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Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson performs during the Annual Dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association in Washington.

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Craig Ferguson performs during the Annual Dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association in Washington.

Craig Ferguson performs during the Annual Dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association in Washington.

On a scale of 10, it's Ferguson over Shaffer

America on Purpose
The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
By Craig Ferguson
HarperCollins, 268 pages, $34 Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

  1.  Deborah Schnitzer (right), with Literacy Partners of Manitoba's Marg Rose.

    Luminous story will delight readers who relish word play

    An Unexpected Break in the Weather Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  2. Lisa Pasold

    Debut novel as enticing as Las Vegas strip

    Rats of Las Vegas Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  3. Nothing is simple in story collection

    The Moon of Letting Go Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  4. Literary novel's title, plot idea better than delivery

    Seal Intestine Raincoat Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  5. Dame Vera Lynn is still topping the charts.

    'Sweetheart' Vera Lynn makes book pages sing

    Some Sunny Day Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  6. Philip Roth

    Roth contemplates role of suicide

    The Humbling Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  7. New way to look at genocide an ungainly work

    Worse Than War Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  8. Byrne's keen-eyed blogs transformed into book

    Bicycle Diaries Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  9. Children's books: Publishers open treasure chest

    With Christmas approaching, Canadian publishers have delivered a veritable treasure chest of children's books for all ages. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  10. Paper chase: Andrew Davidson plans to get serious

    Winnipeg novelist Andrew Davidson plans to get down to serious work in January on the followup to his celebrated debut, The Gargoyle. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  11. New In Paper

    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  12. On the Night Table - Nov. 21/09

    Cathy Davis Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  13. Winnipeg Bestsellers

    Based on sales for the week of Nov 15th at McNally Robinson Booksellers Winnipeg Free PressONLINE | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  14. Author Stephenie Meyer's book cover from her hugely popular Twilight series  For Shannon Proudfoot (Canwest) story  CNS-AUTHORS-ONLINE.

    Twilight a parent's dream come true

    OTTAWA -- Vampires aside, it's really just a simple love story. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 19/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  15. Pullinger, Vassanji take top GG Literary Awards

    CRANBROOK native Kate Pullinger is the winner of the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction for her book The Mistress of Nothing, about the life of a Victorian-era maid. Winnipeg Free PressPRINT | 18/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

  16. The CBC has admitted it inadvertently displayed the jacket of an anti-Sarah Palin book during a story about the former vice-presidential candidate that aired on 'The National.' The gaffe came Monday night during a piece on Palin's hotly anticipated new memoir 'Going Rogue: An American Life.' A CBC spokesman confirmed that the network mistakenly put up a graphic depicting the cover of 'Going Rouge: Sarah Palin An American Nightmare.'

    Similar book jackets on competing Palin tomes cause cover confusion

    TORONTO - Call it the case of the Sarah Palin book-alikes. The Canadian PressCP ONLINE | 17/11/2009 3:48 PM | 0

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