Tough guy private eye Spenser is one of Boston’s most recognizable characters. Over the course of 37 novels, Robert B. Parker’s signature creation introduced the city to millions of readers. I’ve read them all and will miss the big lug as much as I miss Travis McGee, John D. MacDonald’s legendary Florida beach bum. But [...]

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Yale University Press
In shops on 19 January
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Boldini – also known as the most amazing impressionist you’ve never heard of. I often fancy myself to be quite the smarty-pants when it comes to art history considering all the classes I had to take in college. But if Boldini was on the syllabus, [...]

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Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Over the holidays I was having a look at the special features on the DVD of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and saw Rupert Grint sporting a t-shirt with this Keep Calm slogan and I kind of loved it. It actually dates back to the British [...]

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“Glee’s” first episode back in April will feature the music of Madonna.
SpongeBob, who celebrated his 10th anniversary this year, will squeeze out another season on Nickelodeon.
Rene Russo has joined the cast of “Thor,” playing Thor’s mother Frigga.
Steve Colbert — dressed as a speedskater — is on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Year in Sports Media [...]

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Sue Grafton is nearing the end of the alphabet with “U Is For Undertow,” her latest Kinsey Millhorne mystery. Grafton, who started the series about a California sleuth in 1982 with “A Is For Alibi and plans to end it with “Z Is For Zero,” has sustained the brilliance with her latest edition that deals [...]

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Teenagers are, without a doubt, the most difficult creatures to shop for. Their tastes come and go so quickly. So we’ve gathered up a few items that may work for all those on your list who are trapped in the in-between years.
Eating Animals

by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Little, Brown
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Jonathan Safran Foer is the [...]

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“Read any good books lately?” That’s one question I’d like to ask Stephen King. Now I don’t have to since King has picked his Top 10 Must-Reads of 2009 for EW. Here are the top 5:
No. 5:  2666, Roberto Bolano – “This surreal novel can’t be described; it has to be experienced in all its [...]

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