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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Black Box" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $27.99). Harry Bosch discovers that a bullet from a recent crime can be linked to a suspicious murder from decades ago. Last week: — 2. "Notorious Nineteen" by Janet...
Tags: The Colbert Report (tv program), John Grisham, John F. Kennedy, Stephen Colbert, Ina Garten
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Can J.K. Rowling conquer TV with new BBC series?
This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel. Rowling, the U.K. novelist who became a billionaire from the "Harry Potter" series, will have her first adult novel, "The Casual...Tags: Fiction, BBC, Harry Potter (fictional character), Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
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These books are the best of the year
This year a number of big name authors released new books. But for the most part those releases underwhelmed me. Instead I was enchanted by new writers and by new styles of writing. "The Gods of Gotham" by Lyndsay Faye, published by Amy Einhorn...Tags: New York City, Book
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Biblioracle: When it's time to re-read
I'm looking at the shelves in my living room and I stopped counting at 140 books with three shelves to go. That's just one room where I stash books. There's two others, plus an office, plus some boxes I've never unpacked, not to mention the digital bits...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Susan Cooper, Clive Cussler, Authors
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Oliver Burkeman's 'The Antidote' rethinks positive thinking
-------------------- The Antidote Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking Oliver Burkeman Faber & Faber: 256 pp, $25 -------------------- Oliver Burkeman's book "The Antidote" begins with thousands of people trying to think...Tags: Human Interest, Philosophy, The Happiest News!, Religion and Belief, Book
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Tribune, Union Pacific Corporation, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac
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The Sartorialist comes to L.A. on Sunday
I'm going to tell you where to find The Sartorialist on Sunday, but you have to promise not to go dressed in outrageously chic street clothes. The Sartorialist -- Scott Shuman, fashion photographer and blogger -- is now so well-known that it's possible...
Tags: Social Media, Google+
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First-ever Twitter Fiction Festival comes a'Tweeting
Is it possible to say something profound, to create something beautiful or essential, 140 characters at a time? Of course it is! No it isn’t! Oops, that’s already 141 characters. Clearly, the writers in the first-ever Twitter Fiction...Tags: BBC, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Festive Events, Twitter, Inc.
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Roger Ebert's Ebertfest gets $20,000 academy grant
Roger Ebert may already be on the mend from a hairline fracture in his left leg, but there's news Thursday that may be enough to get him out of bed and dancing: His annual film festival, Ebertfest, received a $20,000 grant from the Academy of Motion...
Tags: Richard Linklater, Roger Ebert, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Arts and Culture, Ang Lee
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British judge urges new press regulator due to hacking scandal
LONDON – In a highly anticipated and lengthy report, a senior judge Thursday recommended that a new, independent regulatory authority be set up to monitor Britain’s raucous press and to crack down on media abuses such as phone hacking and...
Tags: Government, United Kingdom, Freedom of the Press, Laws, Politics
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Michael Connelly video chat: Harry Bosch and 'The Black Box'
Bestselling author Michael Connelly joined the Los Angeles Times for a video chat on the publication day of his new mystery, "The Black Box." In the book, set in present day, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch investigates a cold case: a murder committed during...
Tags: Fiction, Los Angeles Times, Social Media, Google+, Authors
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Islands of Adventure: Wizarding World of Harry Potter turns 2
Where were you two years ago? I was smack in the middle of Hogsmeade, watching throngs of Islands of Adventure guests stream into the theme park for the official opening day of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. My chief memory of that day is the image...
Tags: Fiction, Universal CityWalk, Islands of Adventure, Daniel Radcliffe
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