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Best-sellers
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
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Book review: ‘The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee’
Did the reclusive Harper Lee cooperate with Marja Mills’ memoir or is it a work of fiction? Readers may never know.
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Book reviews: ‘Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me’
Celebrity-watcher Rachel Bertsche on the ‘Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time’
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Book review: ‘The High Druid’s Blade: The Defenders of Shannara’
Terry Brooks’ latest fantasy offering will captivate readers.
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This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, July 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Nielsen BookScan (c) 2014, The Nielsen Co.
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Gov. McCrory says poet laureate position shouldn't be limited to cultural elites
In defending his choice of a self-published poet to represent North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory said the poet laureate position shouldn't be limited to cultural elites.
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Nelson Algren Award win caps storybook period for Ben Hoffman
On a Saturday afternoon that dripped with sticky June heat, author Ben Hoffman and his groomsmen readied for his impending nuptials in Chicago's West Loop by basking in his hotel suite's air conditioning and a few moments of tranquility, a respite from the wedding day frenzy. With just about four...
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'Stay with Me' a heart-wrenching tale of disappearance
"Stay with Me" by Alison Gaylin; Harper (384 pages, $5.99)
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'Song of the Shank' celebrates a unique American musician
"Song of the Shank: A Novel" by Jeffery Renard Allen; Graywolf (570 pages, $18)
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Nadine Gordimer offered a model of how to use books as social force
Nadine Gordimer, who died Sunday at age 90, understood the power of writing as a moral force. Not only in terms of literature (although that too) but also politically, in a country - apartheid-era South Africa - where such commitment carried a high price.
