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August 27, 2011

Now in Paperback: Too Much to Know

August 27, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Now in paperback: a fascinating look at the intellectual Dark Ages (i.e. before Wikipedia)

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ann blair, August 2011, erasmus, history, pre-modern history, too much to know
August 25, 2011

Now in Paperback: Thirteen Hours

August 25, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

The murder of an American tourist in Cape Town propels this well-made thriller, the latest paperback from an internationally popular writer.

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August 25, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
August 2011, deon meyer, murder mystery, mystery, thirteen hours
August 20, 2011

Book Review: Byron in Geneva

August 20, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Joining the innumerable hosts of Byron biographies, a new book looks at the heartthrob poet's brief but legendary sojourn to Geneva

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August 20, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
August 2011, biography, Byron, byron in geneva, david ellis, Lord Byron
August 15, 2011

Author Interview: Justin Gustainis

August 15, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A quick Q & A with Justin Gustainis, author of the Morris and Chastain novels, on fame, devils, and holy scripture

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August 15, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
August 2011, Interview, justin gustainis, science fiction, sympathy for the devil
August 13, 2011

Book Review: Sympathy for the Devil

August 13, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

In their latest outing, intrepid paranormal investigators Morris and Chastain look into an American presidential candidate who seems too good to be true.

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August 2011, fantasy, fiction, justin gustainis, science fiction, sympathy for the devil
August 11, 2011

Book Review: The Fallen Blade

August 11, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A terrific new fantasy novel set in an alternate 15th century Venice.

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August 11, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
August 2011, fantasy, jon courtenay grimwood, science fiction, the fallen blade, Vampires, venice
August 09, 2011

Book Review: Happy Birthday

August 09, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

In Danielle Steel's latest, a celebrity hostess and an aging football hero both wonder if they're too old to fall in love again.

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August 09, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
American fiction, August 2011, contemporary fiction, danielle steel, fiction, happy birthday
August 06, 2011

Book Review: Sons of Encouragement

August 06, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

An anthology volume from a titan of the Christian fiction genre

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August 2011, christian fiction, fiction, francine rivers, sons of encouragement
August 03, 2011

New in Paperback: Anno Dracula

August 03, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

The long-awaited re-issue of one of the greatest, most triumphantly inventive vampire novels of all time.

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August 03, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
August 2011
July 31, 2011

Book Review: Supergods

July 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A compact and lively history of superhero comics, from one of the most popular writers currently working in the industry.

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August 2011
July 31, 2011

A Very Ordinary Person

July 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

When his brother the king abdicated, shy Prince Bertie suddenly became king - and he was just settling in when the World War II threw his kingdom into chaos. 'A Year with the Windsors' continues.

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A Year With The Windsors, Features, History, Politics & History
A Year With The Windsors, Admiral Leahy, Adolph Hitler, August 2011, Battle of Agincourt, Battle of Jutland, Bertie, Buckingham Palace, Clement Attlee, Duke of Windsor, Duke of York, Edward VIII, Elizabeth, first world war, Franklin Roosevelt, George III, George v, George VI, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, House of Windsor, John Wheeler-Bennett, Lord Mountbatten, Margaret Rose, Marlborough House, Nagasaki, neville chamberlain, OLM, Open Letters Monthly, Pearl Harbor, Pericles, Prince Albert, Prince Eddy, Prince of Wales, Queen Mary, quisling, Sarah Bradford, Sir Gerald Kelly, Spanish Armada, Steve Donoghue, Third Reich, U-S-S- Augusta, Wallis Simpson, Westminster Abbey, Winston Churchill
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