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Short Takes
Reviews in brief: Billy Crystal writes about his lengthy career; Karima Bennoune chronicles moderate Muslims’ fight against religious extremists
Books
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BOOKS
Short Takes
Reviews in brief: Billy Crystal writes about his lengthy career; Karima Bennoune chronicles moderate Muslims’ fight against religious extremists
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BOOKS
Lee Smith’s new book, ‘Guests on Earth,’ takes up the story of Zelda Fitzgerald and her fateful stay at Highland Hospital in Asheville.
Lee Smith’s new novel, “Guests on Earth,” is the memoir of a fictional character whose experience not only intersects but also in many ways resembles the real life of Zelda Fitzgerald, illuminating “the very thin line between sanity and insanity.”
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BOOKS
Alice Munro's quiet, precise works lead to Nobel Prize in literature
Alice Munro was nowhere to be found on Thursday morning when the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize in literature. The permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Peter Englund, had to leave her a voice mail. The short story writer surfaced briefly for a quick interview with the Canadian...
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BOOKS
Canada's Alice Munro wins Nobel literature prize
If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize, Alice Munro would probably win that, too.
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BUSINESS
Top 25: What corporate America is reading, September 2013
800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for September 2013, plus descriptions of the Top 10.
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BOOKS
Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize in literature
LOS ANGELES - Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
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BOOKS
The Romance Reader: 'Her Wyoming Hero'
"Her Wyoming Hero" by Rebecca Winters; Harlequin ($5.50, paperback)
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BOOKS
Dave Eggers' '1984'-esque 'The Circle' follows a young woman as she gives over her life to an Internet firm
"The Circle" by Dave Eggers; Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's ($27.95)
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BOOKS
Malcolm Gladwell explains the many advantages gained through adversity in uneven 'David and Goliath'
"David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants" by Malcolm Gladwell; Little, Brown and Co. ($29)
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