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Displaying articles for: October 2009

November 2, 2009

Eoin Colfer

Tales of adventure, mystery and cocktails at the end of time.

October 27, 2009

Mark Frost

The author of Game Six shares three books perfect for passing the time between World Series games.

October 19, 2009

Amanda Palmer

Sage enlightenment and moody fantasy, chosen by a riveting performer.

October 12, 2009

Nick Hornby

Three books to bring on the laughter and tears -- from a master of both.

October 5, 2009

Mark Hoppus

A musician's dive into three gripping reads.

Daybook

May 22: The video game Pac-Man, featuring "the most iconic character from the golden age of arcade video games," was released on this day in 1980. Over the next decade, gamers spent over $2.5 billion in quarters…

Previously in Daybook

In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin.

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The Long List

Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now

She Left Me the Gun

Emma Brockes' mother Paula escaped from South Africa with a smuggled pistol and a dark secret. A daughter unravels her family's covert past -- and a suspenseful legal drama -- in this hard-boiled memoir of survival.

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Expand your memory, puzzle-solving skills, and sense of metaphysical wonder with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett's tasting menu of user-friendly neuroscience and poetic lingual pursuits.

When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results.