Books & Literature

Booked Up:  End of the Universe?
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End of the Universe?

New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert makes the unthinkable entertaining in The Sixth Extinction.

Booked Up: The Return of Armistead Maupin
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The Return of Armistead Maupin

Celebrated author of Tales of the City returns with new novel based on his West Coast characters.

Booked Up:  A First Novel Tries to Capture a Continent
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A First Novel Tries to Capture a Continent

Ishmael Beah’s Radiance of Tomorrow shines a light on the problems and potential of Africa.

Books: Ex-Congressman Writes Paranormal Mystery Novel
Books

Ex-Congressman Writes Paranormal Mystery Novel

Scott Klug, also an ex-TV newsman, is now a published novelist, and he doesn’t skimp on the plot.

Booked Up:  How the Brits Get Into Books
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How the Brits Get Into Books

British culture really encourages reading. We could learn from it.

Books: 25 Years as Wrestling’s Evil Villain
Books

25 Years as Wrestling’s Evil Villain

Milwaukeean Chris Curtis battled all the big stars of wrestling and suffered numerous injuries. Excerpt from his new book.

Booked Up: Novelist Sue Monk Kidd Comes to Town
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Novelist Sue Monk Kidd Comes to Town

Author of best-seller The Secret Life of Bees will give a reading at the downtown library.

Booked Up: Malcolm Gladwell Comes to Town
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Malcolm Gladwell Comes to Town

The New Yorker writer’s style is delightful, but does he overplay his hand?

Booked Up: Why Great Books in 2014?
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Why Great Books in 2014?

Take the challenge and it may change your life.

Booked Up: Change How You Read in 2014
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Change How You Read in 2014

Some suggested resolutions for a year’s worth of interesting reading.

Booked Up: Favorites of 2013
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Favorites of 2013

I won’t claim they’re the best, but they’ll make for good reading.

Booked Up: The 12 Books of Christmas
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The 12 Books of Christmas

Give the gift of books: 12 selections for every kind of reader.