Complete books coverage for Sunday, March 8, 2009

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Collected Stories and Complete Novels by John Cheever, Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey, Ruins: A Novel by Achy Obejas, Beyond Uncertainty by David C. Cassidy, The Book of Night Women by Marlon James, Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant, Losing My Religion by William Lobdell, Pow-Wow by Ishmael Reed, On Moving by Louise DeSalvo, The Winter Sun by Fanny Howe

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Entertainment & Arts

Lessons on the prairie

The timely appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series
March 8, 2009
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Books

‘Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience -- Two Centuries of Short Fiction,’ co-edited by Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank

An anthology that’s big, messy, diverse -- just like the U.S.
March 8, 2009
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Books

The world through kaleidoscope eyes

The book, “The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge,” was released in the U.S. this year following an exhibit of Aldridge’s work at the British Design Museum.
Sept. 16, 2014
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Entertainment & Arts

‘Ruins: A Novel,’ by Achy Obejas

Cuba’s crumbling state looms large in the tale of a blindly loyal man with little to show for his faith.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

John Cheever: New volumes spotlight his life and work

‘John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings’ and ‘John Cheever: Complete Novels’ recapture his words while Blake Bailey’s ‘Cheever: A Life’ sheds light on the man.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘Decoding the Heavens’ by Jo Marchant

The author deftly handles technical material in telling the story of the discovery of an ancient computer (yes, that’s right, computer).
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘Beyond Uncertainty’ by David C. Cassidy

A fascinating biography of Werner Heisenberg seen here (left) in 1938 with his twins, Maria and Wolfgang.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘The Book of Night Women’ by Marlon James

The novel, set on a Jamaican plantation in 1785, chronicles the story of the brutality of slavery and a vengeful uprising.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘On Moving’ by Louise DeSalvo; ‘The Winter Sun’ by Fanny Howe; ‘Salvation Army’ by Abdellah Taia.

The Winter Sun Notes on a Vocation Fanny Howe Graywolf Press: 210 pp., $15 paper “The formation of our relationship to the world (for some of us) is experienced as an unfolding.”
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Los Angeles Times bestsellers for March 8, 2009

Fiction weeks on list1.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in organized sports in order to toughen him up.62.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 333.The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday : $27.95) A dark secret forces a law school graduate to work for a corrupt law firm, putting his life in danger.44.Fool by Christopher Moore (William Morrow: $26.99) King Lear’s jester and an apprentice set out to save the kingdom in this comedy of errors.25.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.306.The Women by T.C.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Los Angeles Times bestsellers for March 8, 2009

Fiction 1. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99) 2. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ($13.95) 3.
March 8, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Book calendar

Author and book events for the week of March 8, 2009
March 8, 2009

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