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BOOKS: Jayne Eyre VS. NASCAR
Few things are better than curling up with a classic tale of romance, something that fits in the pantheon of great books: Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and, of course, Speed Dating from Harlequin's NASCAR collection. Yes, NASCAR. These books really exist. I know because I read one.
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BOOKS: The Clinton book
Bill Clinton is surely one of the most intriguing and complex figures in modern American politics. A popular charismatic leader, Clinton's time as President of the United States was also constantly brimming with personal failings and scandal. Author Tom Tierney has attempted to capture and balance all aspects of this contradictory man in his book...
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Just when you thought television networks couldn't get any less creative, MTV jumps on the tired sitcom bandwagon with their latest series, The Osbournes.
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This month saw the release of 1978's Superman on DVD. Not ony has the film been cleaned up for the transfer to this format, but lots of extras have been added too. We've looked through them all and share the highlights here.
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Thank you. Thank you, The Franklin Mint, for making my world a richer place by making a cutie-pie collectable doll version of psychedelic guitar god, Jimi Hendrix.
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This book has gotten lots of exposure in the popular media for being the first to take a no-holds-barred look at the dark underbelly of the fast food industry. Many have even compared it to such socially relevant works as Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." It's more akin to something Albert Goldman would scrape together.
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This novel has captured the hearts of readers on both sides of the Atlantic. We identify with the protagonist's shortcomings at the same time we admire his spunk and hope he finds the better life he deserves. In short, we've found our new everyman.
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It's been the buzz of Usenet, folks have been wondering when it's finally going to be released, and we were able to get our hands on a copy.
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...A young man who believes that he
has been tortured for the past several years by various
organizations and has had various electronic devices
implanted into his body against his will. Or, as he puts it so
simply:
"The Health Department had me terminated."
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There were never any photos, but the descriptions
conjured up images of people floating in the air, balls rolling
uphill, people sitting in chairs upside down, the whole thing.
Now, I was the adult and I decided when and where we
stopped on the trip.
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Should your child be allowed to read this book or should you round up an angry mob with torches and pitchforks to destroy the local library? We help you decide.
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