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Review: New book argues the late composer Stephen Sondheim’s songs can teach us a lot about life

Nonfiction: Shows such as “A Little Night Music” and “Assassins” feature more than beautiful music.
November 30, 2024
Sally Wingert in "A Little Night Music" at Theater Latte Da. (photo by Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune)
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Review: ‘Bandit Heaven’ brings wild, wild West back to life

Nonfiction: All the old John Wayne movies come to life in this fascinating tale of the last gasp of the wild, wild West.
October 31, 2024
This image provided by the Nevada Historical Society shows the famous group portrait taken in Fort Worth, Texas shortly after Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed the Einnemucca, Nev., bank in 1900. They sent the photo to the bank with a thank you note. Shown are Bill Carver, top left, the Sundance Kid, bottom left, and Butch Cassidy, bottom right. The other two members of the gang are not identified. A collector of rare books and documents has obtained a manuscript with new evidence that Butch Cas
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We may soon have a new category for hurricanes, and that’s bad news

NONFICTION: “Category Five” says those catastrophic events are commonly being eclipsed, because of climate crisis.
August 27, 2024
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Book shows how intertwined history of man and ‘The Horse’ shaped our world

NONFICTION: Loving that new pair of jeans you bought? Thank a horse.
July 24, 2024
FILE - In this March 14, 2006 file photo, a herd of wild horses graze near the Carson River in Carson City, Nev. Wild horse advocates say they have no recourse but the courts after federal land managers rejected their request for an immediate moratorium on mustang roundups. The Bureau of Land Management plans to remove more than 30,000 horses from Western rangelands over the next three years to deal with soaring numbers of the animals and costs to manage them in a plan unveiled by Interior Secre
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Give that man a trophy! Humorist Simon Rich amuses again with ‘Glory Days’

NONFICTION: The Thurber Prize-winning writer of “New Teeth” and TV’s “Miracle Worker” has a new humor collection.
July 17, 2024
black and white photo of author Simon Rich
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Book says no jewel was safe when Texas’ ’King of Diamonds’ was in town

NONFICTION: He was the ‘60s answer to Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” but his jewel heists never were solved.
April 2, 2024
photo of author Rena Pederson
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How Calvin Trillin mastered ‘The Lede’ and other annoyingly brilliant writing things

NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
February 7, 2024
photo of author Calvin Trillin
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Crime novelist Michael Connelly just keeps getting better with 'Resurrection Walk'

FICTION: Heroes Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller team again in a search for justice.
October 31, 2023
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Give that man a trophy! Humorist Simon Rich amuses again with ‘Glory Days’

NONFICTION: The Thurber Prize-winning writer of “New Teeth” and TV’s “Miracle Worker” has a new humor collection.
July 17, 2024
black and white photo of author Simon Rich
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Book says no jewel was safe when Texas’ ’King of Diamonds’ was in town

NONFICTION: He was the ‘60s answer to Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” but his jewel heists never were solved.
April 2, 2024
photo of author Rena Pederson
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How Calvin Trillin mastered ‘The Lede’ and other annoyingly brilliant writing things

NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
February 7, 2024
photo of author Calvin Trillin
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Crime novelist Michael Connelly just keeps getting better with 'Resurrection Walk'

FICTION: Heroes Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller team again in a search for justice.
October 31, 2023
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