Borders Group, Inc. Website The book world has been speculating on this for a long time, and now it’s official. Borders will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, as part of its reorganization strategy, will close about 200 stores nationwide. You can download the store list from the sidebar on the left of this page. […]
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Kallos, Stephanie. Sing Them Home Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009, 560 pages ISBN: 0871139634 Audiobook by Blackstone Audio Narrated by Tavia Gilbert The sudden death of physician Llewellyn Jones brings together his three grown children in their small hometown of Emlyn Springs, Nebraska. Nearly 30 years earlier the children’s mother, Aneira Hope Jones,
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Donoghue, Emma. Room New York: Little, Brown, 2010 ISBN 978-0-316-09833-5 Five-year-old Jack lives with Ma in an 11-foot square room. This room is Jack’s whole world. It’s where he eats and plays and learns. It’s where he watches the unreal pictures, made only of colors, on the television. Room is filled with Jack’s friends: Bed,
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This has been an abysmal year for me in terms of pleasure reading: I read a mere 18 books. The reason for this low count is that I’ve spent the entire year researching and then writing my dissertation, which I hope to finish up in early 2011. So I’m looking forward to 2011 being a
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This has been an abysmal year for me in terms of pleasure reading: I read a mere 18 books. The reason for this low count is that I’ve spent the entire year researching and then writing my dissertation, which I hope to finish up in early 2011. So I’m looking forward to 2011 being a
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5 unusual gift ideas for booklovers – Book purses and wallets – CSMonitor.com: If you’re still in need of some last-minute gifts for the bibliophiles on your list, the Christian Science Monitor offers a few possibilities. (Note to Santa: My favorite is the jewelry made with tiles depicting the covers of commonly banned books.) And
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Books | 27 best books of 2010: The Seattle Times looks back at a year of great reading | Seattle Times Newspaper: Yet another list.
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Books | 14 best crime novels of 2010: Tana French, John le Carré and more | Seattle Times Newspaper: One of the things I have missed most since a return to full-time school took away f my reading time is curling up with a good mystery. Here Adam Woog lists his top 14 mysteries of
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The 10 Best Books of 2010 – NYTimes.com: The New York Times weighs in with its list of the year’s best books, five each in fiction and nonfiction.
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People Are Talking … About These Five Books : NPR: If your book group is looking for a good discussion book, this short article has five suggestions: four fiction and one nonfiction. And in the upper right corner of the page, you’ll find links to more “Best of 2010” book lists from NPR.
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