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KC area best sellers

01/03/2009 07:13 PM

Top books at Barnes & Noble’s Zona Rosa store, week ending Dec. 27: 1. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow

Best Sellers

01/03/2009 07:09 PM

Fiction: 1. The Christmas Sweater, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright (Threshold Editions; $19.99). A boy learns from his disappointment.

Author has a theory that it’s the time you put in that attracts success

12/31/2008 05:53 PM

Why is everyone in Hollywood talking about 10,000 hours? That’s the amount of time that author Malcolm Gladwell says it takes for a talented person to master a cognitively complex skill, such as becoming a world-class pianist or an Olympic athlete.

Book review: Inside & Out by Darren DeFrain

12/31/2008 05:53 PM

Inside & Out is a fine title for Darren DeFrain’s new collection of 11 sexy, dramatic and funny short stories.

Audiobooks | In thrilling mystery, Soviet agent delves into child murders, own conscience

01/03/2009 07:02 PM

Child 44 not only is one of the best mysteries of this year, it is one of the most remarkable and original debuts in recent years.