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Author sounds alarm: Beware of the 'snark'

January 15, 2009

Mixing historical research with thoughtful criticism and entertaining writing, author David Denby explores how emerging media have changed the way we communicate and allowed snark to infiltrate traditional journalism.

Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life

January 15, 2009

New Yorker magazine writer Adam Gopnik offers a thoughtful meditation on the contemporary meaning of the lives of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln, both of whom were born on Feb. 12, 1809.

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

January 15, 2009

This absurd sequel to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" follows Elizabeth Bennet's unattractive sister Mary as she sets off to research a book on the sufferings of the English working class.

Mission: Black List #1

January 15, 2009

Staff Sgt. Eric Maddox reveals the secrets of effective intelligence-gathering as he describes his work on a task force sent in 2003 to root out deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Miles From Nowhere

January 15, 2009

In this urban fiction, a young Korean teenager spends five years on the streets of 1980s New York, meeting an assortment of colorful characters and unscrupulous males who introduce her to sex, alcohol and drugs.

Specialty bookshelf: reviews of fantasy/horror, children's, mystery and thriller titles

January 15, 2009

January 16 picks: "Those Who Went Remain There Still" by Cherie Priest; "The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch" by Anne Isaacs and illustrated by Dan Santat; "Murder at Deviation Junction" by Andrew Martin; and "Blown Coverage" by Jason Elam and Steve Yohn.

Best-sellers, January 16

January 14, 2009

While readers nationwide focus for the most part on shallow formula fiction, Coloradans are diving into deeper waters.

Author's quest for wisdom of aged a profound letdown

January 9, 2009

How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still On This Earth) arrived recently, in which author Henry Alford sought the wisdom of senior citizens. Still, sometimes the life lessons aren't so deep.

THORN: Yet another fake memoir? It's no big surprise

January 8, 2009

The latest memoir scandal has come and gone, with nary a word from yours truly. How could it be that I missed commenting on author Herman Rosenblat, who claimed he and his wife had an endearing romance between the fence of a Nazi concentration camp?

Blindspot

January 8, 2009

Historians Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore craft a bawdy, period-accurate piece about a rakish Scottish portrait painter, his tomboyish assistant and the plot to murder a Boston abolitionist on the eve of the American Revolution.

Breaking her silence

January 8, 2009

In "Things I've Been Silent About," Azar Nafisi sets stories from Persian literature alongside personal anecdotes about growing up with a tyrannical but intelligent mother and about her family's struggle to make sense of their lives amid political upheaval in Iran.

Specialty bookshelf: reviews of thriller and fantasy titles

January 8, 2009

January 9 picks: "The King of Swords" by Nick Stone and "The Knights of the Cornerstone" by James P. Blaylock

The Well-Dressed Ape

January 8, 2009

Author Hannah Holmes compares and contrasts humans' looks and habits to the quirks of other animals while exploring how our unique human history has shaped who we've become.

Lima Nights

January 8, 2009

Questions of race, class, colonialism and love pervade Marie Arana's latest novel, which, on its surface, tells the tale of two ill-fated lovers whose stormy relationship stretches from 1986 to 2006 in war-torn Peru.

The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008

January 8, 2009

The Red Convertible collects a selection of 30 years' worth of stories by Louise Erdrich, reading like an expansive, crazy-quilt version of her novels.

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Debut novels

Sometimes, the best reads are by authors you've never heard of. Rocky critics screened nearly 100 debut novels in 2008 to offer you the cream of the crop.
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