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by Rico, March 9, 2011 10:34 AM
You are going to die. If that incontrovertible fact bums you out, you may want to read The Inevitable, which contains 20 essays about death that are alternately funny, sad, enlightening, and fascinating. The book doesn't pretend to have the the answers on this mercurial subject, but at least it asks intriguing questions. Read it before you kick the
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by Rico, January 19, 2011 1:53 PM
Alas, Kurt Vonnegut is still dead. Luckily for grieving readers, the cascade of Vonnegut's work continues to flow. This book features 16 previously unpublished stories from the early years of his career, each of which will delight his longtime
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by Rico, October 22, 2010 3:25 PM
This riveting autobiography by celebrated (and famously hard-living) guitar legend Keith Richards reads with the unforgettable hook and crisp ferocity of the best Rolling Stones songs — most of which you'll rush to replay after learning about their
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by Rico, October 22, 2010 3:12 PM
Whether you enjoy Star Trek as a guilty pleasure or you genuinely embrace it as the pinnacle of sci-fi radness, you'll love this book! Beam it up and you'll spend an entire year boldly making bad
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by Rico, September 21, 2010 5:15 PM
You already know from the title whether you want this book. If you love The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and their first book, America (the Book), then prepare yourself for a hilarious, tear-stained laugh-fest that will send neighbors running with alarm, defibrillators at the
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by Rico, August 16, 2010 12:26 PM
Talk about a spoiler! Yes, Skippy dies. (Or maybe he doesn't. I'll never tell.) But the fact of his death isn't nearly as important as the why, which Paul Murray's Dublin-set novel explores with a dizzying mix of hilarity and tragedy that's never less than
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by Rico, July 16, 2010 11:41 AM
If you haven't read Mary Roach's previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you'll find. Space travel hasn't been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it's
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by Rico, July 12, 2010 4:09 PM
The search for eternal youth sounds like the premise for an adventure novel (which, of course, it has been, many times over). Jonathan Weiner's Long for This World reads like adventure nonfiction, with Weiner's intriguing (and universally relatable) quest to defy the ravages of age related in a reader-friendly style that makes even the densest concepts fun and
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by Rico, April 16, 2010 3:36 PM
With a multitude of vivid characters and lush settings — from Saint-Domingue sugar plantations to 19th-century New Orleans — this book is everything you expect from Isabel Allende, an epic that swells with beauty, anguish, and, above all,
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by Rico, March 11, 2010 12:09 PM
When did Northern Europe turn into a hotbed of great crime novels? Fans of Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson can rejoice, as Scandinavian writer Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole series continues with The Devil's Star. Expect a bit of gloom and introspection, yes, but also a first-rate thriller with unforgettable characters that will make you rush to get the previous
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