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What a lovely expression of Pinot Noir from New Zealand’s Mountford estate. Elegant and smooth, this New World Pinot carries the taste of Santa Rosa plums and sweet Asian spices. The scent jumps rig...
Updated : 2011.05.20 18:35
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SYDNEY (AP) ― Philip Roth’s latest prize was not a unanimous choice. The author of “Portnoy’s Complaint,” “American Pastoral” and many other novels on Wednesday was named as the winner of the...
Updated : 2011.05.19 18:17
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Cutrone speaks to young women Normal Gets You Nowhere By Kelly Cutrone, with Meredith Bryan, (HarperOne, $23.99) Kelly Cutrone stands out in the fashion world. She always dresses in black, does no...
Updated : 2011.05.13 18:53
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Globalized Korea and Localized Globe By Park Sang-seek, (Jimoondang, 23,000 won) This collection of essays covers a wide range of events and contentious issues ― at local, regional and global leve...
Updated : 2011.05.13 18:51
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Even before the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, pirates were romantic. Now, in “The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook” Jason Heller brings you a guide to all things (Disney) pirate. Piracy ...
Updated : 2011.05.13 18:49
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Not even changing the cockroach into a kitten can help the latest literary mash-up ― “The Meowmorphosis” Coleridge Cook takes a well-written stab at Franz Kafka’s depressing novella “The Metamo...
Updated : 2011.05.13 18:49
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SEATTLE ― The weeks leading up to a book’s publication can be hard on an author. Will the books get to the booksellers? Will the cover come out right-side-up? Will people buy it? Will they read it?...
Updated : 2011.05.13 18:48
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Michelin Guide, an internationally renowned travel guide, will release its Green Guide Korea edition in French on May 17, the Korea Tourism Organization said Monday. The KTO reached an agreement wit...
Updated : 2011.05.09 18:31
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WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania (AP) ― Fans of comic books basked in a bounty of free issues as retailers from Los Angeles to London handed out thousands upon thousands of free copies Saturday for the 10...
Updated : 2011.05.08 19:04
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Review: Under the spell of ‘The Sandalwood Tree’ “The Sandalwood Tree” (Atria Books), by Elle Newmark If you like your love stories sweeping and wrapped in history, “The Sandalwood Tree” by E...
Updated : 2011.05.06 18:35
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I’ve outgrown J.D. Salinger, and I don’t know where that leaves me. I was 10 when my father handed me “The Catcher in the Rye,” and I found not just a voice for all the wild despair and sudden i...
Updated : 2011.05.06 18:27
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LOS ANGELES ― Shortly before Daniel Hernandez moved from Los Angeles to Mexico to write a book about its roiling capital, a friend gave him an order. “I don’t want to see you back from Mexico City...
Updated : 2011.05.06 18:27
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Hilary Knight didn’t expect “Eloise” to be a children’s favorite. “Never,” the illustrator said Monday night at a reception before the Children’s Choice Book Awards. “If (‘Eloise’ wr...
Updated : 2011.05.04 18:12
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Book looks at Rivera and rest of Yankees bullpen Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees by Charley Rosen (Harper, $25.99) Forgive...
Updated : 2011.04.29 18:38
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“The Uncoupling” is best-selling author Meg Wolitzer’s ninth novel, in which she brings her signature brand of humor and insight to the topic of the changing nature of female desire over time. Wh...
Updated : 2011.04.29 18:36
