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Dorothy Wickenden

Summer's Biggest, Juciest Book Adventures

npr.org | By Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan | Posted 09.06.2011 | Books
Read More: Dorothy Wickenden, Mark Adams, Turn Right at Machu Picchu, Mark Seal, Summer Reads, Sex on the Moon, Nonfiction Books, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Nothing Daunted, Ben Mezrich, The Green Lantern, Books News

The publishing and film industries are innately intertwined -- the peanut butter and chocolate of the entertainment world. This complimentary, crackli...

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Book Review Roundup: Short Stories And Scientology Secrets

Posted 09.04.2011 | Books
Read More: Dorothy Wickenden, Book Review Roundup, Reviews, Adam Ross, Book Reviews, Scott Carney, Amanda Foreman, Glenn Carle, Janet Reitman, Books News

"The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers and Child Traffickers" by Scott Carney Seattle PI The bo...

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Summer Genealogy Reads

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 08.29.2011 | Books
Read More: Dorothy Wickenden, History, Netsuke, Medieval, Ian Mortimerm Colorado, Jewish, England, Books, The West, Genealogy, Pioneer, Family History, Edmund De Waal, Books News
Megan Smolenyak

I'm constantly telling anyone who will listen that there's no such thing as a boring family, and many writers are discovering that their own families are a surprisingly rich source of material.

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Summer Reads To Transport You Back In Time

npr.org | Malinda Lo | Posted 08.03.2011 | Books
Read More: Dorothy Wickenden, Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West, The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific, Jeff Shaara, Historical Books, David McCullough, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, Summer Reads, Books News

Summer, when I was a kid, meant weekend road-trips in our family Rambler to sites of historical interest. We'd pack up deviled-ham sandwiches and Coke...

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