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Review: In 'Homegrown,' Jeffrey Toobin looks at far right

Review: In 'Homegrown,' Jeffrey Toobin looks at far right

“Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,” by Jeffrey Toobin (Simon & Schuster) In the nearly three decades that have passed since the Oklahoma City bombing, one of the most chilling aspects of the attack is how Timothy Mc
Review: Actor Minka Kelly bares all in stunning new memoir

Review: Actor Minka Kelly bares all in stunning new memoir

“Tell Me Everything” by Minka Kelly (Henry Holt and Company) To most of us, Minka Kelly is cheerleader Lyla Garrity from the much-loved high school football series “Friday Night Lights.
Review: Japan bestseller ‘Honeybees’ is an ode to creatives

Review: Japan bestseller ‘Honeybees’ is an ode to creatives

“Honeybees and Distant Thunder” by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books) The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year’s pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the
Review: A gutsy memoir by child of an Andy Warhol superstar

Review: A gutsy memoir by child of an Andy Warhol superstar

“Don’t Call Me Home,” by Alexandra Auder (Viking) It takes guts and a sense of humor to kick off your debut memoir with an insult from Andy Warhol. “Seeing Alexandra was sad — a big rug-rat hanging off Viva — she’ll probably turn out a mess.

Alabama governor defends dismissal of cabinet member

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's governor replaced a Cabinet member who oversaw the state's award-winning prekindergarten program because of a teacher training book with language about inclusion and combatting structural racism, she said Thursday.
Cedric the Entertainer has novel coming in September

Cedric the Entertainer has novel coming in September

NEW YORK (AP) — Call him the Cedric the Novelist. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer.
In cookbook, Miranda Lambert reveals recipes that fed her

In cookbook, Miranda Lambert reveals recipes that fed her

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — When she was a teenager, Miranda Lambert listened at the dinner table while her grandmother, her mother and their friends swapped gossip, life lessons and stories from East Texas.
Chita Rivera introduces us to her alter ego in new memoir

Chita Rivera introduces us to her alter ego in new memoir

It’s hard to imagine Anita, Rose Alvarez and Velma Kelly without Chita Rivera, who first breathed life into these beloved Broadway characters.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1.Simply Lies by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 2.The Wager by David Grann (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 3.The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (S&S Marysue Rucci Books) 4.
Review: 'Home for Wayward Girls' about rising above abuse

Review: 'Home for Wayward Girls' about rising above abuse

“The Home for Wayward Girls” (Harper) by Marcia Bradley There have been a number of recent accounts of young people, particularly young women, who were sent to schools for so-called “troubled” or “bad" kids.