Excerpting Oscar: Passages from the former Vegas mayor’s new memoir
Goodman on Tony Spilotro, government crooks and more.
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Profs and politics: A sociologist researches the left and right along the academic aisle
Chuck Twardy | Wed, May 1, 2013 (5:35 p.m.)
Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? is on shelves now.
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Book review: ‘Happy’
J. Caleb Mozzocco | Wed, Apr 17, 2013 (4 p.m.)
How to put this—this graphic novel is just too cartoonish
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Book review: Jonah Berger’s ‘Contagious: Why Things Catch On’
Rick Lax | Wed, Apr 17, 2013 (3:54 p.m.)
One thing's for sure: This book won't catch on
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An unpublished play by Vladimir Nabokov finally sees the light of day
Chuck Twardy | Wed, Mar 13, 2013 (4:19 p.m.)
It's practically Shakespearean in its poetry, too
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Book review: Christopher Hitchens’ ‘Mortality’ and Eben Alexander’s ‘Proof of Heaven’
Rick Lax | Wed, Mar 13, 2013 (4:12 p.m.)
Two books with greatly contrasting viewpoints. Which one is the better read?
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Book review: ‘Susceptible’
J. Caleb Mozzocco | Wed, Feb 27, 2013 (4:21 p.m.)
A beautiful book about an ugly experience
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Faith meets friendship in Carlene Bauer’s debut novel
Chuck Twardy | Wed, Feb 20, 2013 (3:22 p.m.)
Frances and Bernard's protagonists write while exploring faith and romance.
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‘Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow’ is raw and affecting
J. Caleb Mozzocco | Wed, Jan 23, 2013 (5:59 p.m.)
The book is really about a journey that doesn't go as planned.
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Tell-all tale ‘Heads in Beds’ doesn’t tell enough
Rick Lax | Wed, Jan 23, 2013 (5:47 p.m.)
Hospitality vet? Check. Juicy stories? Not so much.
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When a good writer goes bad: A look at Mark Helprin’s latest
Chuck Twardy | Wed, Jan 23, 2013 (5:40 p.m.)
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Craig Yoe uses comics to looks into cartoonists
J. Calob Mozzocco | Wed, Jan 16, 2013 (5:16 p.m.)
It’s not that comics creators are vain so much as they suffer from their field’s own insidious form of writer’s block.
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Local author Daria Snadowsky on sex and the state of writing in Las Vegas
Rick Lax | Wed, Jan 16, 2013 (3:21 p.m.)
Snadowsky lives in Las Vegas, practices law and writes young-adult novels for Random House
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Best of 2012: Books
Chuck Twardy | Thu, Dec 27, 2012 (midnight)
Scrutinizing Jefferson bio is the top pick in print this year.
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Weekly eaters analyze the latest edition of ‘Eating Las Vegas’
Jim Begley, Brock Radke | Sat, Dec 8, 2012 (9:25 a.m.)
Like the critics who wrote it, there are some things about this Top 50 restaurant list that annoy us.
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Featured Cocktail
May 15, 2013
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Sabrina Chapman
The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS
This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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