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Asensi delivers fun in new thriller (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
It's a good thing that the gambling, opium-addicted, prostitute-loving husband of Elvira De Poulain died. She would otherwise be stripped of an adventure that is so engrossing it could compel the reader to skip meals and ignore chores in a mad dash to read the book's ending.
Books: 'In the Land of Invisible Women' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
Most job contracts don't include mentions of the death penalty, but when Dr. Qanta Ahmed agreed to a new job in a Saudi Arabian hospital, she became subject to the laws of that country.
Powerful memoir of an unlikely romance and marriage tugs at the heart (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
Spokane writer Glenda Burgess crafts a powerful memoir about her unlikely romance and marriage to an older man. She discusses "The Geography of Love" in two Seattle area appearances next week.
An eye-opening warning on the hazards of everyday objects (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
The hazards posed by everyday objects, from Teflon pans to microwave popcorn, are the subject of an eye-opening new book by a Portland journalist. Nena Baker discusses "The Body Toxic" on Wednesday at Town Hall.
Northwest author Sherry Jones' Muhammad novel will publish after all (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
A historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride that was pulled by Random House over concerns it would anger Muslims has found a new English-language publisher.
Stephenie Meyer won't complete 'Midnight Sun' novel (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
Stephenie Meyer, the best-selling author of the "Twilight" series aimed at teens and young adults, says she will no longer continue writing "Midnight Sun."
Books: 'Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
With thorough reporting and an eye for rich detail, veteran National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten traces the story of the Bacardi family, whose product helped shape Cuba's soul until Fidel Castro nationalized its facilities in 1960.
Books: 'Supreme Courtship' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
"Supreme Courtship" is a wry, behind-the-scenes tale of Washington politics and the nation's highest court by Christopher Buckley.
Architect Rem Koolhaas to speak at Seattle Central Library (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
Seattle Central Library architect Rem Koolhaas will return to the library to give a free talk at 2 p.m. Sept. 13 in the auditorium.
No end yet to the surreal Franz Kafka papers tale (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
This is a story about Franz Kafka and Nazis, kitty litter and Zionism.
Books: 'The Psychology of Superheroes' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
This is the book comic-book fans have been waiting for and didn't know it: It's going to "unlaunch" a thousand debates.
Books: 'Roomies: Sharing Your Home With Friends, Strangers and Total Freaks' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
As college students return to school, roommates are on the minds of many of them. Yet the art of choosing a roommate -- or living with one assigned to you -- can occur at any age.
Books: 'Fractured' (Sep 05 2008 20:37 GMT)
Karin Slaughter's latest effort, "Fractured," will have readers burning the midnight oil.
Books: 'Fresh Kills' by Bill Loehfelm (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
Junior Sanders, the narrator and main character of Bill Loehfelm's first published novel, is a bitter, angry man -- and with good reason.
P-I readers bare their fangs in defense of 'Breaking Dawn' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
"Breaking Dawn," the "Twilight" series-ender, has engendered biting criticism from disappointed fans. But P-I readers, by a 3-to-1 margin, have sprung to author Stephenie Meyer's defense.
Are the Mariners bumming you out? Try a hit-and-run to the bookstore instead (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
Need a baseball fix? Turn off the tube and turn the pages of these diamond dandies.
Books: 'Le Corbusier Le Grand' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
This formidable picture book traces the career of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, the prophet of modern architecture and city planning known as Le Corbusier.
Books: 'The Liberal Hour' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
"The Liberal Hour" presents itself as a book about the brilliant legislative legacy of the '60s, but by the end it has become a book about the legacy of the Johnson administration's failings.
Books: 'My Life With Che' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's transformation from adventurer to revolutionary is chronicled by his first wife in the intimate portrait "My Life With Che," picking up where his own book, "The Motorcycle Diaries," left off.
Books: 'The Way We'll Be' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
In "The Way We'll Be," John Zogby, the man whose organization has been uncommonly accurate in its predictions, does not press his luck with political fortunetelling.
Title revealed for Bob Woodward's next book on Bush White House (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat," but we now know the name of Bob Woodward's fourth investigative work on the Bush administration.
Books: 'The Lizard King' (Aug 22 2008 18:23 GMT)
"The Lizard King" is a wild, woolly, finny, feathery and scaly account of animal smuggling on a grand scale.
Books: 'The Night of the Gun' (Aug 12 2008 19:06 GMT)
David Carr tracks down figures from his sordid past. He hopes all of them will fill in some of the blanks. The emerging self-portrait is not pretty.
'Twilight' series fans are fuming (Aug 12 2008 19:06 GMT)
Some fans feel burned by "Breaking Dawn," the conclusion of Stephenie Meyer's Forks-based vampire romance series. What's got them steamed?
Books: 'So Long at the Fair' (Aug 12 2008 19:06 GMT)
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