Books And Literature
BOOK REVIEW: Tribute to Broadway gorgeous but sloppy
Collectively, the men and women who composed songs for Broadway (and, to a lesser extent, Hollywood) from the 1920s through '60s created what we call today "The Great American Songbook." Their names are synonymous with great music: Lerner and Lowe, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and …
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BOOK REVIEW: Guidebook to plants rewards the curious California traveler
Much of what is delightful about wandering in the Golden State is the wide variety of native plants. This diversity gives ample opportunity to learn, since there are nearly 200 plant families encompassing more than 5,800 species scattered from our coastal shores to the arid desert sands. …
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Professional' is latest in Spenser series
In recent years, Robert B. Parker has done his best work writing about cowboys ("Appaloosa") and a baseball player ("Double Play"). But every year he cranks out another adventure featuring Spenser, his fearless and witty Boston private detective.
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Best-sellers for the week of Nov. 15
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Go! Read Calendar for the week of November 15
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Local reporter shares behind-the-scenes stories
In her 17 years as a radio and television news reporter, Elizabeth Sanchez has heard countless stories told among her fellow journalists.
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BOOK REVIEW: New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure
Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy.
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BOOK REVIEW: Book artfully chronicles women's revolution
In 1960, a secretary named Lois Rabinowitz was reprimanded by a New York City judge for appearing in court wearing slacks. Less than 50 years later in the same city, bus driver Tahita Jenkins was fired from her job because she refused to wear slacks.
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Go! Read calendar for the week of Nov. 8
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Best sellers for the week of Nov. 8
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Author explores lives of diverse group of San Diego athletes
Glancing at the cover of author Joey Seymour's debut title, "San Diego's Finest Athletes: Five Exceptional Lives," one might be inclined to ask the question "Who are these people?"
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOOK REVIEW: Guac book fun, if a bit over the top
One can't live in Southern California without a strong familiarity with the avocado. Other parts of the country may be ignorant about the pear-shaped fruit with the thick green skin (in parts of the South, they refer to it as an "alligator pear"), but the avocado is iconic in SoCal and no…
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
BOOK REVIEW: Screenwriter draws lively portrait of Alcott
In her new biography of the fiercely independent author of "Little Women," screenwriter Harriet Reisen draws a lively, engrossing portrait of Louisa May Alcott's life that will appeal to the legions of women who grew up worshipping the book.
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Best-sellers for the week of Nov. 1
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