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Review: 'Pathogenesis' offers different lens on history

Review: 'Pathogenesis' offers different lens on history

鈥淧athogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues,鈥 by Jonathan Kennedy (Crown) Great historical changes are often conceived of as being brought about by the genius and tenacity of great men, or occasionally women, but Jonathan Kennedy argues in
Longtime Lennon-Ono insider Elliot Mintz writing memoir

Longtime Lennon-Ono insider Elliot Mintz writing memoir

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Elliot Mintz, a longtime insider with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, will release a memoir next year that will weave in behind-the-scenes moments with the famous couple. The U.S.
Review: Poet Maggie Smith on the dissolution of a marriage

Review: Poet Maggie Smith on the dissolution of a marriage

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 鈥淵ou Could Make This Place Beautiful,鈥 by Maggie Smith (One Signal Publishers/Atria Books) Poet Maggie Smith seems to have the idyllic life: a devoted husband, two kids, lots of friends and a big house in a leafy town in Ohio where he
Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban when she was in h
Review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in US history

Review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in US history

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 鈥淜oresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,鈥 by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books) Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day siege by federal agents, the Branch Davidian complex in Waco erupted in flames, lea
Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

鈥淐ity of Dreams,鈥 by Don Winslow (William Morrow) 鈥淐ity of Dreams鈥 is the middle book in a planned trilogy that began when a stunning woman emerged from the surf at a Rhode Island beach in last year鈥檚 鈥淐ity on Fire鈥 and sparked a war between the stat
Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

鈥淕ames and Rituals鈥 by Katherine Heiny (Knopf) A driving examiner falls for the new guy. A woman wonders what to do about her teenage son who may be experimenting with drugs.
Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

鈥淭he Tip Line,鈥 by Vanessa Cuti (Crooked Lane) Virginia Carey鈥檚 two best friends were married and pregnant, but at age 30, she was single, 鈥渄rinking wine every night,鈥 she says, 鈥渨hile I swiped my way through online dating sites.
Review: A harrowing shipwreck and mutiny in 'The Wager'

Review: A harrowing shipwreck and mutiny in 'The Wager'

鈥淭he Wager: A Take of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,鈥 by David Grann (Doubleday) The Wager, a British war ship, crashed onto rocks amid stormy seas off the coast of Patagonia in 1741.

Acclaimed author, Order of Canada recipient Joan Clark dead at 88

HALIFAX 鈥 Joan Clark, acclaimed Canadian author and Order of Canada recipient, has died. She was 88. Clark wrote more than 15 books for adults and children, including An Audience of Chairs, Latitudes of Melt and The Dream Carvers.
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