All Books
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It's a Starbucks world. (We only sip in it.)
A journalist asks: How did a modest Seattle coffeehouse become a global juggernaut?
12/17/2007 12:00 am -
White House integrity
Thirty years ago, Egil Krogh was behind Nixon’s closed doors. Today he wants others to learn from his mistakes.
12/14/2007 12:00 am -
New genre of literature hits bookstores – the 'Conditional Confession'
Look soon for such 'Con-Con' entries as, 'If me and a Few Other Guys Did It' by Lee Harvey Oswald.
12/14/2007 12:00 am -
The high cost of a free life
Novelist Ha Jin offers a realistic portrait of a Chinese immigrant’s search for purpose in the land of plenty.
12/13/2007 12:00 am -
Germany’s overlooked promise
Weimar Germany, the period between the two world wars, was an era that pulsed with potential.
12/12/2007 12:00 am -
Picasso the complex
In part three of Richardon’s biography, Picasso grapples with evil and consorts with the bourgeoisie
12/10/2007 12:00 am -
A Hollywood pirate and a Jamaican girl
The not-so-dashing Errol Flynn acts a part in a novel set in 1950s Jamaica.
12/10/2007 12:00 am -
Why book tours are passé
Author readings and signing sessions, once the staple of publishing publicity, are being usurped by virtual encounters and promotional videos.
11/30/2007 12:00 am -
To the rescue of strays
Photographer Traer Scott documents the plight – and the promise – of street dogs in Mexico and Puerto Rico.
11/29/2007 12:00 am -
A Czech rebirth
Matthew Monteith’s iconic images suggest the emergence of softer edges in a severe Czech republic.
11/29/2007 12:00 am -
Tourists on the march
Martin Parr uses his camera to capture the absurd moments of global tourism.
11/28/2007 12:00 am -
The tenacity of hope
Photographer Gillian Laub pays tribute to the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians living amid the war.
11/27/2007 12:00 am -
A vibrant song without words
Iranian Shirana Shahbazi contrasts natural objects with bold, artificial settings.
11/26/2007 12:00 am -
A warm, wise story about the lives of freed slaves
Newbery winner Christopher Paul Curtis’s third novel is one of the best books of the year.
11/23/2007 12:00 am -
‘I don’t like short stories’
10/22/2007 01:00 am
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