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Most American parents keep tabs on their kids' activity on Facebook, but a significant percentage also say they are hands off.
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
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 May 2013, plus descriptions of the Top 10.
"The Mystery Woman" by Amanda Quick; Putnam ($26.95)
"Stoker's Manuscript" by Royce Prouty; Putnam ($26.95)
"Until She Comes Home" by Lori Roy; Dutton ($26.95)
Every summer, millions of Americans repeat again and again a word that has its roots in Taino, the Caribbean language spoken by the people Christopher Columbus met when he first landed in the Americas.
When it comes to Stephen King, I'm partial to the smaller efforts: novellas, short novels, experiments, the quieter, more interior stuff. It's not that I don't like his big books - especially "The Shining," which remains the scariest thing I've ever read, and the 1996 novel "Desperation," an overarching consideration of sin and sacrifice and redemption, set in a Nevada mining town. Still, what makes King resonate for me is the detail work, the way he can get inside the most mundane situation and animate it, revealing in the process something of how we live.
"The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945" by Rick Atkinson; Henry Holt & Co. ($40)
Redmond, Wash., -based author Daniel James Brown's newest book, "The Boys in the Boat" (Viking, $28.95), is more than a sports saga. It's the true story of nine University of Washington students who rowed crew in the 1930s.
What's the best way to transfer an IRA account between spouses in a living trust? This week, CPA Gregory Burke, a former IRS auditor now with John Waddell & Co. in Sacramento, Calif., offers some advice.
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
"And Then She Fell" by Stephanie Laurens; Avon (2013), 344 pages, $7.99 (paperback)
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