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NEWS
AND UPDATES
07/11/08
For those of you in SoCal, please don’t forget to attend the HBC’s first live event tomorrow at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. The fun starts at 4 p.m. and includes a performance by the band Red Pony Clock. Hope to see you there!
04/01/08
Happy April, everyone! If you haven’t already noticed, we have a lot more content than usual this month. We really enjoyed putting together this update, and if you read very carefully, you’ll see why!
01/02/08
Happy new year, everyone!
Thanks to everyone who entered the HBC’s book giveaway! The winners are listed here.
11/26/07
FYI, we’ve made some additions and changes to the book giveaway. First, we’ve added On the Road: The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac to the giveaway. We’ve also learned that Penguin has decided to give us a first edition numbered galley of Nick Hornby’s Slam. See the details on the giveaway page.
11/12/07
The HBC has its own MySpace page now. The Facebook page is forthcoming.
Also, please note that we will only be accepting extra entries for the book giveaway until November 30, so send in your entries soon.
11/02/07
Hope you’re enjoying the latest update. Definitely don’t forget to check out our holiday book giveaway or to contribute some ideas for our holiday gift suggestion list. Thanks for checking in with us.
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REVIEWS
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By Marilynne Robinson
Reviewed by BRIAN HURLEY
God bless Marilynne Robinson. Who else among the recent Pulitzer
Prize-winning novelists writes so solemnly about the sacred
American traditions of farms, churches, families, and baseball?
It's like her values were cryogenically frozen in Iowa in
1956.
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review]
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SAVIOR
By Roland Merullo
Reviewed by KYLE OLSON
Merullo's work poses and answers several questions including
"How would the prevailing Democratic and Republican candidates
handle a campaign against Jesus?"
[Full
review]
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 ABORTION
& LIFE
By Jennifer Baumgardner
Reviewed by MARIE MUNDACA
Many
within the feminist movement argue over whether a person can
call herself a feminist and be pro-life. Others believe that
the stigma that surrounds abortion has prevented a cogent
dialog about the decision-making process, and issues that
may come up afterwards.
[Full
review]
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 VACATION
By Deb Olin Unferth
Reviewed by SAMANTHA STOREY
Characters
follow, are followed, separate, get lost, run away, and do
other crazy things in an almost domino-like string of semi-related
events, some so fantastical that it's hard to believe Unferth
will be able to pull it off without giving voice to a trite
soap opera.
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IF
YOU LOVE A BOOK, SET IT FREE (Part 2)
By YENNIE CHEUNG
Yennie tracks down the first of seven documented readers of
the book, which was found at a used book sale.
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article]
POLITICAL
BOOKS IN A SOUNDBITE ELECTION
By CHRIS MACKOWSKI
Chris gives a brief history of political books (both the inspirational
and the underwhelming) and their importance in elections.
[Full
article]
CALL
HIM ISHMAEL (OR NOT)
Members of the HBC staff suggest a few literary names for
your progeny.
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THE
INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY
Dorothy
Parka ridicules the audacity of the political memoir—including
the memoirs of the White House pets.
[Full
story]
LETTERS
FROM THE EDITORS
Kyle Olson gets a new job and not-so-subtly discusses voting.
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