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January 04, 2012

Book Review: The Favored Queen

January 04, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A new novel tries to infuse life and drama into the mousy, deferential person of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour

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fiction, historical fiction, jane seymour, January 2012, tudor fiction
January 03, 2012

Book Review: The Good Thief's Guide to Venice

January 03, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In his latest adventure, (mostly) reformed thief Charlie Howard finds trouble in the much-storied Queen of the Adriatic.

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Book Review, fiction, January 2012, mystery, venice
December 31, 2011

New in Paperback: Superman Secret Origin

December 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A thrilling re-telling of the famous origin story of the Man of Steel

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comics, dc comics, January 2012
December 31, 2011

January 2012 Issue

December 31, 2011/ Open Letters Monthly

Bill Amundson"The Promised Land"

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January 2012
December 31, 2011

The OLM Quiz: Last Days!

December 31, 2011/ Tony Hightower

Before the Mayan prophets have the last word, try this month's Open Letters quiz!

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January 2012
December 21, 2011

Book Review: December 1941

December 21, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A day-by-day, hour-by-hour reconstruction of the month America's childhood ended, from a historian who's read every word on the subject.

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December 2011
December 20, 2011

Book Review: Spectrum 18

December 20, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

The latest eye-catching volume in the ongoing series collecting the best science fiction and fantasy artwork of the previous year - elves, jedis, dragons, warlocks, and busty showgirls ... and more than a few surprises!

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December 2011, fantasy
December 18, 2011

Book Review: The Tudor Throne

December 18, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Two Tudor sisters fight for a throne - and love - in the latest historical fiction from Kensington Books

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December 2011, historical fiction, Keeping up with the tudors, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary
December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens

December 16, 2011/ Open Letters Monthly

1949-2011

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December 15, 2011

Comics: Essential Rawhide Kid Volume 1

December 15, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Marvel's pint-sized Old West gunslinger gets his first 'essential' volume!

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comics, December 2011, jack kirby, stan lee
December 12, 2011

Now in Paperback: From Colony to Superpower

December 12, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

An epic history of America's foreign policy-making, from a defeated King George III to a defeated Saddam Hussein, with every dictator, diplomat, and sometimes befuddled President in between.

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american history, December 2011, history
December 09, 2011

Book Review: The Iron Knight

December 09, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Julie Kagawa's evocative, addictive teen series concludes the way all her fans hoped it would: with Ash's story.

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December 2011, teen fiction
December 07, 2011

Book Review: The Iliad

December 07, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A new translation raises old questions about the greatest epic of them all.

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classics, December 2011, homer, Oxford University Press
December 05, 2011

Classics Reissued: The Fifth Queen

December 05, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Before he wrote the novels that made him famous, Ford Madox Ford wrote Tudor fiction - and this great stuff is now offered to readers again.

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December 2011, tudor fiction
December 04, 2011

Book Review: A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

December 04, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A spirited and enterprising widow returns to London and finds herself locking horns with the cardsharp lord who crossed her path three years before in Vienna ...

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December 2011, regency romance, romance, romance novels
December 03, 2011

Book Review: The Heroes

December 03, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

The latest gritty, violent, sarcastic military science fiction novel from Joe Abercrombie

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December 2011, fantasy
December 02, 2011

Classics Reissued: Avengers Forever

December 02, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

The mighty Avengers - past, present, and yet to come - team up with Kang the Conqueror to save the present from the marauding future. Dramamine not included.

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comics, December 2011, marvel comics
November 30, 2011

Now in Paperback: China, a History

November 30, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A big, bustling new history of China, now out in paperback

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December 2011, history
November 30, 2011

On the Scent: A Dip in the Mainstream

November 30, 2011/ Elisa Gabbert

Our resident nose slows down in front of a perfume counter and stops to smell what's selling

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December 2011, Elisa Gabbert, On the Scent
November 30, 2011

December 2011 Issue

November 30, 2011/ Open Letters Monthly

Rebirth to the Starsby Patti Lee Becker

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December 2011
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