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Irish novelist Colum McCann a fan of Rooneys
Colum McCann, author of "TransAtlantic" and "Let the Great World Spin," speaks at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
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'Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe': the whole sad story, with affection
With hearty dollops of humor in a unique blend of travel writing, historiography and speculation, Simon Winder remains clear-eyed and witty.
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Lorrie Moore's 'Bark': What's so funny (about love and misery?)
The acclaimed writer's latest story collection explores the thin line between joking and crying.
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Susan Minot's 'Thirty Girls' brings Kony's African atrocities into stark focus
Through her poignant fiction, Susan Minot relays the experiences of children captured by the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa.
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Was Robert Frost a monster? New letters compilation offers insights
Edinboro University professor Donald Sheehy is an editor of a groundbreaking collection of letters by the poet.
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How do you sell that book after you have written it?
Thousands of writers address challenges of marketing their own books in the face of dwindling publishers' funds at a conference in Seattle.
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Children's Corner: 'Mr. Wuffles' and 'Daisy Gets Lost' both charm
Caldecott winners David Wiesner and Chris Raschka's most recent books will enchant younger readers.
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'This Land That I Love': The parallel lives of two American anthems
John Shaw's book finds commonalities in Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
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'The Sun and Other Stars': the redemptive power of soccer
Set in the Italian Riviera, Brigid Pasulka's novel is about love, life, death and everything else
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'Sorrow': a harrowing tale of sex abuse and revenge
Catherine Gammon's unsettling novel asks a great deal of its readers, exploring ripples of pain that radiate from years of abuse.
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'HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton': this year's model?
National political writers Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes reveal how Clinton used her position to forge "a new narrative" about herself.
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'Demon Camp': A revealing look at the torment of a war veteran
Jennifer Percy explores the world of a special operations soldier, suffering from PTSD, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Lombard author to talk at screening
Author to speak at screening of the movie "My Man Godfrey" on Tuesday at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, 416 W. North Ave.,
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Lean plot bubbles with tension in strange 'Annihilation'
The first installment of Jeff VanderMeer's trilogy of terror
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'Still Life With Bread Crumbs': Anna Quindlen explores new chapters in the life of a 60-year-old woman
Anna Quindlen's seventh novel sounds like a book for art lovers or foodies but is an engaging story.
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'The Good Luck of Right Now': What happens when a 38-year-old virgin gets a life
Matthew Quick established himself as a master chronicler of broken characters in "Silver Linings Playbook." He continues that formula here.
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'Another America': The cautionary tale of Liberia
The folly of the 19th-century back-to-Africa movement is illustrated by the African nation founded by African-Americans.
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'A Man Above Reproach' by Pittsburgh author Evelyn Pryce: on beyond genre
A Regency Romance, it is about two people finding love. But like the characters, there is more to this story than its genre may suggest.
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Author wants children to follow their dreams
Children's book author and illustrator Shane Evans will speak at the Hill House's Kaufmann Center on Sunday.
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Guilt imprisons a teen with a secret in novel "Ketchup Clouds"
Annabel Pitcher's second novel, "Ketchup Clouds," goes straight to the heart.
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Literacy initiative encourages Allegheny County to hit the books
Events will be hosted at nearly 30 locations around Allegheny County at local schools and public libraries.
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2Do: Cultural events scheduled for the upcoming week
Soprano Renee Fleming hits town; Chamber pop group San Fermin at the Warhol; Author Daniel Beaty at City Theatre.
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'The Burglary' details a daring break-in at an FBI office in 1971
On March 8, 1971 eight anti-Vietnam War protesters broke into an FBI office in Media, Pa., and stole hundreds of documents.
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Author holds a mirror up to literature in 'My Life in Middlemarch"
For British-born Ms. Mead, the defining narrative of her life has been "Middlemarch," George Eliot's 1874 masterpiece.
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A great Native American warrior chief emerges in book about Red Cloud
The rise of Red Cloud to prominence is not just Sioux history but American history, too.
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'A Star for Mrs. Blake': A moving novel unveils a tomb full of tears
April Smith's latest centers on mourning and motherhood after the Great War.
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'The Prince of Risk': Wolves of Wall Street roam in Christopher Reich's latest
Reich's niche is high finance, and though the details of making money may seem dull, his ninth novel is a textbook example of a page-turner.
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White House reporter returned to her 'House at Sugar Beach'
Helene Cooper, White House correspondent for The New York Times, cannot leave Liberia behind.
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'An Officer and a Spy,' by Robert Harris
Robert Harris' book "An Officer and a Spy" unravels doctored evidence of Dreyfus affair.
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'Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War,' by Robert M. Gates
Former Secretary of Defense shines a light on a decade of conflict
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'Death of a Nightingale,' by Lene Kaaberol and Agnete Friis.
Confusing narrative bogs down Danish duo's mystery.
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Pat Conroy puts Santini to rest
Anyone who has read a Pat Conroy book knows that the author is very familiar with dysfunctional families. Tolstoy's belief that "every
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2Do: Cultural events scheduled for the coming week
White House correspondent Helene Cooper; Tuesday Musical Club performance and Cirque Zuma Zuma all scheduled for the coming week.
4 weeks ago
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