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Book review: 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor
Los Angeles TimesAkata Witch A Novel Nnedi Okorafor Viking: 352 pp., $17.99, ages 12 and older The protagonist at the center of the young-adult novel "Akata Witch" lives in many worlds. She is, in the truest sense, African American: Nigerian by ancestry, American by...Tags: Western Africa, Book, Minority Groups, African Americans, Genes and Chromosomes
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Mona Simpson and the L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyMona Simpson's "My Hollywood," a layered, literary take on motherhood and nannyhood, enters the L.A. Times bestseller list this week at No. 11. Simpson, who lives in Santa Monica, told Susan Salter Reynolds about what inspired her to create Lola,...... -
L.A. Times bestsellers, featuring Rosanne Cash
Jacket CopyAnyone who follows Rosanne Cash on Twitter knows she's funny, candid and smart. "Must check celebrity health & beauty blogs to discern inability to sleep. Probably repressing inner Goddess or not eating enough seaweed," she Tweeted earlier this week,... -
L.A. Times bestsellers and Chateau Marmont
Jacket CopyAlthough what's hip in Hollywood changes faster than you can say "paparazzi," there's one destination that's been consistently starlit since it opened in 1931: the Chateau Marmont hotel. That's why it makes it into the title of Lauren Weisberger's new....... -
What's the secret of 'The Power'? Bestsellers for Sept. 12, 2010
Jacket CopyI don't know what the secret of "The Secret" is, but I know that the book's popularity has driven author Rhonda Byrne's new book, "The Power," to the top of our nonfiction bestseller list. "Rhonda Byrne reveals the single greatest...... -
On the L.A. Times bestseller list: A fading newspaper
Jacket CopyTom Rachman didn't much like working as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press or editor at the International Herald Tribune. "Iâm mad about journalism, but the daily grind really got to me,â he told the Globe and Mail. But...... -
Mindfulness makes the July 11, 2010, L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyBuddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh's treatise on mindfulness, "You Are Here," marks its fourth week on our nonfiction bestseller list. Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam 73 years ago, joined a Zen monastery as a teenager and, at age...... -
Richard Castle's elaborate fiction
Finding "Naked Heat" by Richard Castle simmering on the bestseller list wouldn't be unusual — it's the second in a mystery series, with a sexy cover and a blurb from author Michael Connelly — but for one thing: There is no Richard Castle. He's...Tags: Stephen J Cannell, John Slattery, All My Children (tv program), Cults and Sects, Nathan Fillion
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for August 2, 2009.
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|| 1. || Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two sisters from Shanghai encounter tragedy and heartbreak as they are sold into arranged marriages in 1930s Los Angeles. || 8 ||
|| 2. || The...Tags: Photography, Children, Black Hills Corporation, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for the week of July 26, 2009
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Doubleday: $26.95) A novelist in 1920s Spain takes a dangerous writing assignment. || 4 || || 2. || Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House: $25) Two...Tags: Photography, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Black Hills Corporation, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Dec. 20, 2009
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (Putnam: $27.95) PI Kinsey Millhone investigates the 20-year-old case of the mysterious disappearance of a 4-year-old girl. || 1 || || 2. || Too Much Happiness...Tags: Stephen King, Andre Agassi, Michael Crichton, Dan Brown , David Byrne
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Dec. 6, 2009
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. || 26 || || 2. || Under the Dome by...Tags: Pat Tillman, Stephen King, Andre Agassi, Dan Brown , National Football League
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