Posts Tagged ‘books’

A Story of a Deeply Compassionate Man

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

It’s rare that we are given an opportunity to look inside the life of someone whose job it is to study our lives, but that’s exactly what happens in “Not by Chance Alone: My Life as a Social Psychologist” by Elliot Aronson (Basic Books: $27.50).

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New in crime books

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A guide to the latest thrillers and mysteries. This week: Martin Cruz Smith, Laura Lippman and more

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Other world literature

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

From total believers to complete sceptics, the author of Mirage Men selects books that are 'informative, entertaining, puzzling or all three at once' Mark Pilkington is a writer with a fascination for the further shores of culture, science and belief. He also publishes books as Strange Attractor Press .

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Cover story

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The first printed books came with a question: What do you do with these things? Book - Shopping - Literature - Arts - Children

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Back to the books on Tuesday

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

For the children of Cohasset the time has come to return to books, buses and backpacks.  On Tuesday morning, Cohasset Schools are back in session.  “This is the time of year where I say ready or not it’s back to school,” said Superintendent Denise Walsh.  “Come Tuesday the buses will roll, the students will arrive and I think we’re in very good shape.”

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Where’s The Beef? One Man’s Search For ‘Steak’

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating -- they simply didn't taste as good as he remembered.

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Lame Duck Books To Close Shop

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

After juggling his business of selling rare books for more than 25 years, John W. Wronoski will be closing the doors to his bookstore in Harvard Square on Sept. 25.

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Local books: A Seattle environmental-activism history, a study of ‘design thinking’ and a paranormal romance or two

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Seattle author Jayne Ann Krentz's latest "Arcane Society" novel leads off this week's list of titles of local interest.

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‘The Tiger’: John Vaillant’s mesmerizing tale of a man-eating tiger, vengeance and survival

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Book review: John Vaillant's "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival" tells the mesmerizing true-life story of the hunt for a man-killing Siberian tiger. Vaillant, the Canadian author who wrote the acclaimed 2005 book "The Golden Spruce," discusses his book this week at Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Co.

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Rare books stolen from farmhouse

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Grampian Police investigate the theft of rare books and paintings from a farmhouse in Moray on Wednesday.

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