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May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.

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New In Paperback Feb. 6-12

Feb 7, 2012 — This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

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Excerpt: 'I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond'

Mar 9, 2011 — Excerpt: 'I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond'

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How The 'Blind Side' Kid 'Beat The Odds'

Feb 9, 2011 — Michael Oher's journey from homelessness to football stardom has been the subject of a best-selling book — as well as the Academy Award-winning film The Blind Side. Now, Oher hopes to separate real-life fact from movie fiction in his own words.

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