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entertainMEnt 6.0: May 2009
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. If you like historical mysteries and miss the Cold War, check out Tom Rob Smith's latest starring Leo Demidov, a surprisingly complicated and sympathetic Soviet cop. By Tom Rob Smith. Grand Central Publishing, $24.99 (405p) ISBN 978-0-446-40240-8. For this gripping tale of conspiracy and revenge. (See my 2008 review of. A mass-market paperback edition was published in April, 2009.).
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entertainMEnt 6.0: Willa Cather's America
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Sunday, September 13, 2009. The days are getting shorter. The leaves are turning. Friday night lights are glowing again. And, my summer reading is winding down. This summer, I've been making an effort to read many of the classics that I've avoided in the past: Nabokov, DH Lawrence, and Jane Austen among them. But, I've saved the best for last. I finally got back to Cather this August. I started with. Cather's ...
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entertainMEnt 6.0: October 2009
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Saturday, October 24, 2009. CLEAR EYES. FULL HEART. Recently I watched all thirteen hour-long episodes of "Season Three" of this addictive drama in three consecutive evenings. ("Friday Night Lights: Season Three," DVD-2009. $29.98, Universal Studios Home Entertainment). Want a second opinion? Then check out critic Sara Mosle's review on Slate: http:/ www.slate.com/id/2189688/. CLEAR EYES. FULL HEART.
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entertainMEnt 6.0: November 2009
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Who's smarter than a fourth-grader? I've been very, very busy for the past few months and the blog has suffered. I hope that I'll soon be back to posting more frequently- at least once a week. For now, here are some thoughts:. Part of the "very, very busy" was preparing for the 27 th. Happy" I came; Lilly thanked me "so, so, so much for coming"; Emme. Http:/ online.wsj.com...I wil...
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entertainMEnt 6.0: April Showers (of Books)
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Monday, April 12, 2010. April Showers (of Books). Here's what happens next: On or about April 27, 2010, the top 100 Semifinalists will be announced at www.amazon.com/abna. Editors at Penguin Books, which will publish the winning novels in each category, will then select three Finalists in each category. These will be displayed on the Amazon website on May 25 and Amazon customers will select a winner. There are...
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Cross country running - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Individual cross country race at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The left trio is Edvin Wide. Due to the hot weather (over 40 C) only 15 out of 38 competitors (elite long-distance runners) could finish the race. A men's cross country competition with a large leading pack in Minnesota. In which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. Sometimes the runners are referred to as harriers. And a team sport. Was held for th...
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entertainMEnt 6.0: Who's smarter than a fourth-grader?
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Who's smarter than a fourth-grader? I've been very, very busy for the past few months and the blog has suffered. I hope that I'll soon be back to posting more frequently- at least once a week. For now, here are some thoughts:. Part of the "very, very busy" was preparing for the 27 th. Happy" I came; Lilly thanked me "so, so, so much for coming"; Emme. Http:/ online.wsj.com...I wil...
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entertainMEnt 6.0: Auld Lang Syne
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Monday, January 11, 2010. Despite the ongoing recession at home, dangerous foreign challenges- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Yemen, Somalia- and a budget deficit that threatens to devour our freedom, I intend to have a great 2010. How exactly do I expect to accomplish this? I can't explain why I never read Du Maurier's classic. Victim of a boating accident. She's also the. Mr de Winter,.
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entertainMEnt 6.0: Lisbeth is Life
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Monday, May 10, 2010. The 50 semifinalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest have been announced and can be downloaded at www.amazon.com/abna. As I expected, only one of the novels that I reviewed made the list. I believe that it is good enough to win but we'll see. I stayed up late recently to finish. The Girl who Played with Fire. Larsson, a Swedish journalist who died in 2004, isn't a gifted st...
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entertainMEnt 6.0: September 2009
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The author is a professional writer and reviewer and blogs about books, movies, and television. Sunday, September 13, 2009. The days are getting shorter. The leaves are turning. Friday night lights are glowing again. And, my summer reading is winding down. This summer, I've been making an effort to read many of the classics that I've avoided in the past: Nabokov, DH Lawrence, and Jane Austen among them. But, I've saved the best for last. I finally got back to Cather this August. I started with. Cather's ...