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	<title>Fervent Reader</title>
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	<description>Chronicling a lifelong love affair with books</description>
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		<title>In the President&#8217;s Secret Service by Ronald Kessler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Summary: In this book, author Ronald Kessler attempts to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into protecting the President of the United States, as well as other high-profile people. The author begins with a brief history of the Secret Service, and then talks about how the agency grew into its current role [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/03/10/in-the-presidents-secret-service-by-ronald-kessler/</link>
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		<title>E-book Pricing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to Apple&#8217;s entry into the e-book market, prices for best-sellers can be expected to go up in the near future. Amazon.com introduced Kindle two years ago, and priced best-sellers at $9.99. But publishers whined and moaned about that price not being reflective of the work that goes into a book (or whatever).
With Apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/03/08/e-book-pricing/</link>
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		<title>Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Plot summary (with spoilers): The action of this novel takes place a few months after what happened in Sweetheart (book 2 of the series). Serial Killer Gretchen Lowell is again on the loose in the Portland area, while homicide detective Archie Sheridan is in a mental hospital recovering from his wounds and addictions &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/03/07/evil-at-heart-by-chelsea-cain/</link>
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		<title>Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Plot summary (with spoilers): At some unspecified point in the future, books are banned and firemen, instead of being called to put out fires, are called to ignite them. This is Ray Bradbury&#8217;s vision of a dystopic United States in his 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451.
The protagonist in the story is Guy Montag, a fireman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/03/05/fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury/</link>
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		<title>A Slobbering Love Affair by Bernard Goldberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Summary: In A Slobbering Love Affair, subtitled &#8220;The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media&#8221; author Bernard Goldberg shows a number of ways in which the media basically gave Barack Obama a pass during the 2007 primaries and the 2008 presidential campaign. Time and time again, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/03/02/a-slobbering-love-affair-by-bernard-goldberg/</link>
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		<title>NY Times Bestsellers 22810</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the New York Times Bestsellers in a handful of the more popular categories.
Hardcover Fiction:
1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
2. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
3. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
4. POOR LITTLE BITCH GIRL, by Jackie Collins
5. WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah
Hardcover Nonfiction:
1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/02/28/ny-times-bestsellers-22810/</link>
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		<title>John Adams by David McCullough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Summary: There was so much hype surround David McCullough&#8217;s 2001 biography John Adams that I couldn&#8217;t help but be curious about the book. Then once HBO turned the tome into a miniseries that won multiple Emmy awards, I knew I would end up reading it &#8212; or at least attempting to. So I tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/02/24/john-adams-by-david-mccullough/</link>
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		<title>NY Times Bestsellers 22310</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the top sellers in a handful of the more popular categories.
Hardcover Fiction:
1. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
3. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
4. WINTER GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah
5. FLIRT, by Laurell K. Hamilton
Hardcover Nonfiction:
1. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
2. THE POLITICIAN, by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/02/23/ny-times-bestsellers-22310/</link>
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		<title>The Help by Kathryn Stockett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Plot summary (with spoilers): Set in Mississippi in the early 1960&#8217;s, The Help is told from three alternating viewpoints. One narrator is Eugenia &#8220;Skeeter&#8221; Phelan, a progressive young college grad from an upper middle-class white family who dreams of being a writer. Another narrator is Aibileen, a middle-aged black woman who has been a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/02/20/the-help-by-kathryn-stockett/</link>
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		<title>Highest Duty by Capt. Chesley &#8220;Sully&#8221; Sullenberger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Summary: On January 15, 2009 U.S. Airways Flight 1549 ran into a flock of Canadian geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia. The craft lost both engines, and the pilot, Capt. Chesley &#8220;Sully&#8221; Sullenberger, quickly determined that there simply wasn&#8217;t enough time to guide it back to LaGuardia or to Teterboro, another nearby airport in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ferventreader.com/2010/02/18/highest-duty-by-capt-chesley-sully-sullenberger/</link>
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