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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Dec. 27, 2009
Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15) 3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14) 4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and...Tags: Theft, David Oliver, Julia Child, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Eco books for kids: Saving the planet, one book at a time
The environmental movement may not yet have changed the world, but it has certainly changed the world of children's books. Hardly a science or nature book for kids fails to sound a warning about habitats, species and resources in danger. Where 10 years...Tags: John Muir, Carl Hiaasen, Theodore Roosevelt, Science and Technology, Science
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Viggo Mortensen's long and winding 'Road' to the Oscars?
Gold DerbyInitially scheduled to be released in 2008, "The Road" got detoured, heading back to the editing room when there were early creative glitches with the production. Was it the end of the road for its kudos hopes? There were early high expectations for the... -
Cormac McCarthy's typewriter and its predecessors
Jacket CopyOn Friday, Christie's will auction Cormac McCarthy's battered blue Olivetti typewriter, with proceeds going to the Santa Fe Institute, a nonprofit the author supports. "I have typed on this typewriter every book I have written including three not yet... -
âThe Roadâ has end-of-the-world images inspired by Katrina aftermath
The Hero ComplexSCENE STEALER Patrick Kevin Day chatted with "The Road" director John Hillcoat, who got many of the apocalyptic images used in the movie from New Orleans, including the infamous Lower Ninth Ward. You can read his previous Scene Stealer interviews...... -
'Crossers' by Philip Caputo
Crossers
A Novel
Philip Caputo
Alfred A. Knopf: 452 pp., $26.95
Rather than a Milagro Beanfield-style war over water rights, in Philip Caputo's "Crossers" we have a veritable hot zone, with faceoffs between drug runners packing automatic pistols,...Tags: Migration, Family, Defense, Firearms, Drug Trafficking
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Fantasy Xmas shopping for book lovers: Christie's droolworthy auction
Jacket CopyLooking for just the right gifts for the book lovers in your life? Today, in two auctions, Christie's is auctioning some rare and stunning literary artifacts. Cormac McCarthy's typewriter is only the beginning; there are first editions and letters and....... -
Cormac McCarthy's $254,500 typewriter
Jacket CopyCormac McCarthy's typewriter sold at auction today for 254,500 bones, more than 12 times the estimated cost of $15,000-$20,000. And the thing barely works! Functionality isn't the point, of course: Provenance is. It's notable that McCarthy has written all... -
Summer reading: Benjamin Percy on Stephen King
Jacket CopyAs summertime gets underway, we've created the L.A. Times list of 60 books for 92 days. All of these are new titles, being released in time for summer 2010. At Jacket Copy, we're asking writers and other bookish types about...... -
Joyce Carol Oates' widowhood with literature
Jacket CopyFor those who are attempting, however fruitlessly, to read everything written by the prolific Joyce Carol Oates, there's another paperback to add to the to-be-read pile. "In Rough Country," released at the end of June, has 29 essays and book...... -
The filmmakers behind 'From Hell' take a Biblical road with 'Book of Eli'
The Hero ComplexThe Hughes Brothers start a new chapter with "Book of Eli" and Denzel Washington... -
America's 40 worst books. 'Gatsby'? Really?
Jacket CopyThe American Book Review has taken stock of literature and come up with its Top 40 Bad Books. The list targets some big, popular favorites -- F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic "The Great Gatsby," Richard Yates' "Revolutionary Road," the James Bond......
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