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Book Report: Concentration on hierarchies rather than product can be fatal in corporate world

Recently New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote that years ago the motto was as “General Motors Goes, So Goes the Nation.” He followed by saying, “I’m very glad that isn’t true today.”

June 25, 2010

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Book Report: I’m not a fan of fantasy, except for this one work

“The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows,” by Jacqueline Cobian West, black and white illustrations by Polly Bernatene (Dial Press, $16.99), just blew me away.

June 18, 2010

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Book Report: Cherma captured in poetry

Back in 1920, Edgar Lee Masters, who grew up in a small Midwestern college town wrote a wonderful book of poems about the kind of people who settled his town of Galesburg, Ill.

By Dave Wood, columnist , June 05, 2010

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Book Report: Nightmarish novels, thoughtful coming-of-age memories this week

If the 1960s was the era of the nuclear novel, today must be the era of the epidemic epic.

By Dave Wood, columnist , April 07, 2010

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Book Report: Street life, gay teen life in the spotlight this week

Book Report: Street life, gay teen life in the spotlight this week My wife grew up in the south side of Chicago in an all-white working class suburb, Oak Lawn. She lived a childhood with good schools, plenty to eat, security.

By Dave Wood, columnist , March 19, 2010

Book Report: A mixture of murder, science, artistry abound for avid readers

Book Report: A mixture of murder, science, artistry abound for avid readers As if he doesn’t have enough to do with his myriad television appearances, Today show weatherman/foodie and all-around good guy Al Roker has written his first mystery, “The Morning Show Murders” (Delacorte Press, $26).

By Dave Wood, columnist , January 27, 2010

Book Report: A bit of mystery and history sure to please all readers

“Crawl Space,” by Sarah Graves (Bantam, $25) shows you there’s a niche for writers with any sort of expertise, as long as they can couch it in terms of rousing mystery.

By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , January 20, 2010

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Book Report: Early Christianity examined, Minnesota’s soul in words, pictures this week

“Somehow, in the bleak hours and days that followed, the crucifixion, a core of Jesus’ followers began to conceive of him as something more than an ordinary mortal. There was talk that his tomb had been found empty and that favoured disciples had seen him risen from the dead. Then, after forty days at most, the appearances ceased, although some believed he would come again.

By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , January 13, 2010

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Book Report: First time authors should take note of this former teacher

Many years ago I taught English at UW-Stevens Point, where my office mate was Charley Kempthorne.

By Dave Wood, columnist , December 29, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, July 1, 2009

If you happened to catch the recent PBS series about World War II, or even better if you missed it, you’ll probably want to run out and purchase “World War II Behind Closed Doors,” Laurence Rees (Pantheon, $35).

By Dave Wood , July 01, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, June 24, 2009

Anglophiles, Attention! “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that happened to me in my entire life.”

By Dave Wood , June 24, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, June. 17, 2009

Two novels merit your attention for your trip Up North, when rain is pounding down on the tin roof of your cottage and the fish haven’t been biting for days.

By Dave Wood , June 17, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, June 10, 2009

Holy cow! I didn’t know there was such a thing as a Halsey Hall Chapter of the Society for Baseball Research until I received a review copy of “Minnesotans in Baseball,” by Stew Thornley.

By Dave Wood , June 10, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, June 3, 2009

With its 100 Euro dinners and 300 Euro hotel rooms, travel to Rome this summer is out of the question for this reviewer on a fixed income.

June 03, 2009

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Dave Wood's Book Report, Oct. 29, 2008

There’s an old saying that goes “The reason most academic debates are so prevalent and so acrimonious is that there is so little at stake.”

By Dave Wood , October 29, 2008

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