Allison Block
Content by Allison Block
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For romance novelist Jennifer Crusie, inspiration for a new book is as inexplicable as love itself.
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Faced with a choice of fight or flight, Jerry Battle, the narrator of Aloft, has always opted for the latter.
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"I can not live without books," Thomas Jefferson once wrote. Avid readers Sara Nelson, Nancy Pearl and Michael Dirda happily share the celebrated statesman's sentiment.
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"I can not live without books," Thomas Jefferson once wrote. Avid readers Sara Nelson, Nancy Pearl and Michael Dirda happily share the celebrated statesman's sentiment.
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"I can not live without books," Thomas Jefferson once wrote. Avid readers Sara Nelson, Nancy Pearl and Michael Dirda happily share the celebrated statesman's sentiment.
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Second-generation Chinese-American Carnegie Wong just can't catch a break.
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Veronica and Lillian Moore are as different as two sisters can be.
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First novel sure to make a splash Denny Roman, the protagonist in Rachel Cline's honest, heartwarming debut novel, may seem like any other preteen in suburban Ohio, preoccupied with boys, bras a
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<B>Grown-ups who don't act that way</B> Smart, spunky, 29-year-old Holly Appleton is the owner of the London dating service, Boy Meets Girl, where her mission is to link singles who are
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Terry Gross' collection is a conversation piÂece de resistance After more than 30 years in radio, Terry Gross has come to terms with the surprised look of listeners who meet her face to face.
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Imagine having the capacity to calculate every prime number up to 7,057, but an utter inability to express anger, love or fear.
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Most people spend their lives seeking to understand the purpose of their existence.
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Most people spend their lives seeking to understand the purpose of their existence.
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On a recent visit to friends who have a 14-month-old child, David Sedaris marveled at the attention garnered by one tiny little being.
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Looking for gift books that are quirky and clever, but won't break the bank? This holiday season, table the coffee-table tomes and ponder the powers of mock and droll.
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Looking for gift books that are quirky and clever, but won't break the bank? This holiday season, table the coffee-table tomes and ponder the powers of mock and droll.
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Looking for gift books that are quirky and clever, but won't break the bank? This holiday season, table the coffee-table tomes and ponder the powers of mock and droll.
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Looking for gift books that are quirky and clever, but won't break the bank? This holiday season, table the coffee-table tomes and ponder the powers of mock and droll.
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An unscrupulous marine biologist with "Ken-doll good looks" and "priapic affability," Chaz Perrone was sure he'd seen the last of his wife when he pushed her over the railin
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Two survivors of love catalogue the claws of attraction "Love is merely a madness," says Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
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After a summer of slick, steamy thrillers, Canadian writer Frances Itani's first novel is the literary equivalent of a cool autumn breeze.
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"For me, an expedition is a work of art expressed on a canvas of snow, air and time," says Liv Arnesen, who in 2001 became one of the first women to cross the landmass of Antarctica on foot.
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Ghost-pale Karen Lowens is a convicted murderer on death row, awaiting execution at a women's prison in Gatestown, Texas.
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