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Julie Powell did not set out to become a celebrity. The way she tells it, the author of two memoirs and one of the central characters in the film "Julie and Julia," was just fighting off boredom when she started her blog in 2002. Read Full Artice...
BOOK EVENTS
Tuesday
Harry Turtledove will sign "Liberating Atlantis," 7 p.m. Borders, 9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge. 818-886-5443.
Wednesday
Mystery Book Club will discuss "Through a Glass Darkly" by Donna Leon, 10 a.m. Read Full Artice...
DEAN PITCHFORD
What: The author will read from and sign copies of his new kids' book, "The Big One-Oh."
When: 11 a.m. today
Where: Storyopolis, 12348 Ventura Blvd., Studio City
Information: (818) 509-5600, www.storyopolis.com . Read Full Artice...
DEREK MUNSON says he has talked to more than 100,000 students in our public and private schools, as well as in our libraries.
To all of them, this award-winning children's author brings a message of peace. The Redmond, Wash. Read Full Artice...
SIX THOUSAND years before the Fellowship of the Ring, long before anyone had even seen a Hobbit, the elves and men of Middle-earth quaked at the power of the dark lord Morgoth. Read Full Artice...
"Don't Touch My Hat!" by James Rumford (Knopf, $16.99, second-grade level). ISBN: 9780375837821.
A sheriff rules his town with smarts, fairness, quick guns and a 10-gallon hat. Read Full Artice...
HE'S 90, and every morning he works out at the gym. He's published his ninth book. He's starred in more than 80 movies and wouldn't mind making more. Read Full Artice...
This week, we spoke with Emmy Award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert about her new book, "Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents" (Seal Press; $14.95). Read Full Artice...
MICHAEL CHABON
What: The author discusses, reads and signs "The Yiddish Policemen's Union"
When and where: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles; also 7 p.m. Read Full Artice...
UPLAND - A man with a violent criminal history is the target of a police search after his 33-year-old roommate was found dead late Friday night in an Upland house, police said Saturday.
Investigators are searching for Javier D. Read Full Artice...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The bicycle selection just got a whole lot bigger in this town.
Cyclery USA opened its third Inland Empire location in the Deer Creek Village Plaza on Haven Avenue and Town Center Drive. Read Full Artice...
FONTANA - Prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder for allegedly throwing a knife at his ex-girlfriend after he saw her driving on Sierra Avenue.
Humberto Araujo Jr. Read Full Artice...
Monday
Monday Book Group will discuss "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri, 12:30 p.m. Barnes and Noble, 160 S. Westlake Blvd., Thousand Oaks. 805-446-2820.
Mystery, Murder and Mayhem book group will discuss "Vanish" by Tess Gerritsen, 7 p.m. Read Full Artice...
Here's an abiding mystery - in an age when every medium for the written word is evolving or under assault, why do people still write books? I have concluded that it's because they have to. Read Full Artice...
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