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Fall Nonfiction: Tomes From The 'Fact' Departmentnew

It's the economy, stupid. Or maybe politics or literature. Fall nonfiction goes wide and deep, so plan for some marathon reading.
Boston Phoenix  |  Barbara Hoffert  |  09-17-2009  |  Books
Tags: David Plouffe, Harriet Reisen, Barack Obama, Books, history, nonfiction

New Treats From Old Friends In Fall Booksnew

Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Philip Roth, Paul Auster, John Ashberry, and, yes, Vladimir Nabakov have new tales to tell.
Boston Phoenix  |  Barbara Hoffert  |  09-17-2009  |  Books
Tags: A.S. Byatt, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, John Irving, Kazuo Ishiguro, Marilyn Hacker, Books, media, Poetry, Richard Powers

The Best in Summer Readingnew

Hot town, summer in the city ... or in the country ... or at the beach. Wherever you are, don't forget your books. Here's the latest from Thomas Pynchon, a restored edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, and much, much more.
Boston Phoenix  |  Barbara Hoffert  |  06-10-2009  |  Books
Tags: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Books, Isabel Allende, Ernest Hemingway, summer

Fall Books for Winners and Sinnersnew

Ah, fall, when Nobel Prize winners are announced -- and, now, when past winners turn up with more good reading.
Boston Phoenix  |  Barbara Hoffert  |  09-11-2008  |  Books
Tags: Books, fall preview

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