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Books And Literature
Misery loves the holidays: Augusten Burroughs collects his worst experiences
NEW YORK – It’s not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don’t live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been “hideous.”
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For King, national mood provides scares
By now with Stephen King, it’s easy to think this is all kind of ridiculous. An invisible dome descending upon a small town in Maine? People trapped inside, trying to figure out what on Earth is going on and – as always in a Stephen King story – dying in droves?
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Wake-up call to animal cruelty
Looking forward to your turkey dinner? Think twice. It’s time, argues Jonathan Safran Foer, to stop lying to ourselves. With all the studies on animal agriculture, pollution, toxic chemicals in factory-farmed animals and exposes of the appalling cruelty to animals in that industry, he w…
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Forest Service born in deadly blaze: ‘The Big Burn’ traces history of agency Roosevelt created
In “The Big Burn,” writer Timothy Egan tells two stories. One is up close and personal: a forest fire that hit the northern Rockies on Aug. 20-21, 1910, charring more than 4,600 square miles and killing 85 people in eastern Washington, Idaho and western Montana. To this day, people st…
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SHELF LIFE: A brief tour of library gems
Missoula Public Library recently offered a series of tours so users can rediscover our treasures. The library has such a variety of materials that appeal to such a variety of people. Here’s a quick hit on some of the discoveries that tickled tour-goers:
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Wild youth: Memoirs of growing up in Glacier National Park
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK - A cliffhanger. A faceful of moose butt. St. Elmo's fire. Wicked Wanda, Old Man Dahl and the St. Mary Lake Monster.
Nov 08, 2009 | 3:00 am | Loading…
Author Kittredge readies talk on art, human evolution
Every newborn comes to this world hard-wired with basic skills and strategies of survival: fear of falling, the ability to suckle, an outsized yowl. The ability to transform a block of stone into a human form? That takes a little more practice.
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Vollmann: At home among outsiders
Author delves deep into Calif. ‘Imperial’ country
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Amateur adventures in fatherhood: Chabon’s writing saves essays about ‘Manhood’ from mundanity
The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include - for literary papas - what you want to write about.
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Shelf life: Lighten up dark winter nights
Winter's shorter days make it harder for playing in Missoula's great outdoors. You don't have to sit around alone and twiddle your thumbs all night. Join some friends with a good book.
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ABOUT A GIRL: Hornby has new novel, screenplay
Works present a call to arms against youthful boredom
Nov 01, 2009 | 1:45 am | Loading…
West end blues: Memoir of life, music in NOLA before Katrina
NEW YORK - Hurricane Katrina gave Ned Sublette a dramatic coda - and title - for his memoir.
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Unsentimental look at Istanbul in flux: Orhan Pamuk’s novel shows a master at work
When the Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk was invited to give the annual Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University this fall, he chose as his title "The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist." Kemal, the protagonist and first-person narrator of Pamuk's latest, "The Museum of Inno…
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Book life: Stephen King weaves tale for vampire comic
The vampire world just got a new addition to its clan.
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SHELF LIFE: Check out DVDs with a swipe of your card
If you've been in Missoula Public Library in the past week, you have noticed some changes in Entertainment Central. The library is installing a new DVD dispenser machine that will function a lot like a Red Box video rental kiosk. Our new MediaBank will allow you to reserve movie titles fr…
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LET THERE BE CRUMB: Cartoonist illustrates ‘Genesis’
How do we read R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated"? It seems a contradiction: a sober reconstruction by a man who admits he "(does) not believe that the Bible is 'the word of God.' " And yet, the further we get into this electrifying adaptation, the more it all makes sense.
Oct 25, 2009 | 1:45 am | Loading…
SHELF LIFE: Things that go bump in the night
Library has full stock of scary books, CDs
Oct 25, 2009 | 1:30 am | Loading…
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