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Book compelling in explaining crisis
HOW MARKETS FAIL: The Logic of Economic Calamities. By John Cassidy. Farrar, Straus. 400 pages. $28.
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An inside view of a woman in TV news
ALL THINGS AT ONCE. By Mika Brzezinski with Daniel Paisner. Weinstein Books. 232 pages. $25.95.
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Is peace 'Beyond America's Grasp'?
BEYOND AMERICA'S GRASP: A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East. By Stephen P. Cohen. Farrar, Straus. 284 pages. $27.
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Detective fiction examined
TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION. By P.D. James. Knopf. 208 pages. $22.
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Happenings
--Ben Moise, author of "Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden" and editor of "A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis," will sign copies of these books during the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition at noon-5 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Feb. 14 on the second floor mezzanine of Charleston Place hotel.
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'Southern Sportsman' like window to hunting's past
A SOUTHERN SPORTSMAN: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis. Edited by Ben McC. Moise. University of South Carolina Press. 440 pages. $29.95.
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Architecture critic's essays highlighted
HEARTS OF THE CITY: The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp. Knopf. 892 pages. $50.
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Rare photos chronicle Big Easy jazz
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ. By Thomas L. Morgan. Turner Publishing. 206 pages. $39.95.
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'Breathless' intriguing, far-fetched
BREATHLESS. By Dean Koontz. Bantam Dell. 336 pages. $28.
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Nabokov lives on in 'Laura'
THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA (DYING IS FUN): A Novel in Fragments. By Vladimir Nabokov. Edited by Dmitri Nabokov. Knopf. 278 pages. $35.
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'Loft Project' captures New York jazz scene
THE JAZZ LOFT PROJECT: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith From 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965. By Sam Stephenson. Knopf. 268 pages. $40.
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'Ripper' tale familiar plot, lacks charm
JACLYN THE RIPPER. By Karl Alexander. TorForge. 334 pages. $24.99
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Charleston civil rights leader's activism chronicled
FREEDOM'S TEACHER: The Life of Septima Clark. By Katherine Mellen Charron. University of North Carolina Press. 480 pages. $35.
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Author says Grant deserves more from history
U.S. GRANT: American Hero, American Myth. By Joan Waugh. University of North Carolina Press. 373 pages. $30.
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