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‘Happy Semiquincentennial America!’: The Countdown Begins

Author Jay Payleitner highlights what Americans have to celebrate on its 250th birthday.
‘Twice’: Bravery, Consequences, and Time Travel
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‘Twice’: Bravery, Consequences, and Time Travel

Mitch Albom proves that solid talent can turn a somewhat overused idea into one of the best novels of the year.
‘The Yosemite’: A Love Letter to Nature
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‘The Yosemite’: A Love Letter to Nature

Known for championing national parks and as co-founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir was also a prolific writer with a passion for poetic prose.
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‘Rick’s Café’: Movie Magic Restaurant in Morocco

American writer Kathy Kriger brings the setting of the iconic movie to life in a cafe in Casablanca.
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Start the Winter Season Right With ‘A Year to Slow Down’

Some of us look at how others live their lives and think we ought to do the same—not according to Rachel Bearn.

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‘Happy Semiquincentennial America!’: The Countdown Begins

Author Jay Payleitner highlights what Americans have to celebrate on its 250th birthday.
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‘Twice’: Bravery, Consequences, and Time Travel

‘Twice’: Bravery, Consequences, and Time Travel

Mitch Albom proves that solid talent can turn a somewhat overused idea into one of the best novels of the year.
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The last thing you need when you move into a new house is a dead body. Too bad the author didn’t stick to telling the story.
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‘Born Lucky’: Leland Vittert’s Life With Autism

The NewsNation anchor details a childhood of bullying and struggle.
‘The Yosemite’: A Love Letter to Nature

‘The Yosemite’: A Love Letter to Nature

Known for championing national parks and as co-founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir was also a prolific writer with a passion for poetic prose.
‘The Gales of November’: The Fatal Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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John U. Bacon recounts the doomed journey of the Great Lakes freighter.
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Richard O’Kane commanded the USS Tang in World War II as it roamed the seas in deadly war patrols.