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How to enter "A Dozen on Denver" writing contest

Enter our contest marking the city's 150th anniversary and you could win $500 and see your story published in the Rocky Mountain News.
The White Mary

As foreign correspondent Marika Vecera researches her biography on a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has reportedly committed suicide, she discovers a letter from a missionary who claims to have seen the journalist in a remote jungle.
The Grift

In Debra Ginsberg's new novel, tarot card reader Marina doesn't believe in her psychic abilities, but that doesn't stop her from capitalizing on those who do. Her life turns upside down, though, after she cons a client, then begins truly seeing things yet to come.

Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children

Some 900 pesticide ingredients formulated into 18,000 different pesticide products are being used nationwide, causing disease, disability and dysfunction to one of every three American children, warn authors Philip and Alice Shabecoff.

Readers go tripping with Paul Theroux

Literary traveler Paul Theroux re-creates the 28,000-mile trans-Asian journey he chronicled three decades ago in "The Great Railway Bazaar."

After the Fire: A True Story of Love and Survival

Severely injured in a 2000 dormitory fire at Seton Hall University, Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos formed a remarkable friendship that sustained them through the worst of their recovery.

Specialty bookshelf: reviews of thriller, children's and Colorado author titles

Aug. 22 picks: "The Turnaround" by George Pelecanos; "Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures" by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda; and "Speck: The Life and Times of Spencer Penrose" by Robert C. Olson

Best-sellers: August 22

It's been a summer of blockbuster debuts, including "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" and "The Lace Reader." Now add another: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society."

Pharmakon

Though his new novel is brilliant in parts, screenplay writer Dirk Wittenborn just couldn't get the chemistry right.

Specialty bookshelf: reviews of thriller, mystery, fantasy and young adult titles

Aug. 15 picks: "Leather Maiden" by Joe R. Lansdale; "Dead Hot Shot" by Victoria Houston; "Subterranean Tales of Dark Fantasy," edited by William Schafer; and "The Last of the High Kings" by Kate Thompson

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

Some call drivers who ignore merge signs, then race to switch lanes at the last minute, "morons." But author Tom Vanderbilt says they're actually a boon to traffic flow. In his new book, Vanderbilt crafts a fascinating exploration of what happens when we drive.

Thomas Frank's 'Wrecking Crew' fires on conservatism

Since when did "liberal" become a bad word? "What's the Matter With Kansas?" author Thomas Frank talks to the Rocky about what he deems the "brazen hijacking" of public policy by conservatives.

The Way We'll Be

Americans will face the future with creative approaches to consumerism, a cooperative worldview and an inclusive view of spirituality, according to polling guru John Zogby's new book.

The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

In his new book, Thomas Frank dissects modern conservatism -- and the results of the autopsy aren't pretty.

Diana DeGette writes about 'Sex, Science and Stem Cells'

Pro-science legislator U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, takes readers right to the House floor with summaries of congressional battles over sex, science and stem cells.

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1 Tropic Thunder $16,272,195
2 The House Bunny $14,533,702
3 Death Race $12,621,090
4 The Dark Knight $10,542,424
5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars $5,661,456
6 Pineapple Express $5,452,163
7 Mirrors $5,010,663
8 Mamma Mia! $4,314,840
9 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $4,177,950
10 The Longshots $4,080,687

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