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Read ‘em And Eat: ‘Citizen Vince’ and ‘The Wiseguy Cookbook’

October 16, 2009 – 4:08 pm

I mentioned in a previous post that I was adapting the Read and Feed format originated by Tampabay.com that pairs books popular with local book clubs with food to serve at meetings.  Since my book club just read and discussed Citizen Vince, I thought it the appropriate book to launch Read ‘em And Eat.
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Crime Writer Douglas Preston, The Amanda Knox Case & The Judge That Binds

January 23, 2009 – 6:09 pm

Best selling author Douglas Preston has written and in some ways become a character in his own non-fiction account of a serial killer that stalked the hills of Florence, Italy in the 1970’s and 1980’s.  Preston’s investigation of the murders with co-writer Mario Spezi and the making of the book, “The Monster of Florence”, was [...]

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