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10.13.2009 4:06 pm

Andy Williams says Obama slam taken ‘out of context’

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Singer Andy Williams tried to smooth ruffled feathers in an interview on  “Good Morning America” to promote his memoir “Moon River and Me,” which went on sale today (Oct. 13).

A couple of weeks ago the Branson theater owner was quoted in…

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10.07.2009 1:00 pm

Sen. Bond jokes his book not ‘for rednecks’

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Sen. Kit Bond said at a book signing that his new book isn’t for “rednecks,” a video at Politico.com shows.

The site headline says “Bond: My Book’s Not ‘for Rednecks.’” But if you watch the video it’s pretty clear that the…

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09.23.2009 5:35 am

People lie more in e-mail, author says

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An author who studies lying says in his new book that people tell the most lies while communicating through e-mail.

For anyone who spends even five minutes a day online, this conclusion may seem obvious. But in “The Liar in Your…

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09.18.2009 2:47 pm

How Bob Gibson pitched on a broken leg

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Bob Gibson will sign his book “Sixty Feet, Six Inches” on Tuesday at Barnes & Noble in West County. Read an interview I did with Gibson, and Steve Weinberg’s review of the book, in this Sunday’s A&E section of the Post-Dispatch.

One…

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09.11.2009 12:06 pm

Poll: Can Obama ‘endorse’ books?

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Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com has an interesting item today. The upshot is that a book publisher originally was to print a quotation from President Barack Obama on a book jacket, but then thought better of it. After all, the president’s comment wasn’t meant…

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08.17.2009 12:39 pm

‘Lord of Flies’ author admitted rape attempt

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William Golding, who wrote “Lord of the Flies” and received a Nobel Prize for literature, admitted in unpublished writings that at 18 he tried to rape a 15-year-old girl.

The disclosure is part of a shocking story in the London Times…

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08.12.2009 12:27 pm

In memory of Irish storytellers: McGuire and McCourt

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John McGuire

John McGuire

Longtime Post-Dispatch reporter John McGuire died Tuesday. He had worked at the newspaper for 30 some years, taking a buyout in 2005. John was a friend to everyone and I was privileged to know him when he worked in the…

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07.10.2009 3:19 pm

Two Missouri writers honored for history books

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Two Missouri authors have been honored for their books involving history.

Harper Barnes won a The Truth About the Fact Award for “Never Been a Time,” an account of the 1917 East St. Louis race riot.

The award is given by The…

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06.29.2009 2:08 pm

Picoult fan wary of movie, but taking tissues anyway

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Women seem to love novels about families, even if (especially if?) someone dies. Myself, I try to avoid stories in which a kid is in mortal danger. But my colleague Amanda St. Amand has a different take. Here, she mulls over…
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06.23.2009 12:09 pm

Kurt and Brenda Warner to promote book here

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Kurt and Brenda Warner will be in St. Louis July 6 to sign copies of their book, “First Things First.”

The book, which carries the same name as their nonprofit, Christian foundation, will be about their marriage, “the values they are…

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