Rebecca Bain
Content by Rebecca Bain
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Attitudes toward assisted suicide for the terminally ill are seldom lukewarm—people either believe strongly that this course of action should be sanctioned or, just as strongly, that no one h
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On March 23, 2003, when Operation Iraqi Freedom was still a new venture for American troops, 18 vehicles became separated from the rest of their army convoy.
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Near the historic seaside community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, lies a 3,600-acre woodland known as Dogtown.
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Annie Proulx is a bit of a nomad.
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Anyone who's ever seen a three-year-old throw a major tantrum knows it can be a harrowing experience.
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On a bitterly cold January day in 1988, some wicked individual dumped a tiny orange kitten into the book drop of the public library in Spencer, Iowa.
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September always brings a wealth of much anticipated events: a fresh start to college classes, new shows on television, another chance for a winning gridiron season.
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The study of England’s 15th-century Wars of the Roses has been known to give British schoolchildren howling fits, trying to differentiate between the Lancasters and the Yorks, false heirs to
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Kathy L.
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If it weren’t for wacky families, what would writers use for their literary inspiration?
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Creating colossal challenges for oneself appears to be a firmly ingrained part of the human psyche, whether it’s Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit of Mt.
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When readers fall in love with a character, it can be excruciating to have to wait a year (or more) for the next book in the series to be published—think of the crowds of people who flocked t
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On June 24, 1913, 12 men reached a verdict in the trial of Anna Dotson, the first woman in Tennessee history to face possible hanging for murder.
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During the three years since the publication of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat, Pray, Love, more than six million re
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During the summer of 1998, Sue Monk Kidd, whose best-selling books include The Secret Life of Bees
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When she recently crossed into a new decade of life, Reeve Lindbergh - author of several novels, nonfiction books and children's books - began exploring for herself a famous pronouncement by he
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Surprise hit 'Shack' helps author heal himself and othersGod is a plump African - American woman with a broad smile who knows Her way around the kitchen; Jesus is a Middle Eastern man sport
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When he was a child, growing up dirt-poor in a small Alabama town, Rick Bragg seldom had any coins jingling in his pocket.
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Karin Slaughter is known for her intricately plotted mysteries, which usually contain graphic depictions of violent crimes, most often against women.
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Comfort food—even the words are warming and evocative, and most of us have familiar foodstuffs to which we turn when times get rough.
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Having your book picked by Oprah for her book club is a heady experience for an author.
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In his follow-up to the best-selling The Last Lecture, co-written with Randy Pausch, Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow explores the friendship of 11 girls, now women in their mi
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Stereotypes seem almost inevitable when someone tries to portray the relationships that existed 50 years ago between black people and white people in the South.
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Several years ago, Canadian writer Linwood Barclay was having breakfast with his teenage daughter when she posed a question guaranteed to give any parent heart palpitations.
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