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Brooke Shields writes of life with her mother

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:02 Last update: about 13 years ago

Brooke Shields, the iconic model-actress-Princeton grad, entered the literary scene in 2005 with her memoir about postpartum depression. This time, she sheds light on the relationship she shared with...

Baldacci's new novel thrills _ and tugs at heart

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 15:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

One of the most compelling characters in David Baldacci's thrillers is John Puller, a crackerjack investigator of military crimes. In "The Forgotten" and "Zero Day," readers learned that Puller has an...

Richard Ford brings back Frank Bascombe

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 14:31 Last update: about 13 years ago

When the final novel in the Frank Bascombe trilogy was published in 2007, its author made it plain that a fourth book about the introspective sportswriter-turned-real estate broker wasn't even a...

Rare Steinbeck WWII story finally published

Saturday, 29 November 2014, 14:30 Last update: about 13 years ago

In July 1944, Orson Welles wrapped up one of his wartime radio broadcasts with a brief, emotional reading of one of the country's favorite authors, John Steinbeck. The piece was titled "With Your...

Preston & Childs return with 'Blue Labyrinth'

Friday, 28 November 2014, 14:29 Last update: about 13 years ago

A family secret over 100 years old comes back to haunt FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's latest thriller, "Blue Labyrinth." A knock on Pendergast's door...

Jerry Lee Lewis: Sustained by brief blaze of glory

Thursday, 27 November 2014, 14:28 Last update: about 13 years ago

"Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story" (Harper), by Rick Bragg Jerry Lee Lewis was a Louisiana-born supernova who helped create rock 'n' roll and raced toward stardom in the 1950s until his marriage to...

Hockney biographer publishes second, final volume

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 14:26 Last update: about 13 years ago

More than halfway through the second volume of his vivid, intimate biography of British artist David Hockney, Christopher Simon Sykes describes the moment in the 1980s when Hockney discovers the...

Malta on the silver screen

Monday, 24 November 2014, 15:29 Last update: about 13 years ago

Malta and Gozo have served as a backdrop in scores of films since the first recorded instance of movie-making on the islands took place in 1925. Sometimes the islands have played themselves and...

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