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P-I Gift Guide: Great books for kids
Children and teens are among the most passionate of readers. All they need is the right book -- and the holidays are the perfect time to play matchmaker. Here are some suggested titles for tots to teens.
Books: 'The Man Who Owns the News'
Michael Wolff's supercilious yet star-struck portrait of Rupert Murdoch says the notorious press baron has a crude, primordial idea of a good time.
Steve Fainaru's new book covers private contractors fighting in Iraq
John Marshall: Steve Fainaru, 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner, examines America's widespread use of mercenaries in the Iraq war in a disturbing new book, "Big Boy Rules." He discusses it next week in Seattle.
Stephanie Kallos' saga unfolds amid a storm of grief
Stephanie Kallos, a longtime Seattle actress, struck gold with her debut novel, "Broken for You." She returns with an ambitious second book, "Sing Them Home," which she discusses Wednesday evening at Third Place Books.
Northwest Bookshelf
Northwest Bookshelf for Dec. 5.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
Bookstores banking on J.K. Rowling's magic
LONDON -- Recession-hit booksellers are hoping for a magical boost from a new book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
Books: '2666'
To call "2666" a thing of nearly unfathomable breadth elides the intimacy of experiencing it; to focus on the relentless, pounding rhythm of its violence does no justice to its shimmering beauty.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008
Books: 'Last of the Old Guard'
Louis Auchincloss has been interested in French literature since college. He also seems to enjoy throwing in references to ancient Roman history.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008
Books: 'The Sun and the Moon'
In the mid-1830s, New York's The Sun was the creation of a journeyman printer-turned-journalistic pioneer, Benjamin Day.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008
Bellevue romance writer Jane Porter's life imitates art in novel and on TV
John Marshall: "Flirting With Forty," a novel by Jane Porter of Bellevue, becomes a Lifetime TV movie Saturday night. Heather Locklear stars as the divorced heroine largely based on Porter and her unlikely romance with a younger surfer in Hawaii.
Book: 'A Mercy'
"A Mercy" is a tightly wrought tale, closer to a novella than a novel.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2008
Book: "From Colony to Superpower'
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008
Alaska marine biologist makes an impassioned case against oil at all costs
Alaskan Riki Ott has written a "Silent Spring" for the new century.
Wally Lamb conquers 'best-sellerdom' and returns with his third novel
John Marshall: After a decade's absence, Wally Lamb returns to best-sellerdom with "The Hour I First Believed." He discusses his saga about the Columbine High School shootings in two Seattle events next week.
Northwest Bookshelf
Northwest Bookshelf: "The Airplane," "Radioman" and "Yellowfish."
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008
Book: 'One Night Stands and Lost Weekends'
"One Night Stands and Lost Weekends" is a fun, if warmed-over, collection of Lawrence Block's early work, which already had been published in separate collectors' volumes at the turn of the century.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
Books: 'The Private Patient'
The plotting of "The Private Patient" is not up to this author's diabolical best.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008
Peter Yarrow is spreading hope to a new generation
At the age of 70, folk legend Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary has found a fresh, young audience for his songs of compassion and social change. In fact, many of his fans are barely out of diapers.
Book: 'Arctic Drift'
It's up to Clive Cussler's globe-trotting hero Dirk Pitt and his comrades to save the world from global warming in "Arctic Drift."
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
North joins South to rock the house
Music review: "Let there be rock," Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady declared Thursday night at Showbox SoDo. At that point, as the two bands joined together for a shared encore, there had been plenty.
Books: 'The World is What it is'
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
A motley crew of writers and a singer will dive into 'Personal Injury' at Hugo House
John Marshall: Hugo House's innovative new literary series continues tonight with "Personal Injury." It will feature new literary work by Richard Rodriguez, Sallie Tisdale and Ryan Boudinot, and new songs by Laura Veirs.
WSU literature instructor Alex Kuo travels far afield with 'White Jade'
Alex Kuo, an esteemed teacher at Washington State University, again demonstrates his versatility as a writer in his new collection of stories, "White Jade." He discusses it Monday night in Seattle.
Northwest Bookshelf
Northwest Bookshelf for Nov. 21.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
'The Shadow Country' wins prize for fiction
NEW YORK -- Judges for the National Book Awards honored a comeback Wednesday night, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "The Shadow Country," a revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award 30 years ago.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Books: 'The Paris Enigma'
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