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By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
At the new Pop-Hop Books & Print in Highland Park, a pair of print aficionados believes that others, like themselves, cling to the page in the age of ebooks.
By Jon Thurber
Twenty years ago, war raged across the former Yugoslavia, killing 100,000 people.
By Reed Johnson and Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times
A towering literary figure at home and abroad, he was pivotal in raising the profile of the hemisphere's Spanish-language writing in the second half of the 20th century.
By Noelle Carter, Los Angeles Times
The cookbook has been republished after an initial run in 1947, and her great-granddaughter Elizabeth Gilbert ('Eat Pray Love') reintroduces Potter in the forward. The cookbook is insightful and funny, weaving together practical advice and recipes.
By Richard Rayner
Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer retrace the hunt, capture and interrogation of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
By Wendy Smith
The author has written his best installment in his biographical series. He captures LBJ as a frustrated vice president and in his sudden elevation to the presidency in the wake of John F. Kennedy's assassination. It follows Johnson as he set a new course with the Civil Rights Act and a war on poverty.
By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
The anthology compiled by George Stevens Jr. is a time capsule of insights and anecdotes from Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Nora Ephron, Francois Truffaut and more.
By Susan Carpenter
'Insurgent,' the second installment of Veronica Roth's 'Divergent' trilogy, follows lead characters Tris and Tobias as their bond is battle-tested when they rise up against their dystopian society's constrictive boundaries.
By Susan Carpenter
By Mike Downey
In 'My Life as a Sportswriter,' the Sports Illustrated writer reminisces on his time chronicling the offbeat and the mainstream in sports.
By Scott Martelle
In Charlotte Rogan's first novel, people escape a sinking ship. The setting allows the author to explore morality and human nature.
By Julia M. Klein
In 'Detroit: A Biography,' Scott Martelle details Detroit's troubled history, profiles some Detroiters and offers suggestions for recovery.
By Evelyn McDonnell
In the distinctly unglamorous memoir 'A Natural Woman,' singer-songwriter Carole King details how she juggled early fame and family and a search for normality.
By Robert Crais, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Novelist Robert Crais draws from perspectives both near and far to uncover a city rich in mystery and opportunities.
By Leo Braudy, Special to the Los Angeles Times
History in L.A. doesn't hit you in the face like it does elsewhere. Often you have to go exploring to find it, but sometimes it's as obvious as the Hollywood sign.
By Janet Fitch, Special to the Los Angeles Times
An L.A. novelist says the city's writers need to create a more complex and accurate picture of it — for itself and for the way it resides in the world's imagination.
By Irene Lacher, For the Los Angeles Times
W.W. Norton's former executive editor says the publishing company's revived Liveright imprint shows Norton's belief in great writing, and sees e-books as a complement to the printed word.
By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
Jesmyn Ward's Mississippi-set 'Salvage the Bones' won the National Book Award for fiction. She has more stories to tell from the South.
By Tod Goldberg, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Writer Tod Goldberg couldn't quite grasp the essence of Los Angeles as a young first-time visitor, but that had as much to do with the city as with him.
By Richard Rayner, Special to the Los Angeles Times
In this novel, a congressional election in the Palm Springs area proves ruthless, messy and entertaining.
By Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times
More than 400 authors are scheduled over the two days at USC. Writers as varied as Anne Rice and Jeff Kinney will hold court.
By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
The author first hit it big in the 1970s with a string of go-to books for kids. She recently helped turn 'Tiger Eyes' into a film and is busy on a 1950s-set novel.
By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times
The author of 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America' explores the history and types of cuisine, and weaves in a larger picture of assimilation.
By Jon Thurber, Los Angeles Times
The author of 'Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash' discusses how he became fascinated with garbage.
Schedule for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC.
By Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times
A journey across the Pacific Crest Trail turns into an exercise of triumph over grief for Cheryl Strayed in her memoir, 'Wild.'