Tourists usually look up from the boats in Paris that carry them along the Seine, admiring Notre Dame Cathedral, the …
By Maureen McCarthy, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Jan. 12, 2020 2:40 pm2095d ago
Tourists usually look up from the boats in Paris that carry them along the Seine, admiring Notre Dame Cathedral, the …
By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun Books Jan. 12, 2020 1:40 pm2095d ago
BALTIMORE – It’s an unassuming little book, bound in olive green leather and stamped with gilt. Seven inches tall and …
By Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Books Jan. 12, 2020 12:40 pm2095d ago
How do you single out five books, out of all the hundreds coming out in 2020, for special attention? With …
By Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 11:40 am2095d ago
‘To tell the truth, I used to read and write German,” a 73-year-old retired potato chip salesman named Jack told …
By Carol Memmott, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 10:40 am2095d ago
Catherine Steadman – whom ‘Downton Abbey” fans may know as the actress who played Lady Mary’s rival, the Honorable Mabel …
By Wendy Smith, Washington Post
Books Jan. 12, 2020 9:40 am2095d ago
Jerome Charyn likes to unsettle readers. For more than 50 years, this protean writer has ranged across genres, from mysteries …
By Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post
Books Jan. 12, 2020 8:40 am2095d ago
‘A world gone wrong.” Of all the signature lines that Raymond Chandler bequeathed to the world, this one may be …
By Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post
Books Jan. 12, 2020 7:40 am2095d ago
When Christine and Forrest Bray adopted Opal, a 4-month-old blind and deaf Australian shepherd mix, they worried about what she …
By Ellen Morton, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 12:00 pm2102d ago
One of the greatest joys of this chilly season is afternoons inside, cozied up with a mug of hot chocolate …
By Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 10:00 am2102d ago
Most people know that the purpose of the Nuremberg trials was to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. But trials …
By Ron Charles, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 9:00 am2102d ago
‘We have a ghost in here.” That’s how Toni Morrison writes in ‘Beloved” about the spiteful specter that haunts an …
By Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
Books Jan. 5, 2020 8:00 am2102d ago
With Oscar season in full swing, a new batch of classic and memorable books makes the leap from page to …
By Karen MacPherson, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 8:00 am2102d ago
Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, …
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