"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom."
—Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd US President, Democrat
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Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:08:00 -0400
After years trying to conceive, novelist Jennifer Gilmore and her husband decided to adopt. What they thought would be a relatively simple process was instead a long and painful one. In her latest novel, Gilmore channels these autobiographical experiences into fiction.
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After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive
Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:00 -0400
On an icy night in 1984, a commuter plane crashed in the wilderness. Six passengers died, but four survived: the pilot, a politician, a policeman and a prisoner. Carol Shaben's Into the Abyss describes their fight to make it through that frigid night alive.
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Courtside Chemistry: How NBA's Phil Jackson Won 'Eleven Rings'
Tue, 21 May 2013 03:08:00 -0400
Jackson is famous for his philosophical take on basketball and for the many stars he led to championship triumphs. He taught his players yoga and gave them assigned reading — but also pushed them to intensely practice fundamental skills. His new book looks back on a legendary coaching career.
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Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due
Sun, 19 May 2013 16:09:00 -0400
John Williams' Stoner sold just 2,000 copies when it was originally published in 1965. It's now acknowledged as a classic work, is a best-seller across Europe and the No. 1 novel in the Netherlands.
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Unacceptable Anger From 'The Woman Upstairs'
Sun, 19 May 2013 16:09:00 -0400
"Women's anger is very scary to people," author Claire Messud says. Her new novel, The Woman Upstairs, features a seething main character, a young woman whose anger is unsettling.
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Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest
Sun, 19 May 2013 05:41:00 -0400
Khaled Hosseini's new novel, like his two earlier works, is set partly in Afghanistan — but this time, political turmoil isn't a major element of the plot. Instead, And The Mountains Echoed is a story of a family's loss that spans decades and continents.
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Stories Of Hope Amid America's 'Unwinding'
Sun, 19 May 2013 05:41:00 -0400
When the factory she worked at closed down, Tammy Thomas reinvented herself as a community organizer; and when Dean Price's truck stop business went belly up, he became a champion of biofuel. In a new book, George Packer examines how ordinary people are adapting to a new America.
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'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out
Sat, 18 May 2013 16:41:00 -0400
Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle — and now faces a potential retrial. Knox tells her story in a new memoir.
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Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'
Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:00 -0400
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
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'That's That': A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland
Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:00 -0400
Colin Broderick's new memoir, That's That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day "Troubles." Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him at the time.
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Author Elliott Holt Says: 'Go West, Young Woman'
Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400
In this Q&A, author Elliott Holt discusses her six favorite novels about expatriates. She also talks about what it's like to be in your 20s, and the importance of travel and exploration.
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'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes
Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:00 -0400
Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.
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Resetting the Theory of Time
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400
Generations of physicists have claimed that time is an illusion. But not all agree. In his book Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that time exists--and he says time is key to understanding the evolution of the universe.
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Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400
A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says insects offer a huge potential for improving the world's food security. Peter Menzel, co-author of Man Eating Bugs, describes some insect-based cuisine and the western aversion to creepy-crawly snacks.
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When Great Scientists Got It Wrong
Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400
In Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein, astrophysicist Mario Livio explores the colossal errors committed by scientific greats, from chemist Linus Pauling's botched model of DNA, to Charles Darwin's failure to understand genetics--the very mechanism of natural selection.
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