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November 5, 2009

Book It

While I'm in Boston through the weekend, I'm missing out on tons of fun here in Maryland.

As I mentioned Tuesday, Taylor Branch will be at the Pratt tonight, discussing his new book, "The Clinton Tapes." This man knows his history, and he's got the tapes to prove it.

Tomorrow night, Atomic Books hosts "Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys," with readings and discussions of the anthology detailing the sex industry led by David Henry Sterry and Shawna Kenney.

On Saturday, local author Mark Millikin will be at Greetings & Readings to discuss and sign his book, "The Glory of the 1966 Orioles and Baltimore," which tells the story of the era through the eyes of those who lived it.

And on Wednesday, Baltimore's own James Magruder will be at the Johns Hopkins Barnes and Noble to sign and discuss his debut novel, "Sugarless," a coming-of-age story complete with drugs, sex and born-again Christians.

Don't see anything you like? Visit the Read Street calendar for even more events.

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.