Displaying articles for: August 2011

Alexandra Fuller

Reading to unveil the inner life of Africa.

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Lev Grossman

The author of The Magician King recommends three books about codes of manners, codes of honor, and codebreakers.

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Dave Stewart

A songsmith traces his storytelling roots.

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Vanessa Carlton

The singer-songwriter picks books she'd travel a thousand miles to read.

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Jane Fonda

Three illuminating reads, chosen by the actress and author.

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Chick Corea

A musical legend on reading for relaxation -- and inspiration.

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Grant Morrison

Three recommendations from the comic book writer's shelves.

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May 25: On this day in 1938 Raymond Carver was born. Carver's poem "Luck," about a nine-year-old who wakes to an empty house and the leftovers of his parents' party, is all too autobiographical: "What luck, I thought. / Years later,…

Angry robots! Aren't they all? Well, not the line of fine science fiction and fantasy books that comes to readers under the rubric Angry Robot. In fact, their offerings…

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Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now
Happy Money

“Money can’t buy happiness” is one of the oldest clichés around, but what if it’s all about how you use it? Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton give compelling advice on how to get the most pleasure out of your piggy bank.

The Philadelphia Chromosome

Expounding the well-known link between genetics and cancer, this scientific history recounts the initial discovery of a gene mutation that eventually led to enormous breakthroughs in the fight against leukemia. 

She Left Me the Gun

Emma Brockes' mother Paula escaped from South Africa with a smuggled pistol and a dark secret.  A daughter unravels her family's covert past -- and a suspenseful legal drama -- in this hard-boiled memoir of survival.