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, Jun 18, 2013
Book reviews:
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
The latest by Jess Walter, Maria Semple
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, May 23, 2013
Male strippers Justin Whitfield and Taylor Cole bare all in new book
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Apparently
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, Mar 4, 2013
Meet the anti-dad in
Lionel Asbo: The State of England
Unforgettable character at center of wicked novel
by Erik Spanberg
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, Feb 18, 2013
Book review: Dan Fesperman's
The Double Game
Former Charlotte writer successfully riffs on le Carré
by Erik Spanberg
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, Oct 23, 2012
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, Oct 9, 2012
Charlotte writers get personal with riveting reads
Reviews of Judy Goldman's Losing My Sister, Michael Sadoff's The Greatest Unit of Value
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, Sep 11, 2012
Good election-year reads
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
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, Aug 21, 2012
Back to the beach with these smart paperback mysteries
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, Jul 10, 2012
Book review: David Talbot's
Season of the Witch
San Francisco's crucible years
by John Grooms
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, Jun 27, 2012
50 Shades of cataclysm
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Just say no to EL James' book trilogy. Please.
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, Jun 16, 2012
The power of
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Children's book teaches important lesson
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, Jun 5, 2012
Book reviews:
Gellhorn, The Family Fang, Faith
Works by Caroline Moorehead, Kevin Wilson and Jennifer Haigh
by John Grooms
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, May 29, 2012
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Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball and America Forever
Ron Rash scores again, but baseball book slumps
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, May 24, 2012
Author Tamar Myers shares Congo influences
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The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots
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, May 1, 2012
Nazis, sex and music: Three new paperbacks easy to recommend
Reviews of books by Esi Edugyan, Meg Wolitzer and Keith Spera
by John Grooms
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, Apr 3, 2012
Book review: Charlie Louvin's
Satan is Real
Bio brings back the Louvin Brothers
by John Grooms
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, Mar 27, 2012
Book review: John 'Derf' Backderf's
My Friend Dahmer
The true tale of teenage Jeffrey Dahmer
by John Grooms
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, Feb 28, 2012
Book review:
American Rising:The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
by Daniel Rasmussen
Uncovering an amazing story from U.S. history
by John Grooms
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, Feb 14, 2012
Good reads for Black History Month
by John Grooms
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Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone
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Nadine Cohodas
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Blood and Bone: Truth and Reconciliation in a Southern Town
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Jack Shuler
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
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Nicholas Lemann
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
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