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Fewer Facebook users take a liking to its new Home software
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:44PM
It may be too soon to call Facebook Home a flop.
The Romance Reader: 'The Wyoming Cowboy'
Published May 15th, 2013 - 9:54AM
"The Wyoming Cowboy" by Rebecca Winters; Harlequin ($5.50, paperback)
'Lucky Bastard' by Deborah Coonts is a sure bet
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
"Lucky Bastard" by Deborah Coonts; Forge ($25.99)
Walter Mosley, getting back on familiar turf
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
When last we saw Walter Mosley's detective Easy Rawlins, he had just lost control of a car he was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway north of Malibu. This was in the closing pages of the 11th (and apparently final) Rawlins book, "Blonde Faith," published in 2007. "The back of my car hit something hard," Easy tells us, "a boulder no doubt. Something clenched down on my left foot and pain lanced up my leg. I ignored this, though, realizing that in a few seconds, I'd be dead."
Salman Rushdie and Deepa Mehta discuss the magic of 'Midnight's Children'
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
"Midnight's Children" is Salman Rushdie's sweeping, multigenerational story of the birth of independent India and the life of the big-nosed, big-hearted protagonist, Saleem Sinai.
Anthology gives readers the scoop on 'Troubleshooters' series
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
The shelves in the romance section of bookstores are crowded with tales of former or active Navy SEALs and other special operation forces.
New book illuminates the pitfalls widows face when returning to the dating scene
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
I suspect my children will want to see me throw myself on my husband's funeral pyre, the better to tie up all the loose ends.
Words' ancient history
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
When researchers from England's University of Reading recently announced they had discovered 23 "ultraconserved" words - words, that is, which appear to have come down from an ancestral language 15,000 years old - I couldn't help thinking of John D'Agata and his 2010 book "About a Mountain."
Curses, ghosts and miracles enliven 'Kings and Queens of Roam'
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
"The Kings and Queens of Roam" by Daniel Wallace; Touchstone ($24)
'Girls of Atomic City' goes behind Manhattan Project scenes
Published May 15th, 2013 - 5:15AM
"The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II" by Denise Kiernan; Touchstone Books ($27)
Ask the Experts: Credit score matters even for non-borrowers
Published May 13th, 2013 - 5:11AM
If you're not applying for a loan or a credit card, does your credit history really matter?
Best-sellers
Published May 12th, 2013 - 7:21AM
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Best-sellers
Published May 12th, 2013 - 7:21AM
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Top 25: What corporate America is reading, April 2013
Published May 9th, 2013 - 5:11AM
800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for April 2013, plus descriptions of the Top 10.
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