Sept. 16, 2014 10:27 AM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Copy Link URLCopied! Print COVER REVIEW: Why does death and mortality fascinate so many writers today? Read more 1 Entertainment & Arts They all disappear Novels about kidnapping by Laura Lippman, Jennifer McMahon, Stewart O’Nan and others consider the lives of those left behind.Nov. 23, 2008 2 Entertainment & Arts In search of a wizard In ‘Finding Merlin: The Truth Behind the Legend of the Great Arthurian Mage,’ Adam Ardrey condemns long-ago chroniclers for their motives but is like a sleuth in tracking ancient details.Nov. 23, 2008 3 Entertainment & Arts ‘A Whaler’s Dictionary,’ ‘The Hedgehog’s Dilemma’ and ‘Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me’ Ecology, style and the glories of a familiar story about a white whaleNov. 23, 2008 4 Entertainment & Arts Los Angeles Times bestsellers Nov. 23, 2008Nov. 23, 2008 5 Entertainment & Arts Los Angeles Times bestsellers Nov. 23, 2008Nov. 23, 2008 6 Entertainment & Arts Book events for the week of Nov. 23, 2008 Author and other literary events coming to a neighborhood near you.Nov. 23, 2008
