Iowa City author Chris Martin takes readers into elite training programs and deadly warzones in his new book, ‘Modern American …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 4, 2015 10:00 am3997d ago
Iowa City author Chris Martin takes readers into elite training programs and deadly warzones in his new book, ‘Modern American …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jan. 4, 2015 10:00 am3997d ago
When a Lisbon publisher moved offices after 30 years, they made a startling discovery: the first manuscript written by Nobel …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Jan. 4, 2015 10:00 am3997d ago
The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on your life and the lessons you have …
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A collaboration between writers and actors at the University of Iowa and countries around the world is off to Africa. …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Dec. 21, 2014 8:00 am4011d ago
Cedar Rapids native Andrew Shaffer found himself on the best-seller list this year with ‘How to Survive a Sharknado and …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Dec. 21, 2014 8:00 am4011d ago
When I was in junior high, I had one essential life goal: to read all of Agatha Christie’s novels. I …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Dec. 21, 2014 8:00 am4011d ago
In ‘Syllabus,” Lynda Barry’s charming, often insightful, always entertaining new work (Drawn and Quarterly $19.95), the cartoonist, writer, and educator …
By Wendy Henrichs, correspondent
Books Dec. 21, 2014 8:00 am4011d ago
Children’s author and cartoonist Gene Luen Yang had wanted to write a superhero book for a long, long time. Yang, …
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Books Dec. 14, 2014 9:00 am4018d ago
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘Peter Paul & Mary: Fifty Years in Music & Life” Yarrow and Stookey 2. ‘The Long Haul” Kinney …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Dec. 14, 2014 9:00 am4018d ago
Twenty years ago, Susan Newman wrote the original version of ‘Little Things Long Remembered.” This year she released an updated …
By Mary Sharp, correspondent
Books Dec. 14, 2014 5:00 am4018d ago
If your faith in mankind feels a bit tattered these days, you can spruce it up by reading Dave Rasdal’s …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Dec. 13, 2014 8:00 pm4018d ago
In most novels and movies, the life of a spy is a glamorous one. But for many real spies, a …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Dec. 13, 2014 8:00 pm4018d ago
Stephanie Rivera recounts the story of her family in ‘In Pursuit of Enlightenment (on a shoestring budget)” (FriesenPress, 149 pages, …
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