Women who make poor choices in modern fiction
A critique of novels featuring flawed heroines from Sylvia Plath to Julia and Suzanne Fisher’s The Best Awful explores how choices shape tragedy and resilience. The piece notes multiple viewpoints, mental health, infidelity, and family impact across titles and characters.
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Apple Pulled Books From Stores Over Jobs Biography
Apple removed dozens of Wiley titles from 104 stores worldwide after failing to stop the unauthorized iCon Steve Jobs biography by Jeffrey Young. Wiley plans to publish the book in six weeks despite Apple pressure.
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Best Sellers Hardback Fiction and Nonfiction Picks
A compact list of top hardcover fiction and nonfiction titles with authors and publishers. Notable items include True Believer by Nicholas Sparks, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell among others.
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Zondervan
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Free Press
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Little, Brown
Jane Fonda
Random House
Pamela Packe
Rodale
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Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow
Michael Savage
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Ottawa seeks applicants for city boards and commissions
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