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Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
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BOOKS
Best-sellers
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
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BOOKS
Hungry for more about food critic's life
"The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat," by Thomas McNamee; Free Press (339 pages, $27). Ask your average Food Network viewer or Yelp poster about Craig Claiborne and you're likely to be met with a blank look and a "Who?"
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Riveting account of how Cromwell brought down Anne Boleyn
"Bring Up the Bodies," by Hilary Mantel; John Macrae/Henry Holt (432 pages, $28). Incapable of distinguishing forest from tree. Stuffed with facts leaving us hungry for characters. Dusty. Musty. Boring. All of these judgments apply to most historical fiction - as well as the vast majority of the...
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Theroux relies on stale tropes in new novel of Westerner's flight to Africa
"The Lower River," by Paul Theroux; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (336 pages, $25). A marriage twist sets off the action of "The Lower River," the latest novel by Paul Theroux, the prolific author of "The Mosquito Coast." The protagonist Hock, whose only time away from home was a Peace Corps stint in...
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John Grisham's 'Calico Joe': Hitting for average
"Calico Joe" by John Grisham; Doubleday (198 pages, $24.95). John Grisham is to literature what Cheerios are to a rushed breakfast, something you buy in bulk and consume without too much thought.
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Brothers' bond sings in stories
"Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers" by Charlie Louvin and Benjamin Whitmer; itbooks (320 pages, $26.99). In 1959, the Louvin Brothers - one of the best-loved and influential bluegrass acts of the 1950s and '60s - released an album called "Satan Is Real."
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The tricky dance of art and intimacy
"Are You My Mother: A Comic Drama," by Alison Bechdel; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (290 pages, $22). First things first: If you haven't read "Fun Home," Alison Bechdel's 2006 family memoir in comic form, drop everything and get a copy right away.
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The Romance Reader: 'Karma'
"Karma" by Carly Phillips; Berkley (2012), 384 pages, $7.99 (paperback). The theme of this trilogy has been imperfect heroes trying to overcome pasts riddled with mistakes so they can embrace love and a happily-ever-after future.
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A 'Gossip Girl' in Henry VIII's court
"Gilt, by Katherine Longshore; Penguin (416 pages, $17.99, ages 12 and up). In a book that reads like a more literary version of "Gossip Girl" overlaid onto 16th-century England, "Gilt" tells of Catherine, or "Cat," from the perspective of her friend Katherine Tylney, a.k.a. "Kitty."
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Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012: A voice of Mexico past, present and future
What will become of Mexico? How can a country so powerful, so concerted, so modern, be so impotent, so chaotic, so backward? And how can Mexico, and all Latin America, take ownership of their futures?
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