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The Thread® - Books and Literary News

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Ask a Bookseller is a weekly series where The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. Listen to Ask a Bookseller to find your next favorite book.

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'Broken Ground' balances location, character and props in perfect proportion

'Broken Ground' balances location, character and props in perfect proportion

Prolific crime writer Val McDermid's latest catches up with plainspoken cold-case detective Karen Pirie as she deals with personal troubles, machinations at work and a mystery going back decades.
by Bethanne Patrick

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In love with teen lit: Remembering the 'Paperback Crush' of the '80s and '90s

In love with teen lit: Remembering the 'Paperback Crush' of the '80s and '90s

As a preteen Gabrielle Moss devoured books in "The Baby-Sitters Club" and "Sweet Valley High" series. She recently reread them for "nostalgic stress relief" and ended up writing a book on the genre.
by Ailsa Chang

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New biography chronicles Bing Crosby's most beloved years

New biography chronicles Bing Crosby's most beloved years

Crosby set the mold for the multimedia star: on radio, on the big screen and on record. The 1940s was the period when his star shone brightest and 'Swinging on a Star' by Gary Giddins tells that story.
by Tom Vitale

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Extreme ideologies clash in 'North of Dawn'

Extreme ideologies clash in 'North of Dawn'

Author Nuruddin Farah writes about immigration and radicalization in his latest novel 'North of Dawn,' which follows a Somali living in exile in Norway whose son chooses a dangerously extreme path.
by Steve Inskeep

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Elie Wiesel was a teacher above all else, says book author

Elie Wiesel was a teacher above all else, says book author

Most of the world knows Elie Wiesel as a Holocaust survivor, a human rights activist, a confidant of presidents and prime ministers, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But Wiesel always saw himself as a teacher, says Wiesel's former teaching assistant who penned a new book based on those teachings.
by Heather McElhatton

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Jeeves and Wooster, but make it a modern spy novel

Jeeves and Wooster, but make it a modern spy novel

Ben Shott has taken the iconic P.G. Wodehouse comic characters (with the blessing of the Wodehouse estate) and twisted 'five degrees to starboard' in his new novel 'Jeeves and the King of Clubs.'
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Twin Cities teen author aims to help children connect with dementia

Twin Cities teen author aims to help children connect with dementia

Because of the stigma around the disease, Edie Weinstein said many young people may not feel comfortable around people with dementia. But she hopes her book will help bring about greater understanding for those with dementia.
by Cathy Wurzer and Austen Macalus

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