Misguided romance at heart of beach sequel
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Dorothea Benton Frank
If Pat Conroy and Anne Rivers Siddons are the king and queen of Lowcountry Lit, then Dottie Frank is surely one of the slightly less serious, slightly more lighthearted, members of the royal family.
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Martha offers range of cupcakes
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Food Bookshelf Cupcakes

Martha Stewart's new cookbook, “Cupcakes,” captures the diminutive desserts in all their glory.

Amazon lowers Kindle e-book reader price to $299
By RACHEL METZ | AP Technology Writer | July 8, 2009

Amazon.com Inc. cut the price of its Kindle electronic reading device to $299 on Wednesday in an effort to attract more bookworms and make the gadget a mainstream hit.

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Nic Brown
A savage storm of bracing vignettes

Chapel Hill author Nic Brown's debut, “Floodmarkers,” brings Hurricane Hugo – and the human chaos it fosters – front and center.

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For young readers: Joy is discovering a book you can’t put down. Last summer every book in my to-read pile gripped me from the first page and held me to the last. Here are some recent titles to make this summer’s reading sunny.

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