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Dirk Does Dallas (and OK City, too)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by willd

The Western Conference finals in the NBA started last night with a big win from the Dallas Mavericks over the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder. The player credited with an outsized contribution to the team’s success is superstar Dirk Nowitzki. The … Continue reading →

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Mighty Thor (the movie, the rocket, the band, the god…)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by willd

The new superhero movie Thor hits US theater this weekend, and based on overseas box office success, the movie is expected to do very well indeed. So, in honor of this auspicious debut, eReadUps offers its own little title on … Continue reading →

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The Essential Kindle/Nook/iPad Guide to Fleetwood Mac and Rumours

Posted on May 4, 2011 by willd

Anyone tuned into music in the 70s knows the impact that this British band had on the face of popular music. And now interest and awareness has been revived by the t.v. show “Glee!” by the selection of songs in … Continue reading →

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Dead or Alive: JSOC and the Hunt for Osama bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2011 by willd

From happy events like weddings to the grimmest kind of search and destroy mission, we turn to the incredible news of the attack on Osama bin Laden’s compound and his destruction in a firefight. How did it take us so … Continue reading →

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It is Royal Wedding Week at eReadUps!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by willd

The Third Book of the Week: The Bride Of course eReadUps couldn’t go any deeper into the week without a profile book about Miss Kate Middleton, the bride-to-be. Read the whole story, including the reports of a breakup in 2007, … Continue reading →

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True Grit, eReadUps Style

Posted on January 6, 2011 by willd

They are calling it a “breakout” hit, surpassing in attendance anything the Coen brothers have ever done, including Fargo and the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men. So at eReadUps that can only mean one thing: time to build a … Continue reading →

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The eReadUps Guide to the Novels of Steig Larsson

Posted on December 9, 2010 by willd

I just finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, and I reluctantly set the book on the pile to go back to the library. I even slowed down and only allowed myself to read a certain number of pages … Continue reading →

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