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Confessions and pointers of a luxury hotel employee
Heads up! We’ve got a book about heads this week, “Heads in Beds,” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $25.95).
Thursday, January, 17, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Heads up! We’ve got a book about heads this week, “Heads in Beds,” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $25.95).
Thursday, January, 17, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Book Report: Railway images take me down the tracks
I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Finally, my chance to critique a bestseller
After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it’s time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it’s time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Minnesota writers shine bright
“Thirty Rooms to Hide In,” by Luke Longstreet Sullivan (University of Minnesota Press, $24.95) has a subtitle that sort of grabs you: “Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic.”
Friday, December, 28, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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“Thirty Rooms to Hide In,” by Luke Longstreet Sullivan (University of Minnesota Press, $24.95) has a subtitle that sort of grabs you: “Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic.”
Friday, December, 28, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Not one, but many for the history books
Have a history buff on your holiday guest list? You won’t be disappointed to find all manner of biography and serious history new to bookshelves this winter.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Have a history buff on your holiday guest list? You won’t be disappointed to find all manner of biography and serious history new to bookshelves this winter.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Book Report: Take your pick, there's something for everyone
Someone on your holiday gift list who likes to read books by and about characters in the upper Midwest? There’s a plethora in that category this year. If your target is politics, try “Minnesota’s Miracle,” by Tom Berg (University of Minnesota Press, $22.95, paper). Berg served in the Minnesota State Legislature in the seventies when politicos got things done.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Someone on your holiday gift list who likes to read books by and about characters in the upper Midwest? There’s a plethora in that category this year. If your target is politics, try “Minnesota’s Miracle,” by Tom Berg (University of Minnesota Press, $22.95, paper). Berg served in the Minnesota State Legislature in the seventies when politicos got things done.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Book Report: Give the gift of a local author
The holiday season is upon us and the search for appropriate gifts has begun.
Thursday, December, 06, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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The holiday season is upon us and the search for appropriate gifts has begun.
Thursday, December, 06, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Sights and sounds under the big top
When I was a kid one of the biggest deals of the year was when the Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus came to town.
Thursday, November, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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When I was a kid one of the biggest deals of the year was when the Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus came to town.
Thursday, November, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Reprints make up for what you missed
The University of Minnesota Press’s Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series is a rare and wonderful bird indeed.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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The University of Minnesota Press’s Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series is a rare and wonderful bird indeed.
Friday, November, 23, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: These tales are close to home
Today let us begin with two very productive upper Midwestern writers who continue to write about our neighborhoods with relish and sometimes very dramatic substance.
Friday, November, 16, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Today let us begin with two very productive upper Midwestern writers who continue to write about our neighborhoods with relish and sometimes very dramatic substance.
Friday, November, 16, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Post-election wrap-up
Now that the election is over I thought I might stir the pot a bit with mention of a new book that’s been receiving attention. It’s “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, $28.95). A writer for the New Yorker magazine, Toobin has written a red hot book about the conflicts between two young movers and shakers, Barack Obama and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Thursday, November, 08, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Now that the election is over I thought I might stir the pot a bit with mention of a new book that’s been receiving attention. It’s “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, $28.95). A writer for the New Yorker magazine, Toobin has written a red hot book about the conflicts between two young movers and shakers, Barack Obama and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Thursday, November, 08, 2012 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Book Report: Author: Brutal honesty liberates
Recently, a thoughtful friend dropped by and shoved a book in my gut and said, “Read this. I think you’ll enjoy it.”
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Recently, a thoughtful friend dropped by and shoved a book in my gut and said, “Read this. I think you’ll enjoy it.”
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Nothing that simple in Amish land
Several writers are taking their cues from earlier centuries. In the 18th century, Samuel Richardson found he had a bestseller on his hands when he wasn’t even trying. Richardson sold stationery to the hoi polloi.
Thursday, October, 18, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Several writers are taking their cues from earlier centuries. In the 18th century, Samuel Richardson found he had a bestseller on his hands when he wasn’t even trying. Richardson sold stationery to the hoi polloi.
Thursday, October, 18, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Review: Insider knowledge leads to gripping story; Feingold's "While America Sleeps"
White Bear Lake novelist Julie Kramer makes good use of her past experience as a news producer for NBC, CBS and WCCO-TV, which is only one reason she has become a national bestselling and award winning author of thrillers like her latest in her popular Riley Spartz series, “Shunning Sarah” (Atria Books, $23.99).
Thursday, September, 27, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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White Bear Lake novelist Julie Kramer makes good use of her past experience as a news producer for NBC, CBS and WCCO-TV, which is only one reason she has become a national bestselling and award winning author of thrillers like her latest in her popular Riley Spartz series, “Shunning Sarah” (Atria Books, $23.99).
Thursday, September, 27, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: Memories: Looking back on what was, wasn’t and the many paths not taken
When you are in your twenties, even if you’re confused and uncertain about your aims and purposes, you have a strong sense of what life itself is, and of what you in life are, and might become.
Wednesday, September, 19, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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When you are in your twenties, even if you’re confused and uncertain about your aims and purposes, you have a strong sense of what life itself is, and of what you in life are, and might become.
Wednesday, September, 19, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News
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Book Report: Exposing the underbelly of old D.C.
It’s no secret that talent runs in families. Years ago I worked with Anthony Morley on the Minneapolis Tribune.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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It’s no secret that talent runs in families. Years ago I worked with Anthony Morley on the Minneapolis Tribune.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: This author shines as voice of a community
Novelist Toni Morrison has won the National Book Critics Circle, the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for her fiction.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Novelist Toni Morrison has won the National Book Critics Circle, the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for her fiction.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Review: Did she or didn’t she: Does it even matter?
Dorothy Parker was born on this day 119 years ago in West End, N.J., just a year after poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, about which Parker said “I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay, unhappily in my own horrible sneakers.”
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Dorothy Parker was born on this day 119 years ago in West End, N.J., just a year after poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, about which Parker said “I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay, unhappily in my own horrible sneakers.”
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Community
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Book Report: Big heart for a big ‘horse’ of a guy
I was in high school when Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche was making big news on Big Ten gridirons.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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I was in high school when Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche was making big news on Big Ten gridirons.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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Book Report: This mystery worthy of Masterpiece Theatre
I’m not a big fan of detective novels in general, but I’m a sucker for the works of Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse ever since I bought a 25-cent paperback of the latter’s hilarious novel, “Psmith” when I was a kid.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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I’m not a big fan of detective novels in general, but I’m a sucker for the works of Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse ever since I bought a 25-cent paperback of the latter’s hilarious novel, “Psmith” when I was a kid.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Entertainment
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