A K2 climber's promise to repay Pakistani villagers for sheltering him results in the impoverished town’s first school. The project grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed...
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Long before Orange County, Calif. became “The OC”, a young Steve Martin used Disneyland and other county landmarks as backdrops for honing his stage and comic skills.
Martin’s book, “Born Standing...
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BOOKOPINION REVIEW: Let’s assume the following scenario: you’re a fairly ordinary person, two kids, soccer mom … you volunteer for political fundraising in your spare time, live in an average neighborhood, have an average income. You live well but not opulently. And...
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Weekend Book Review:
"BOOKOPINION REVIEW: I could not put “Deception” down. The characters are real, complex and shrouded… the plot is unbelievably twisting and turning and takes you down one blind alley to...
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The O.J. book, now titled “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer” by the Goldman Family, hit bookstores Thursday. Instead of being yanked off the shelves by the publishers, this Goldman version will be...
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Newbery Award-winning Author Madeleine L’Engle, who’s known mostly for her novel “A Wrinkle in Time,” has died at the age of 88, her publicist said Friday
She wrote more than 60 books, which include...
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There are surprisingly few books in print about the tenor. The two most popular sellers are the 25-year-old autobiography by Pavarotti titled "Pavarotti, My Own Story" and the more recent ”The King and...
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Pre-orders of the re-titled book have put the "confessions" book at No. 15 on Barnes and Noble bestseller list. Needless to say, Barnes and Noble has changed their tune.
Last week, we reported that Barnes...
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Entertainment reviewer is a big Jane Austen fan...and let's you know it! She encourages all Austen fans to partake of the movie "Becoming Jane" and clues us in on her books.
Becoming Jane...
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With a first printing of 1 million copies, "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer is now at No. 2 on Amazon’s bestseller list. The novel, which was released earlier this week, is the third book in Meyer’s vampire...
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Book Two in the conclusion to Frank Herbert’s worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles, "Sandworms of Dune” hits bookstores today. The novel written by Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson...
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