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A physician's story about pushing against the medical profession to seek proper cancer treatment. A UPMC doc nailed the right diagnosis.
UPMC’s Barry Schaitkin was one of the few doctors who paid attention to Sajjad Iqbal’s symptoms and research, as recalled in a memoir.
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Picture this: A coffee-table book about Pittsburgh potties?
Ted Zellers believes that Pittsburgh potties are an “intimate piece of Americana that deserve to be memorialized.”
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'The Ready-Made Thief': an inventive debut thriller about art and tech
Augustus Rose’s thriller is a literary exploration of subjects ranging from alchemy and art to the unseen lives of teenagers.
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Nick Mason is back and looking for a way out in 'Exit Strategy'
Steve Hamilton’s sequel to “The Second Life of Nick Mason” is full of twists, turns and testosterone.
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'The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.': a science fiction thriller of magic, history, witches and modern terrors
Time traveling scientists with the help of witches attempt to reclaim lost knowledge while the government causes the timeline to fray.
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Young adult book review: 'Night Witches' takes flight
Author Kathryn Lasky sets a fictional heroine in the true story of the all-female Soviet night bomber regiment during World War II.
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A Syrian author drove a Chicago taxi for nearly a decade. Now, he's back to writing.
Osama Alomar is writer-in-residence at City of Asylum, which provides a haven for exiled writers.
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Brian O'Neill: There's a Billie Board on Bigelow Boulevard
The question is, “Who is Pittsburgh’s premier poet?” For the answer, go to the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Herron Avenue.
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'Broken Scales' tells tales of wrongs, travesties and miscarriages of justice
Joel Cohen trains his unsparing lens on cases where injustice was done, or may have been done.
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'Golden Hill' is a twisty tale of a man who may (or may not) be a con artist
The plot of Francis Spufford’s book offers twist after twist until the final one emerges, a wholly unexpected surprise.
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‘Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency’: a fair look at the president’s main man
A balanced look at the intellectual underpinnings of the election and at a right-wing rebel at the right hand of power — for the moment.
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Jeannette Walls' controversial book, 'The Glass Castle,' now a movie
Author of “The Glass Castle,” finally will see her award-winning book on the big screen.
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What to do this week: Aug. 6-12
Piano Day, the DTC Organ Trio and author Niki Kapsambelis are on tap this week.
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The latest installment of the 'Shadowhunter Chronicles' arrives
Cassandra Clare’s latest book, “Lord of Shadows,” picks up from “Lady Midnight’s” cliffhanger ending.
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Amelia Gray's novel examines the life and tragedies of Isadora Duncan
“Isadora” is a beautifully observed and scrupulously researched look into the drowning of her children and its devastating aftermath.
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'House of Spies' alternates between terrorism and tourism
Daniel Silva’s book is the thrilling 17th installment of the Gabriel Allon, Israeli intelligence agent series.
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'The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK' by John Bohrer
The evolution of Bobby Kennedy from JFK’s faithful attorney general to a man of conscience determined to extend and even go beyond his
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What to do this week: July 30-Aug. 5
Colombian Harpist Melba Janneth Rey Rey, the “Bring It! Live” tour and the Pittsburgh Underground Film Festival are on tap.
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Martin Walker's Bruno returns to serve up another plate of justice
Martin Walker’s 10th novel is a delightful mystery series featuring Bruno Courreges, chief of police of the fictional town of St. Denis.
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Mark Levin's warmed over patriotism falls flat
In his new book, Mark R. Levin treats his version of the truth as so self-evident that he need not support it with fact.
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Journalist Dan Egan explores how the modern world impacts the Great Lakes
Despite their vastness and spectacular beauty, the Great Lakes are ecologically fragile and facing threats warns Mr. Egan.
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Pittsburgh artist: Grand dame of pulp fiction covers
New York native Gloria Stoll Karn was a pioneer female pulp magazine cover artist in the 1940s before moving to Pittsburgh.
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5 portraits uncovered at old Carnegie Library
Five of 25 large portraits painted by Elizabeth Black in the 1940s for the North Side Carnegie Library are revealed by a construction crew.
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Book briefs: Cartoonist Jim Rugg extends the legend of hellraiser
Cartoonists Jim Rugg and Ed Piskor will appear at Oakland’s Carnegie Library as part of the library's summer author series.
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'The Dying Detective' spins the tale of a Swedish cold case
In Leif GW Persson’s latest novel, detective Lars Martin Johanssson returns in what could be his last case.
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Gene Kelly: La La Land's one-man dance party
Sisters Cynthia and Sara Brideson craft an exhaustive biography of East Liberty native Gene Kelly.
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A family with supernatural powers gets into trouble in Daryl Gregory's latest novel
At the heart of “Spoonbenders,” is the tangled, sprawling web that families weave together.
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