Monthly Archives: October 2008

Using fiction to send a message

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Teresa Cook

The books are about teenagers with real-life issues like popularity and weight loss, but the authors aren’t just writers. They are experts in adolescent development who are aiming to help their young readers live healthier lives. The Beacon Street Girls … Continue reading →

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“Pieces of my Heart” by Robert J. Wagner

Posted on October 16, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

Here is a review from one of our readers, Loretta Martin: Being the celebrity watcher that I am, I sometimes wait for years to find out the true story about what had really happened when a scandalous incident occurs. Around … Continue reading →

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Pa. book wins national gold medal

Posted on October 15, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

“The Horseshoe Curve: Sabotage and Subversion in the Railroad City” by Dennis P. McIlnay of Hollidaysburg received the Gold Medal as the Best Regional Nonfiction Book in the Mid-Atlantic Region from the Independent Association of America.

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King children in court with book deal on the line

Posted on October 15, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

The children of Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. faced off in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday. Their dispute over their mother’s personal papers could derail a lucrative book deal.

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Adiga wins Man Booker award

Posted on October 15, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

This just in from the Associated Press: LONDON — Aravind Adiga won the prestigious Man Booker award Tuesday for his first novel “The White Tiger.” Adiga won the $87,000 prize for his book about a protagonist who will use any … Continue reading →

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An ancient defense of western civilization

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Matt Eyer

Here’s hoping Cornell professor Barry Strauss, whose narrative history of the Trojan War I enjoyed immensely, keeps writing books. I recently read a similar history of his, “The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter that Saved Greece — and Western … Continue reading →

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“The Water’s Lovely” by Ruth Rendell

Posted on October 10, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

I’ve been a fan of English mystery writer Ruth Rendell since devouring one of her books lent to me by a friend years ago, “A Demon in My View.” It is one of Rendell’s excellent psychological thrillers. She also writes … Continue reading →

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A York connection

Posted on October 10, 2008 by nancy duncan

That was an unexpected find in Laura Lippman’s “What the Dead Know.”

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Massachusetts picks ‘epic novel’

Posted on October 10, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

This just in from the Associated Press: BOSTON — The question of whether to choose an official book for the state of Massachusetts made for a whale of a debate. The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill … Continue reading →

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French author wins Nobel Prize

Posted on October 9, 2008 by gloria jean fogal

This just in from the Associated Press: STOCKHOLM, Sweden — France’s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature for works characterized by “poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy” and focused on the environment, especially the desert. Le … Continue reading →

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