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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Books That Made a Difference To Maggie Gyllenhaal

She's played a naughty secretary and a lovelorn reporter. Now, the star of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang explains why she loves sentences that are grammatically perfect but utterly wild.

Alison Pill as Queen Maud in The Pillars of the Earth

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Gail Caldwell's memoir of friendship

Mr. Darcy to Prior Philip: Matthew Macfadyen

Oprah's Book Club Picks

Oprah talks to Ken Follett

Say You're One of Them

A New Earth companion guide

How to read William Faulkner

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Who Do You Think You Are? by Megan Smolenyak

Staying True by Jenny Sanford

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler

Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth

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Just like Ramona and Beezus

10 at-a-glance book reviews

6 new books to watch for

4 not-just-for-teens books

5 crime novels to devour

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