Complete book coverage for Jan. 24, 2010
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How RPGs -- role-playing games -- have much in common with fiction, as the stories of ‘Gamer Fantastic’ attest.
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When publishers seemed a bit cool on his book proposal, Steve Almond made up his mind: He’d do it himself.
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A talk with Michael Haag, author of ‘The Templars: The History and the Myth.’ Why did they disappear? Blame it on the king of France, Haag says.
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The Berkeley boho spent his final years in Orange County, which suited him fine, his daughter says.
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Bloom’s new story collection doles out doses of strength for times of uncertainty.
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A history of anti-Semitism, tracing it from its sources in the ancient past to its uses in the present.
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Are they inhuman? Are they superheroes? The lives of two bank robber brothers become a legend in Depression-era America.
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A few words on the mastery of the early 20th century English novelist from a renowned English critic.
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For the first time, the saga of the irrepressible Ostap Bender, a trickster and individualist at odds with the stultifying collective atmosphere, is available in English.
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Plus: ‘The New Frugality’; ‘In a Cheesemaker’s Kitchen’; ‘The Happiness Project’
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Fiction Weeks on list1.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. 33 2.The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. 21 3.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ( Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell.11 4.Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (Knopf: $25.95) After being attacked, an unambitious, unemployed teacher loses his memory and embraces the exuberance of a younger woman. 15.The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R.
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2.
