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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Mary Roach shoots the moon 'Packing for Mars'. Bestselling author of quirky science books about cadavers, sex, and the afterlife unpacks little-known essential facts of life astronauts cope with in outer space in her new book, 'Packing for Mars.'

Ruth Reichl salutes yesterday's 'Gourmet' with 'Gourmet Today'. America's queen of gourmet food Ruth Reichl laments the demise of Gourmet magazine, examines the changes and trends in food production and consumption, and offers her new cookbook, 'Gourmet Today,' as proof of the greatness that was 'Gourmet' magazine.

John Ringo, Kelly Link, and China Mieville bring sci-fi and fantasy down to earth. Three emerging voices in the sci-fi and fantasy world bring the realities of writing in their respective genres down to earth.

Kurt Aldag: The Moral of the Story. Kurt Aldag, founder of the iReadNet video book tour and author news network, tells a little story with a moral and an invitation to authors everywhere.