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Historian Rick Atkinson digs deep into Revolutionary War

Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 10:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

As he researched the first volume of his planned American Revolution trilogy, Rick Atkinson traveled from the battlefields of Massachusetts to London's Windsor Castle, where he looked through the...

Expect the unexpected in 'The Never Game'

Monday, 10 June 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Never Game" (Putnam), by Jeffery Deaver In Jeffery Deaver's "The Never Game," Sophie doesn't fit the profile of a runaway, and her father believes she's been abducted. He offers a $10,000...

Peggy Townsend delivers outstanding second novel

Friday, 7 June 2019, 10:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Thin Edge" (Thomas & Mercer), by Peggy Townsend Journalist Peggy Townsend delivers an outstanding second novel about investigative reporter Aloa Snow that may overshadow her superb...

Tense 'If She Wakes' moves to a surprising finale

Thursday, 6 June 2019, 10:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"If She Wakes" (Little, Brown), by Michael Koryta Multi-award winning author Michael Koryta again shows his affinity for smoothly melding sophisticated action with solid character development...

Musician Ani DiFranco's memoir is raw and powerful

Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Ani DiFranco, "No Walls and the Recurring Dream" (Viking) Ani DiFranco has spent decades challenging the status quo, standing up for what she believes and creating honest, raw music. Her memoir...

Dustin Lance Black's memoir hooks readers quickly

Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 09:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas" (Knopf), by Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black's new memoir hooks readers right off the bat by describing the moment his beloved mother might...

An unusual poetic history of Malta

Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 09:06 Last update: about 8 years ago

Pranzu statali: Meta Valletta Eighteen qajmet il-Mejtin Joseph W. Psaila, 2018 ISBN 978-99957-1-416-1; 219pp Author of the impressive 'Il-Purgatorju 360º (2014), a clever imitation...

David McCullough explores the pioneers in new book

Monday, 3 June 2019, 09:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West," by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster). When the Revolutionary War was over, and the Treaty of Paris had...

Chris Pavone's book centers on a single day in Paris

Friday, 31 May 2019, 11:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Paris Diversion" by Chris Pavone (Crown) The narrative in Chris Pavone's "The Paris Diversion" jumps back and forth between several characters in the course of a single day in...

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