This Week in Calendar

The following reviews are scheduled:

Ronald Brownstein reviews “A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton” by Carl Bernstein and “Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton” by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr.

Richard Schickel reviews “This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House, and Hollywood” by Jack Valenti.

Tim Rutten reviews “The Uncertain Hour,” a novel by Jesse Browner.

Robert Hilburn reviews “Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector” by Mick Brown.

Edward Champion reviews “Blaze,” a novel by Richard Bachman, with a foreword by Stephen King.

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On the Web

How do you get computer-gizmo-distracted kids to give Greek mythology a chance? This week at latimes.com/books, Sonja Bolle in Word Play, a column on books for young readers, talks to Rick Riordan about the success of his series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”