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5 Books Making News This Week: Returns, Refugees, and Religious Cults

5 Books Making News This Week: Returns, Refugees, and Religious Cults

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5 Books Making News This Week: It Girls, Infidelity, and Illness

5 Books Making News This Week: It Girls, Infidelity, and Illness

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By Jane Ciabattari | July 11, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Athletes, Art, and Audacious Escapes

5 Books Making News This Week: Athletes, Art, and Audacious Escapes

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5 Books Making News This Week: Food, Family, and Fairy Tale Horror

5 Books Making News This Week: Food, Family, and Fairy Tale Horror

Amy Thielen, Sherman Alexie, and Victor LaValle

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By Jane Ciabattari | June 13, 2017

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Radical Hope: The Bay Area Book Festival in Four Acts

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Five Books Making News This Week: Monsters, Memoirs, and Mountains

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