A National Book Award nominee, a controversial selection about one of America’s most private authors, and Anne Rice’s latest venture …
By Melia Tatman Books Dec. 7, 2014 8:00 am4025d ago
A National Book Award nominee, a controversial selection about one of America’s most private authors, and Anne Rice’s latest venture …
By Laura Farmer and Rob Cline, correspondents Books Dec. 7, 2014 8:00 am4025d ago
Our favorite titles of the year are books that took us away to another country or helped us see our …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Dec. 7, 2014 8:00 am4025d ago
William Ingles of The Book Shop in Iowa City has been selling books since 1963. In that time he’s found …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Dec. 6, 2014 11:53 am4026d ago
Diana Gabaldon’s ‘Outlander’ series is red-hot at the moment. In August, a television show based on the books debuted on …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Nov. 30, 2014 6:00 am4032d ago
‘Peter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life” chronicles the history of the famous trio as both musicians …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 30, 2014 6:00 am4032d ago
Peter Yarrow believes ‘Peter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life,” which he co-authored with bandmate Noel Paul …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Nov. 29, 2014 8:00 pm4032d ago
Anne is an army officer, physician and wife. When she and husband Rob decide to start their family they become …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Nov. 29, 2014 8:00 pm4032d ago
The name Ismail Kadare is often batted around as a possible recipient for the Nobel Prize in Literature – especially …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Nov. 23, 2014 8:00 am4039d ago
In 1929, when Laura Ingalls Wilder was 63 years old, she sat down with a pencil and six writing tablets …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 23, 2014 4:00 am4039d ago
The stories in Heather A. Slomski’s ‘The Lovers Set Down Their Spoons” (University of Iowa Press, 125 pages, $16) are …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 22, 2014 11:00 pm4039d ago
Don’t let the whimsical title and cover art fool you. ‘When Mystical Creatures Attack!” (University of Iowa Press, 163 pages, …
By Morgan Reeves, Iowa City Public Library
Books Nov. 16, 2014 8:00 am4046d ago
Comics, graphic novels, manga; there are many names for books with stories told through sequential art. You may not have …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Nov. 16, 2014 8:00 am4046d ago
In the spring of 2010, Scottish actor Alan Cumming (known for his roles on Broadway and television’s The Good Wife, …
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