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Banned Books List Revealed

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.15.2013 | Books
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NEW YORK -- Here's a list "Fifty Shades of Grey" was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from school and library shelves. On Mond...

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Walk, Pray, Love: New Travelogue Explores the Redemptive Power of Walking: Interview with Author Mickey Mahaffey

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Bruce Chatwin, Walking, Asheville, Being the Diablo, Mexico, Glass Castle, Memoir, Travel, Travel Writing, Documentary Film, Rod Murphy, Born to Run, North Carolina, Travel News
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"Walking is a virtue," celebrated author and traveler Bruce Chatwin once wrote, "tourism is a deadly sin." For author Mickey Mahaffey, who will launc...

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'Half Broke Horses': Jeannette Walls Writes True Life Novel

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Jane Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Jeannette Walls' new book seems to confirm that the gene for common sense skips generations in her family. Her mother, as millions of readers learned...

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10 Dysfunctional Family Memoirs And One Shakespeare Play (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Dreading going home for the holidays? So are a lot of people, and we imagine some of these writers wouldn't be looking forward to it either. Here ...

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