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Recipe for Murder at The Shore

September 5, 2014

An aspiring mystery writer finds herself at the heart of the real-life murder in this tightly-plotted whodunit....
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Book Fest Bound for Morristown

September 4, 2014

Bibliophiles will go wild for the Morristown Festival of Books! The two-day event takes place September 26-27 and will feature 22 local and national authors....
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Lawns and Literacy: Little Free Libraries

Little Free Libraries are cropping up in front of homes throughout the Garden State....
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Plants Plot Their Revenge

July 24, 2014

Author A.J. Colucci creates a horrifying alternative reality while exploring the nature of human courage and maternal bonds....
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Riding Out the Repercussions

June 30, 2014

Adrift teen Tom Alison anchors this cautionary but invigorating novel about identity, culpability and class....
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The Good Goodbye: On Love, Loss, and Living

May 20, 2014

A journalist's memoir reflects on the deaths of her husband, sister, mother and mother-in-law in the span of 17 months. ...
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Flirting With Disaster: A Collection of Calamities

April 23, 2014

A new book by Alan A. Siegal catalogs the fires, shipwrecks and other disasters that have plagued New Jersey throughout history. ...
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Of Asanas and Sons: A Yogi Parenting Book

The memoir of yoga enthusiast Brian Leaf, "Misadventures of a Parenting Yogi," amusingly documents his quest to be a centered dad. ...
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Daniel O’Brien: Fighting Words

April 10, 2014

The author of the historical non-fiction book "How To Fight Presidents" talks with us about the eccentricities of past commanders-in-chief, and why Millard Fillmore is dead meat....
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Get Smart: How to Build Brain Power

Quickie novelist Dan Hurley finds there’s no fast track to brain power....
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An Immigrant’s Bittersweet Slice of Life in Edison

March 6, 2014

The thinly-veiled memoir tells the tale of an immigrant family who must cope with grief, doubt and life in America. ...
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Author James McBride: Making His Own Luck

March 3, 2014

National Book Award winner James McBride talks with New Jersey Monthly about not caring about his literary status, and his part-time life in Lambertville. ...
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Missing Memory

January 24, 2014

Prolific author Joyce Carol Oates latest novel, "Carthage," is a murder mystery that relies on small town gossip, capricious witnesses and family politics....
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Family Mystery at the Shore

January 6, 2014

Sarah Cornwell's debut novel, "What I Had Before I Had You," follows a mother's search for her bi-polar son in her gritty, Jersey Shore hometown....
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Princeton’s Salinger Stash

January 2, 2014

With a documentary on the J.D. Salinger airing on PBS on January 21, many are flocking to Princeton to read five of the reclusive author's unpublished short stories. ...
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Up With Snake Oil: Holiday Hangover Cures

December 9, 2013

Cocktail Whisperer” Warren Bobrow offers holiday hangover relief. ...
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Holiday Reading List: Books for 2013

December 4, 2013

A host of new titles to get and give....
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"The Trouble With Being a Duke" by West Milford author Sophie Barnes is set in 19th-century England and revolves around Isabella Chilcott, a seamstress who seeks adventure at a masquerade ball....
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