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The HeldenFiles - What Killed Murphy?
Carrie Underwood engaged to NHL player Mike Fisher
'Sesame Street' star Alaina Reed-Amini dead at 63
Gilliam preserves Ledger's last bow on 'Parnassus'
Family: Brittany Murphy was ill days before death
Spirits still bright at Chriskindl Market
Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, dies; apparently from natural causes
Most Read Stories
Blogs:
Pets:
Don't Forget About Your Dog!
The Heldenfiles:
Time Traveler Closing
Patrick McManamon:
First and 10: Quinn goes to IR, Holmgren signs on as president
Akron Zips:
Akron vs. Illinois-Chicago — Liveblog
Tribe Matters:
Tribe gets pitcher to complete Shoppach trade
Cleveland Browns:
Quinn placed on IR
Kent State Sports:
KSU gets home cookin' in win
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Cavs at Phoenix Suns – Abridged Version
Buckeye Blogging:
Bucks Meet Ducks for Rose Bowl Crown
Varsity Letters:
Report: RB to visit Akron
All Da King's Men:
Reality Warp
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Complete Morons
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (94) Additional Funding for Community Health Centers
See Jane Style:
Do IT this week: Layering
Car Chase:
What do you want for Christmas (part two)?
Let's Talk Real Estate:
All I want for Christmas…..
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Sharon is looking for a place to take a sleigh ride.
Sound Check:
On the Town – Top entertainment picks for the weekend
HRLite House:
Genetic Discrimination
Akron Gamer:
Published on Sunday, Nov 08, 2009
Fiction
1. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown. Robert Langdon among the Masons.
2. The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell. Apparent threats on Kay Scarpetta's life make her hesitate when a TV producer wants her to star in a show.
3. Pursuit of Honor, Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must teach politicians about national security following a new al-Qaeda attack.
4. Nine Dragons, Michael Connelly. The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch fights crime at home and in Hong Kong.
5. The Help, Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
Nonfiction
1. Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom. A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.
2. Superfreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
3. What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell. A decade of New Yorker essays.
4. Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin. The 2008 financial implosion on Wall Street and in Washington, by a New York Times reporter and columnist.
5. Arguing with Idiots, Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others. Making the case against big government.
Advice, how-to,
miscellaneous
1. Knockout, Suzanne Somers. Advice and interviews with doctors offering innovative cancer treatments.
2. Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even, James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. The Mad Money host offers advice for investing in a changed market.
3. The Conscious Cook, Tal Ronnen. Vegan recipes to appeal to meat-eaters.
4. Guinness World Records 2010, edited by Craig Glenday. Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.
5. The Kind Diet, Alicia Silverstone. The actress' recipes and insights for going meat- and dairy-free.
Trade paper fiction
1. Push, Sapphire. An abused, illiterate 16-year-old in Harlem meets a teacher who helps change her life; the basis for the film Precious.
2. The Shack, William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
3. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout. A seventh-grade math teacher is the link in 13 stories set on the Maine coast; a 2009 Pulitzer winner.
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson. A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress.
5. Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan. Stories set in Africa, told from the point of view of wise and resilient children.
Kids' chapter books
1. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins. The protagonist of The Hunger Games returns. (Ages 12 and up)
2. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins. In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)
3. The Magician's Elephant, Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka. An orphan in search of his sister follows a fortuneteller's mysterious instructions. (Ages 7 and up)
4. Tricks, Ellen Hopkins. A novel in verse about five teenagers who become prostitutes. (Ages 14 and up)
5. Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater. Love among the lupine. (Ages 12 and up)
— New York Times
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