Complete book coverage for Aug. 30, 2009

A mystery series featuring the globe-trotting adventurer is just the right antidote for grim headlines.

Aug. 28, 2009

The author tells another uniquely American story with an imagined life of the Collyer brothers, but he falls short of a big challenge.

Aug. 30, 2009

The one-time Chicago White Sox owner’s classic guide to gimmicks, crowd-pleasers and backroom dealings.

Aug. 30, 2009

Dirac made vast contributions to the field of physics -- among them, the prediction of antimatter -- but was a socially elusive, difficult person to know.

Aug. 30, 2009

As though struck by a lightning bolt, a married woman is at the mercy of her passions for a photographer in this story by a contemporary Irish master.

Aug. 30, 2009

How much evidence do you need? Is the truth out there? New books consider our tireless fascination with unsolved mysteries.

Aug. 30, 2009

The Nigerian writer’s third book is a collection of stories in which individuals struggle for freedom but are caught at the ends of invisible tethers.

Aug. 30, 2009

A collection of poems that capture the subtleties of society and meaning in a pastoral setting.

Aug. 30, 2009

The author of ‘Forever Barbie’ would be OK with another author citing her work, had the source been made clear.

Aug. 30, 2009

The search for meaning takes many routes -- as “Traveling with Pomegranates,” ’In Cheap We Trust’ and ‘No Impact Man’ attest.

Aug. 30, 2009

Fiction Weeks on list1.South of Broad by Pat Conroy (Nan A.

Aug. 30, 2009

Fiction 1. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger($14.95) 2.

Aug. 30, 2009