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Book Review: ‘The Titanic: Disaster of the Century’
In the prologue to The Titanic: Disaster of the Century, famous wreck diver John Chatterton mentions Wyn Craig Wade’s book had been out of print for 30 years and Chatterton assumed that was a
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Book Review: ‘Summer of Shadows’
Before Cleveland was ‘The Mistake by the Lake,’ the once proud city was ‘The Best Location in the Nation.’ For several generations, the city of Cleveland has been known nationally as a place of
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Book Review: ‘The Whore of Akron’
When I told my fiancé how excited I was to start reading Scott Raab’s new book, The Whore of Akron, she asked me what LeBron did to deserve a book with such a disparaging
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Book Review: ‘The Marriage Plot’
Love triangles are about as common on college campuses as empty plastic cups. In The Marriage Plot, a new work of fiction by Jeffrey Eugendies (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex), we are treated to an
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Book Review: ‘Sex on the Moon’
Thad Roberts had everything a young genius could ask for: An internship at NASA, the respect of his fellow scientists and a foxy, brilliant girlfriend. It wasn’t enough, Roberts wanted more. Sex on the
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Book Review: ‘Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America’
If you are like me, a child growing up in the late 1980’s and early 90’s, you’ve spent countless hours hanging out with a middle-aged, mustachioed plumber. Finally, our friend gets his due in
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Book Review: Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Damned’
Damned finds Chuck Palahniuk’s 13-year-old heroin Madison Spencer dead and in hell for nebulous reasons. Yet, rather than being broken by her damnation, the precocious Maddie seeks to make the most out of her
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Book Review: Chuck Klosterman’s ‘The Visible Man’
Chuck Klosterman’s sophomore novel is called The Visible Man. Of course, it is about an invisible man. The novel’s protagonist is Victoria Vick, an Austin, Texas therapist. Victoria opens the novel with a
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