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... intelligence and great capacity for caring. Known for her love of all literature, from children's books to popular fiction to the finer works, Terry also had impeccable taste in antiques and home decor. Her knowledge of antiques and the way she ... Comment?
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Between the Lines: Authors on the Move coming March 3
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... Public Library Foundation. The March 3 event offers attendees the rare opportunity to chat with authors of popular fiction and nonfiction. This year's theme is "The Plot Thickens: The Future of Libraries." Keynote speakers will be New York Times ... Comment?
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Double dose of Russell watercolors is revealing
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... rather than the rule. At this same time, though, an enchantment with the cowboy way of life was becoming the popular fiction, and East Coast publishing houses became regular clients, asking Russell for illustrations to accompany the ripping yarns. ... Comment?
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American-Born Comfortable Desi
... minorities in the United States. Identity has been explored in everything from scholarly articles to popular fiction, like Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake." Writers often chronicle the story of a second-generation American who is caught up in how best ... Comment?
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... right that Harris's hedgies are a welcome and realistic departure from the Masters of the Universe of most popular fiction. For one thing, these are the alpha geeks, the nerdy doctorate-holders whose testosterone is channeled into equations instead ... Comment?
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The shrinking human factor in a machine-to-machine economy
... his novel is set. His hedgies are a welcome and realistic departure from the "masters of universe" of most popular fiction. And he knows his super-rich. As they are being wooed to make a billion-dollar investment, an international group of investors ... Comment?
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Blown Away by Jules Verne's Space Cannon G Forces
... the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon . The latter is one of the earliest depictions of space travel in popular fiction, featuring a capsule shot out of a cannon. It seems absurd by modern standards, but there's a hint of solid science underneath ... Comment?
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COLUMN-Rise of the machines-Chrystia Freeland
... right that Harris's hedgies are a welcome and realistic departure from the Masters of the Universe of most popular fiction. For one thing, these are the alpha geeks, the nerdy doctorate-holders whose testosterone is channeled into equations instead ... Comment?
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... for instance, that if beautiful, Rousseau-reading prostitutes were as abundant in society as they are in popular fiction then we would all be doomed to immorality. However, Miller's novel aspires to more than the evocation of the City of Light ... Comment?
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... of liquid fire" sprang up in his direction, and he took off, running nonstop for three miles. The most popular fiction work to come from the volcano is Bulwer Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii , an entertaining and silly potboiler injecting ... Comment?
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Readers win with 'Heads you Lose'
... Lutz claims Hayward is too ephemeral with his high-art references and Hayward digs at her streamlined popular fiction style. Characters change drastically based on the chapter, from an ex-stripper with a genius IQ to the dreamy doctor who is new in ... Comment?
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Diary was no wimpy kid on library's lending list
... branches, with plans to expand the program across the system later this year. Despite the focus on current popular fiction, Bennett admits her name, the same as a character in Jane Austin's wildly popular classic Pride and Prejudice, might seem ... Comment?
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As Kindles, Nooks spread, local borrowing of e-books increases
... a lot of money on (e-book) nonfiction materials. Most of my people who are using e-materials are reading popular fiction, so that's where I'd put most of my money." That means your library may not have a book you're looking for in e-book form, even ... Comment?
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Diary was no wimpy kid on library's lending list
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... branches, with plans to expand the program across the system later this year. Despite the focus on current popular fiction, Bennett admits her name, the same as a character in Jane Austin's wildly popular classic Pride and Prejudice, might seem ... Comment?
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The Tinley Park Public Library, Part II
... get to the library building. A mobile branch of the library, it contains a collection of children and adult popular fiction, seasonal non-fiction, popular videocassettes, DVDs, books on tape, magazines, and CDs. Books can be borrowed and loans can ... Comment?
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The Doll: The Lost Short Stories
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Daphne du Maurier is regarded as one of the early influences and shapers of popular fiction, including genres such as suspense and horror. Comment?
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The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day was a monument to evil sitting...
... as a result The Stand is simply brilliant. I believe it will be taught in schools some day as an example of popular fiction used to deconstruct modern fears with old school myth-building. I'm pretty sure I saw Tobe Hooper's TV movie of Salem's Lot ... Comment?
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Murder, Intrigue, the Quad: A Mystery
... for more than half his life: he worked as a journalist for 11 years before switching, 10 years ago, to popular fiction. Although Mars says much of contemporary French literature is focused on attaining literary awards like the prestigious Prix ... Comment?
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What Are They Reading for Fun?: Memoirs, Historical Fiction, & More
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... gets checked out a few times a year. Suzanne Collins's "The Hunger Games" (Scholastic) is by far our most popular fiction series right now, but Matched (2010) and Crossed (2011, both Dutton), the first two books in Ally Condie's futuristic trilogy, ... Comment?
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... readers, echoing stories of abduction in the news (a lA Jaycee Dugard, and her memoir A Stolen Life ) or popular fiction (think of Emma Donoghue's Alex Award-winning Room ). The first 6 chapters of Little Girl Gone are available on the author's ... Comment?
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