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• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of June 13, 2011

  Featured: Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould. Plus: Errol Flynn; Dorothea Benton Frank, Lauren Kate

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jun 14, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of May 23, 2011

  Featured: Michael Shermer. Plus: Cathy Holton, Michael Scott, Star Wars: Conviction

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on May 22, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of May 16, 2011

  Not in the market for another Andrew Morton royal couple do-tell? How about Davy Crockett, the O.K. Corral, and baseball? Bring your own Apple Pie...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on May 16, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of May 9, 2011

  Featured: Erik Larson. Plus: Stan Musial, Ronald Reagan, Lincoln, Carol Ross Joynt, Psychopath Test, Power-Pawing Palin Apparently; John Sandford, Wilbur Smith, Jo Nesbo, Lisa Mangum...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on May 10, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of April 25, 2011

  Featured: Stuart Woods. Plus: Candace Bushnell, Fern Michaels, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sarah Graves, Megan McCafferty, Walter Simonson, Meg Cabo; Rob Lowe, Escoffier, Bernie Madoff, Nuclear Diplomacy...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 25, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of April 11, 2011

  Featured: Francis Fukuyama. Plus: Katie Couric, Global Girlfriends, Cold War, Nikki Sixx, In Like Flynn; Lisa Scottoline, Stephenie Meyer, Sister Souljah, Rita Mae Brown, Raymond E. Feist

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 12, 2011

• The Early Bird: New Books for the Week of March 28, 2011

  Featured: Marlene Dietrich bio; Plus: Susan Lucci, Peer Pressure, A Marine's Path, Race and Civility; Kellerman, Charlaine Harris, Lisa Jackson, J.R. Ward, Mankell, Eric Flint...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 27, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of March 21, 2011

  Featured: C.J. Box; Plus: Alexander McCall Smith, Kristin Hannah, Carrie Ryan, Coben, Kenyon, Winspear, Star Wars; Lee Krasner, Robert Mugabe, The Taliban Shuffle, Sarah Vowell

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 22, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of March 14, 2011

  Featured: Anne Roiphe; Plus: Rawhide 'Reagan' Down, Ed Breslin, Sammy 'I Can't Pay 26.99' Hagar, Jay-Z, Politics and Pasta, America Aflame; James Patterson, Vampire Series Entry du Jour...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 15, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of March 7, 2011

  Featured: Walter Mosley; Plus: Cussler/Du Brul, Linda Fairstein, Jefferson Bass, Christine Feehan, Tea Obreht, Claudia Gray, Lisa Gardner; David Brooks, Caitlin Shetterly, Vaynerchuk, Robert/Dayna Baer...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 07, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of February 28, 2011

  The late Robert B. Parker's final 'Spenser' book. Plus: Binchy, Picoult, Steven Erikson, Rachel Hawkins; James Gleick, James Gleick, Jacques D'Amboise, Dick Morris, Gabrielle Hamilton...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 01, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of February 21, 2011

  Featured: T.C. Boyle; Plus: J.D. Robb, Kim Harrison, Melissa Marr, Preston/Child, Tamora Pierce, Paula McLain; Mike Huckabee, Scott Brown, Kevin Poulsen, King's Cross, The Wrong War...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 21, 2011

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of November 29, 2010

  Featured: Patricia Cornwell. Plus: Star Wars, Anne Rice, Anita Shreve, Ally Condie; David Rohde, Brian "Head" Welch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leon Fleisher, 'Infinite' San Francisco Atlas...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 28, 2010

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of November 22, 2010

  Edmund Morris' Colonel Roosevelt. Plus: Sarah Palin, Kardashian, Battle of Atlanta, Katherine the Queen, Catherine of Aragon, Last Lingua Franca; Steve Martin, Steve Berry, Evanovich, Thor, Card...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 21, 2010

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of November 15, 2010

  Featured: Mark Twain. Plus: Laura Hillenbrand, Jay-Z, Streisand, Obama White House, Darwin's Conjecture; Patterson, Cussler, 75 Years of DC Comics, Debra Ginsberg, Simon Brett

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 15, 2010

• The Early Word: New Fiction for the Week of November 8, 2010

  Fiction Only Today: Mosley, Stephen King, Trudeau, Paul Auster, Baldacci, de Lint, Ephron, Flagg, Gingrich, Gordimer, Grass, Klavan, Lackey, Moorcock, Pronzini, Vachss, and more...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 07, 2010

• The Early Bird: New Books for the Week of August 2, 2010

  Featured: Mona Simpson. Plus: Artemis Fowl, Nevada Barr, Charlaine Harris, Philippa Gregory, Deveraux, Faye Kellerman, Ridley Pearson; Dave Mustaine, Churchill's Empire, Strays of Afghanistan...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Aug 05, 2010

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of July 19, 2010

  Featured: Gilded Age 'Tale of Madness and Murder'. Plus: Anne Frank Graphic Bio, The Temptress; Evanovich, Johansen, Gear, Modesitt, James Robinson, Sean Williams, Daniel Silva...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jul 18, 2010

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of June 28, 2010

  Featured: David Mitchell. Plus: James Patterson, Richard North Patterson, Gerritsen, Eisler, McCaffrey, Thor; Wall Street Insanity, Wealthy Widows, NO Saints, Zombie Banks, It's Maggie's World...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jun 29, 2010

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of June 21, 2010

  Featured: 1939 World's Fair on the Brink of War. Plus: 'Captive' of the Taliban, Audrey Hepburn, 'Memoir' of Gambling; Evanovich, Steel, Sparks, McCrumb, Strieber, Noel...

  News by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jun 21, 2010