Books Archives
A Round-Heeled Woman, Jane Juska - You may not know her name, but you have probably heard of Jane Juska, the 66-year-old retired teacher from California who placed the following ad in
A Sense of the World, Jason Roberts - James Holman was a 21-year-old British sailor with the bad luck to be the man on deck as his ship was buffeted by a winter storm off Nova Scotia.
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Peter Handke - The Sunday edition of the Kärnter Volkszeitung carried the following item under 'Local News': 'In the village of A. (G.
A Stranger Like You, Elizabeth Brundage - Hugh Waters has a problem --- no, Hugh Waters is a problem.  He’s the original nowhere man: dead-end job at an insurance company, childless
A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas - Does she have a husband? Well, Rich is around, a phone call or a visit away. He can speak.
A Twist of the Wrist: Quick Flavorful Meals with Ingredients from Jars, Cans, Bags, and Boxes, Nancy Silverton - Nancy Silverton is one of the last chefs in the world I would have expected to write a cookbook that urges you to use prepared foods. Worse, prepa
A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village, Brian May and Elena Vidal - Buddy you’re a young man hard man Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day You got blood on yo’ face You big disgrac
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan -   Jennifer Egan won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Now she’s added the Pulitzer Prize.   You would be entirely forgiven if th
A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson - So you've written a batch of books, Mr.
A Whole Lotta Love: What The Home Shopping Network Special on 'Eat Pray Love' Might Have Offered - Today we're in China and Japan. Why are we anywhere?
A Widow's Story, Joyce Carol Oates - Guest Blogger Elizabeth Benedict is the author of five novels, including the bestseller Almost, and editor of the anthology, Mentors, Muses
A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald, Errol Morris - For decades, the scariest sentence in the English language was “Mike Wallace is here to see you.” No more. Now it’s “Errol Mor
Abide With Me, Sabin Willett - Guest Butler Laura Harrington is an award-winning playwright, lyricist and librettist, and the author of Alice Bliss, a novel I love a lot.
About Alice, Calvin Trillin - Alice Trillin died in New York City on September 11, 2001. Did anyone else die in Manhattan that day?
About the Author: A Novel, John Colapinto - There are evenings when the invite to the duchess’s ball didn’t arrive and there’s nothing on TV, not even a black-and-white film on
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Jean Rhys - I was having dinner with Judy Resnick, the author of I'm On My Own, And So Are You: Financial Security for Women, and a mutual friend who is
Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive, Joel Meyerowitz - A few days after 9/11, Joel Meyerowitz --- famed for landscapes of extreme beauty and serenity --- went to the site of the World Trade Center.
Alan Furst: Blood of Victory - Countries need oil for blood, steel for bone, rubber for feet. And in wartime, even more so. Think back to your American History courses.
Alan Furst: Dark Voyage, Alan Furst - I spent my free moments this week reading my favorite kind of book --- one you can't put down.
Alan Furst: Mission to Paris - If you have a deadline looming or even a busy week, the absolute last thing you want to do is crack open “Mission to Paris” and think you&