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It’s a Pet’s World (Humans Just Live in It): Pets & Animals 2013
A report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released in May 2013 provides a revealing portrait of the American family—and if you’re just picturing a nuclear family foursome or a single parent and child, think again.
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Beyond the Liner Notes: Focus on Music 2013
Anyone who can’t get a song out of his head or obsessively replays one is testament to the power music exerts in our lives.
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The Big Indie Books of Fall 2013
As large houses merge and some writers turn to self-publishing, indie publishers and university presses have become even more important as they fill in the publishing gaps.
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War Stories: Military Books 2013
Year after year, publishers of war and military history books must breathe new life into moments fixed in the history.
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Three Pubs Try to Revive ‘Fear of Flying’ at 40
It’s hard to know if the “zipless fuck” will appeal to young women who have just gorged themselves on the BDSM proclivities of Christian Grey, and who watch Lena Dunham drop down to her skivvies every Sunday on HBO.
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Affordable Health Care—in a Book
With last month’s attempt by Republicans—their 40th—to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) having come to naught, the heath care industry in the United States is bracing for change, though what form that change will take remains up unknown, at least in the minds of most consumers.
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Books About the JFK Assassination, Fifty Years Later
Why is it that millions who were not even alive on November 22, 1963, are still fascinated by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
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Movies on the Rocks? Movie Tie-ins Fall 2013
Maybe it’s just as well that the summer movie season is winding down, as several recent films—blockbusters that weren’t—are taking heat in more ways than one.
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Fall 2013 Audiobook Listings: Falling into Audiobooks
Audiobook production is on the rise. From 2007 to 2011, the number of new titles produced showed a whopping 135% jump.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Science - Minds & Particles: A Detective Story
A noticeable thread runs through this fall’s science titles, connecting books on astrophysics, particle physics, and paleolithic art while addressing ongoing interest in the origins of human consciousness.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Travel - A Slow Boat to China...
...or anywhere else for that matter.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror - Growth Spurts
Debut author Drew Karpyshyn kicks things off with Children of Fire, a fantasy epic that incorporates elements of horror and operatic drama.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Politics - A Good Government Is Hard to Find
Fall’s political titles tackle government surveillance, American soldiers, political legacies, and hunting and being hunted.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Mysteries & Thrillers - Female Kidnapping Victims
Kidnapping features in several impressive thrillers, led by French author Pierre Lemaitre’s Alex, his first novel to be translated into English and the first in his Commandant Camille Verhoeven trilogy.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Sports - Stars and Controversy
Sports consciousness in America (and elsewhere) is a mix of hero worship, obsession about winning, nostalgia for the past, and disputation about the future. This season’s sports books represent that vividly.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Social Sciences - Smorgasbord
Two sure-to-be-talked-about books on the urban experience are from polar opposite points of view.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Romance & Erotica - Occupy Romance
Forget the tired old clichés of ripped bodices and brooding hunks.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Poetry - Little Books, Big Stakes
This fall promises a fine harvest of new poetry, including many new collections from poets we’ve been waiting to hear from for years.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Performing Arts - That’s Entertainment!
From the latest TV ratings, the timeliest theater reviews and last week’s movie box-office grosses, fans of all stripes can handily satisfy their cravings. As the following entries indicate, there’s no business like show business, indeed.
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Fall 2013 Announcements: Art - The Stories of Art
It’s the scholar’s task, claimed H.W. Janson, “to doubt what has been taken for granted.”
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