Books
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Sheila Weller's new "Carrie Fisher" bio looks at the actress' demons and triumphs in a gossipy, fan magazine style.
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No one seems sorry to see dear old Dad kick off in Jamie Attenberg's hilarious "All This Could Be Yours," her seventh novel and easily her best.
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Danny Fingeroth, author of "A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee., will read from the new biography and give a presentation at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre.
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Deborah Levy's "The Man Who Saw Everything" is a beautifully crafted story of how an accident changes the life of a man and those around him.
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"The Andromeda Evolution" by Daniel H. Wilson is an intriguing if somewhat improbable sequel to Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain."
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Michael Connelly keeps up the high standards of the Harry Bosch series with his latest entry "The Night Fire."
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Moscow detective Arkady Renko of "Gorky Park" returns in Martin Cruz Smith's "The Siberian Dilemma," a diverting if disappointing thriller.
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From "On the Town" to "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Christian Blauvelt looks at the hundreds of movie shot in New York in his book "Turner Classic Movies Cinematic Cities: New York."
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Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emaa Walton Hamilton, will be at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Sunday to sign copies of their memoir "Home Work."
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HARDCOVERFICTION1. BLUE MOON, by Lee Child (Delacorte)2. THE GUARDIANS, by John Grisham (Doubleday)3. THE NIGHT FIRE, by Michael Connelly (Little, ...