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"A Working Theory of Love" by Scott Hutchins

Neill is a divorced, mid-30s guy living in San Francisco and stumbling though life. He works for a start-up company that is attempting to create the first truly intelligent computer. The computer is modeled on his father, who committed suicide in 1996 and left more than 20 years of journals....

Given the success of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and Jennifer Chiaverini's new novel "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker," some may be eager to...

101 Recipes You Can't Live Without by Lori Powell

"101 Recipes You Can't Live Without" offers a wonderful opportunity to begin the year...

"The Girl Who Chased the Moon" by by Sarah Addison Allen

My book discussion group just finished a delightful book by Sarah Addison Allen entitled "The Girl Who...

From Sumerian times to Rome to the present day, "Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol" by Ian Gately discusses the development of...

"Tenth of December" by George Saunders

It seems that everyone is talking about George Saunders and his latest story collection "Tenth of December." A writer for the New York Times Magazine...

"Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson

You may not know who Jenny Lawson is, but you should. She rules the geeky underworld of the Internet with style and aplomb. She writes blogs, tweets up a storm, and gets famous people to pose for pictures holding random objects. No kidding, she gets to do that for a living! Her pseudonym, "The...

"Blood Money" by James Grippando

As I was reading James Grippando's new book,"Blood Money," I couldn't help but think of the tagline for "Law...

Having a Party with Jonathan Richman

I grew up listening to the Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman's original band in the 1970s and 1980s. While never achieving popular fame, the band received much critical praise and over the past decades, many bands have covered their more popular songs, such as "Roadrunner," "She Cracked" and "...

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