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25 Novels You Can Read on a Beach Without Embarrassing Yourself (PHOTOS, POLL)

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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This summer, I'm thinking Reading Lite. An iced drink, (make mine an Arnold Palmer). A cool breeze. A careful application of sunscreen. A thin book, so I can get through it and still grab some zzzs. Books like these.

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Could A Crime Novel Ever Win The Booker Prize?

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Crime Novels, Miles Franklin Award, Peter Temple, Miles Franklin, Literary Prizes, Books, Peter Temple Truth, Booker Prize, Books News

Literary awards have been one of the last bastions of high culture, but in the week when the crime writer Peter Temple took Australia's top literary p...

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Father's Day Gift Ideas: 10 Father's Day Books He'd Never Get For Himself (But He'll Love) (PHOTOS, POLL)

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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Let's give Dad a book that no one else in his crowd is getting. A book that will put ideas in his head, delight his senses and provide him with something fascinating to say. Like these...

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