A Boy Called Christmas , is out now in the UK. One of the author's top ten Christmas books, as shared at t...

Pg. 99: Miguel de Baca's "Memory Work: Anne Truitt and Sculpture"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Memory Work: Anne Truitt and Sculpture by Miguel de Baca . About the book , from the publisher: Memory Work...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Simon Sebag Montefiore's 6 favorite books

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As a historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore 's works include The Romanovs: 1613–1918 , Jerusalem: The Biography , Stalin: The Court of the Re...

What is Jonathan H. Ebel reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Jonathan H. Ebel , author of G.I. Messiahs: Soldiering, War, and American Civil Religion . His entry begins: Sho...

Top 5 Texas authors of 2015

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At MysteryPeople Scott Montgomery tagged the top five Texas authors of 2015 , including: Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider ...

Pg. 69: Julia Knight's "Warlords and Wastrels"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Warlords and Wastrels by Julia Knight . About the book , from the publisher: The epic conclusion to the fa...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Seven great novels depicting an environmental apocalypse

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At io9 Maddie Stone tagged seven great novels that show the real terrifying prospect of climate change , including: Odds Against Tomorrow b...

Pg. 99: Graeme Gill's "Building an Authoritarian Polity"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Building an Authoritarian Polity: Russia in Post-Soviet Times by Graeme Gill . About the book , from the pu...

What is Michael A. McDonnell reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Michael A. McDonnell , author of Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America . His entry be...

Emily Ross's "Half in Love with Death," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Half In Love With Death by Emily Ross . The entry begins: I’ve often fantasized about a movie of Half in...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Pg. 69: Mette Ivie Harrison's "His Right Hand"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: His Right Hand by Mette Ivie Harrison . About the book , from the publisher: In the follow-up to the contro...

Pg. 99: Alastair Bellany & Thomas Cogswell's "The Murder of King James I"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Murder of King James I by Alastair Bellany and Thomas Cogswell . About the book , from the publisher: A...

Ten top books about justice and redemption

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Jeffrey Lent 's novel A Slant of Light is a Washington Post Notable Book of 2015. One of the author's top ten books about justice ...

What is Paullina Simons reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Paullina Simons , author of Lone Star . Her entry begins: “There’s a panther stalks me down. One day I’ll have m...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Five sci-fi books with an Australian sensibility

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Jackie Hatton is the author of Flesh and Wires , a post-apocalyptic, post-alien novel that imagines women as the agents of their own destin...