Complete book coverage for Feb. 14, 2010
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In ‘Incarceron,’ ‘The Maze Runner,’ ‘The Midnight Charter’ and ‘The Dreamhunter,’ characters face unfair judgment and arbitrary rules -- isn’t that what every teen experiences?
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When I was researching my nonfiction book “The Lost Art of Walking,” I came across this wonderful comic passage in P.G.
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For 37 years, the writer worked the underworld beat for the New Yorker. ‘Reporting at Wit’s End’ displays his craft.
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This meditation on post-millennial issues is about Yucca Mountain, a nuclear waste dump near Las Vegas.
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In this young adult novel, the thrills add up.
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A young scholar finds nourishment -- and madness -- in the academic circles devoted to studying Russia’s literary masters.
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The cruel radiance of life found in the author’s poetry shimmers in this collection of stories.
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The Pulitzer-nominated author roams the world to share the rides that are changing people’s lives.
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“Jealousy,” “Lunch in Paris” and “Supernormal Stimuli”
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Fiction weeks on list1.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. 36 2.First Rule by Robert Crais (Putnam: $26.95) Joe Pike’s past catches up with him when an old friend’s entire family is killed.4 3.The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. 24 4.The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown: $26.99) The past and present converge in a mystery surrounding a tormented artist.35.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell.146.The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R.
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.
