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- Creepy Or Clever, Ads Offer Adventures In Voyeurism
Before there was online dating, there was the personal ad. Author David Rose compiles clever, charm... - What We're Reading, Feb. 9 - 15, 2010
Three novels of past and present: Lynn Neary reviews the "perfect" novel for our down economy &mdash... - Doctor Works To Get Young Men Out Of 'Wrong Place'
When young African-American men showed up at Boston City Hospital with knife and gunshot wounds, mos... - Two New Novels Based On Homer's Work
Two new novels this month are based on motifs from Homer's great poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. A... - Observations Of China, From Behind The Wheel
In summer 2001, New Yorker Beijing correspondent Peter Hessler got his Chinese driver's license. For... - Imagining 'The Next Hundred Million' Americans
The U.S. population is expected to reach 400 million by mid-century. In his book, The Next Hundred M... - 20 Years Of Defending Death Row Inmates
Attorney David Dow has spent his career representing inmates who have been sentenced to death. Despi... - Jenny Sanford Details Tumult In 'Staying True'
Of the recent political scandals involving infidelity — John Edwards, Elliott Spitzer, James M... - DeLillo's Man In The Desert, Up Against The Wall
The author's latest novel is Point Omega, the story of a man who aided in the planning of the Iraq w... - Book Probes 'Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks'
Henrietta Lacks, a poor African-American woman and mother of five, never knew that she revolutionize...