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"The Bat" is the first novel in the Harry Hole mystery series by Jo Nesbo. Set in Australia, it is an interesting and twisty introduction to the character Harry Hole.
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Deep secrets must be uncovered to solve a mystery and give two brothers a second chance in John Hart's gripping novel, "Iron House."
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"The Sentry" is Robert Crais at his best -- a fast paced, twisty plot with lots of violent interactions.
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The murders of a man and his family bring a different style of justice in this second Joe Pike novel by Robert Crais.
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Can a 90-minute cartoon about building blocks be any good? Well, it depends on what you build with them...
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Eleven-year-old Byron and his sister and mother are driving through a summer fog. Something happens that changes everything, and only Byron can make it all okay again. "Perfect" is Rachel Joyce's second novel.
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Hoping to get in step with the nominations for the Academy Awards, Bernie and Sand check out the black and white film, "Nebraska."
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The first of Robert Crais's Joe Pike novels, "The Watchman," is fast-paced, edge of your seat entertainment.
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Christine Smith(McFarlane) writes about issues that will hopefully bring about awareness of what is happening with Canadian First Nations.
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"Tracks" is a deeply personal journey into Genni Gunn's childhood memories -- memories triggered by travel.
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"Holy Orders" is perhaps Benjamin Black's most darkly psychological novel to date in his acclaimed Quirke series, haunting and resonating with a sense of doom and catastrophe.
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Tantalized by the nominees for 2014 Acadamy Awards, Sand and Bernie trundle off to observe "American Hustle."
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A convoluted and complex relationship between characters fuels this fifth installation in the Quirke mystery series written by John Banfield.
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Dr. John Gray, a British writer, philosopher and atheist, maintains that evangelists have been blight on civilization. Piker staff writer Bernie, who considers himself an evangelist, agrees, and commends the BBC for providing a forum for civil discourse.
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Benjamin Black's third novel in his Quirke series, "Elegy for April," sets the disappearance of his daughter's friend in Dublin, as Quirke himself struggles with his alcoholism.
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"Pretty in Patchwork" is a book of patchwork sewing projects to last the whole new year.
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Merry Christmas popcorn! Let's go see some fine acting by Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks!
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Paul Harding offers deep insight into the passage of time, loss, and the importance of family in this highly literary work of fiction, "Enon."
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The investigation of a serial killer near Mt. Tamalpais threatens and shapes the life of a thirteen-year-old girl in Joyce Maynard's novel, "After Her."
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Violence, political upheaval, and illness are the reality which begins to intrude on Farida's dreams of life in Africa, and she must wrestle with love and make a heart-wrenching decision in Rebecca Walker's debut novel, Adé.
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Jayne Anne Phillips brings back to light the haunting story of serial killer Harry Powers in her novel, "Quiet Dell."
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The second movie in "The Hunger Games" series lures us into the theater for one of the fastest 2 1/2 hours on record...
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Hanna Krall's novella, "Chasing the King of Hearts" is a story of love and survival during the horror of the Holocaust.
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Bring on the Dark Elves and the popcorn, we're gonna watch Thor slam the bad guys!
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Part memoir and part science, "What the Dog Knows" is Cat Warren's journey with a bigger-than-life dog as they go from novices to professionals in the world of the working K9.
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P. D. Viner examines the weight of grief and its destruction of a family in the wake of a child's death, in this debut novel, "The Last Winter of Dani Lancing."
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How much of a difference will there be between viewers who have and viewers who have not read the book?
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A solitary orchardist in the Pacific Northwest, grieving for his sister's death, finds two traumatized young girls on his property in Amanda Coplin's novel, "The Orchardist."
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What, the cheapskate Bernie coughed up the bucks to see a movie twice? Oh, the 3-D...
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Bernie and Sand take their popcorn habit to check out Tom Hanks and the ocean in the movie "Captain Phillips."