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Find humor in quote book
The advice in "Real Life Romance Everyday Wisdom on Love, Sex and Relationships" (Chronicle Books, $12.95) might not be particularly wise, but it certainly is pithy.
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The advice in "Real Life
The advice in "Real Life Romance Everyday Wisdom on Love, Sex and Relationships" (Chronicle Books, $12.95) might not be particularly wise, but it certainly is pithy.
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Ivan Doig gives it all he’s got in war story
Master storyteller Ivan Doig is back. The Seattle-based novelist, who often returns to his Montana roots for inspiration, situates his latest book at an air base in World War II-era Montana.
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Enter intrepid land of Ology
"Are dragons kind?" 7-year-old Noah Pellettieri asked Dr. Ernest Drake, the esteemed naturalist and adventurer.
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Catch fantasy tale trendsetter in town
Asked about the old advice "write what you know," fantasy and science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin laughs.
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Book offers genuine encouragement
In the new book, "I Am Not My Breast Cancer," (William Morrow, $25.95) more than 800 women speak from their hearts and deliver a message well worth reading.
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Anti-war novella 'Violet' is timely
The timing was unintentional. Last week, as I was reading a novella about a soldier who died in the Iraq War, the news out of Iraq hit close to home: six Fort Lewis soldiers were killed in an ambush in Diyala province.
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Book helps you think like a cat
"Happy Cat Happy You" by Arden Moore (Storey Publishing, $10.95) aims to help cat owners get inside of the feline mind - no simple task - and bridge the owner-pet gap. For instance:
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Uplifting tale about living down and out
The financial panic that is gripping the nation reminds me of my mother's stories about growing up during the Depression.
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Finding Beauty in a Brok
"Finding Beauty in a Broken World" by Terry Tempest Williams, Random House, $26 - Seventeen years have passed since Williams gave us "Refuge," an indelible meditation on her mother's battle with cancer and the devastation wrought on a bird sanctuary by rising waters in the Great Salt Lake.
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