Tag: books
group name: theconversation
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May 11, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Christopher Hitchens has never been a friend to religion. The sharp-tongued British-born critic and provocateur called Mother Theresa "the Ghoul of Calcutta." He was early and loud in denouncing . . . more
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August 08, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
This morning Bob Oakes talked with Lynda Morgenroth about her book Boston Firsts: From the Public Library and the Consititution to the Cream Pie and the Ready-made Suit.
Click here to hear this interview . . . more
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August 08, 2006 01:20 PM EDT --
Here's a book that takes a look into the life of a farming family in south-central North Dakota. The sauerkraut triangle. And click here to hear the conversation as Tom Ashbrook talks with . . . more
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July 02, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
You probably remember at least one book from your childhood. The Cat in the Hat, perhaps? Goodnight Moon? Where the Wild Things Are?
Seth Lerer, Professor of English and Comparative Literature . . . more
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May 15, 2008 11:58 AM EDT --
Donald Ray Pollock grew up in tiny Knockemstiff, Ohio, way down in the state's southern hills just 50 miles from Kentucky. He dropped out of high school, worked 30-some odd years in a paper . . . more
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September 07, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
As they head back to school, are affluent teens carrying bagage not visible in their backpacks?
Psychologist Madeline Levine has been counseling troubled teens for 25 years. Her book "The . . . more
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June 25, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
Life should be easy, we like to think. But it isn't. Not being old. Not getting old. Not being young.
In Roxana Robinson's new novel "Cost," it's summertime on the coast of Maine, . . . more
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