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Best-sellers
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
Publishers Weekly ranks the best-sellers for the week ending 9. Hardcover fiction1. “Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)2. “And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)3. “Zero Hour" by Cussler/Brown (Putnam)4.....MORE
A heady mixture of mystery
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
“The Abomination" by Jonathan Holt (Harper Collins, 448 pgs., $25.99)Don’t be deceived by the title, “The Abomination." There’s nothing unreal about Jonathan Holt’s excellent first mystery. It’s solidly based ....MORE
In ‘Joyland,’ King crafts a thriller in a minor key
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
“Joyland" by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, 288 pgs.,)When it comes to Stephen King, I’m partial to the smaller efforts: novellas, short novels, experiments, the quieter, more interior stuff. It’s not that I don’t like....MORE
On the run from population police
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
“The Dark Road" by Ma Jian (The Penguin Press, 375 pgs., $26.95)In the Chinese countryside, where, the saying goes, heaven is high, and the emperor is far away, the phrase “family planning" has taken on a sinister connotation. Local officials periodically enforce the central government’s one-child policy with bloodthirsty zeal. They do not hesitate to invade a home, drag off a ....MORE
Examining WWII’s ‘Hidden History’
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
“The Deserters: A HiddenHistory of World War II" by Charles Glass (The Penguin Press, 380 pgs., $27.95)Stories about cowardice can be as gripping as those about courage. One tells us about who we’d like to be; the other tells us about who we fear we are. Nearly 50,000 American and 100,000 British soldiers deserted from the armed forces during World War II. (The British were in the....MORE
Bonnie and Clyde, the aerial version
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
“The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking" by Brendan I. Koerner (Crown Publishers, 318 pgs., $26)The writer Nick Tosches, reviewing a live album by Ronnie Milsap in 1976, called it “some of the best junk....MORE
Reporter-turned-author visits Bend
• Erik Larson best known for ‘Devil in the White City’
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
Be advised: It’s usually not a good idea for a writer to fall asleep while talking with his long-winded editor. Except, that is, if you’re Erik Larson. In his case, it worked out pretty well when he dozed off. The reporter-turned-author of historical tomes such as the massively successful “Devil in the White City," about a serial killer and the Chicago World’s Fair, and the ....MORE
Romance
Cynsters tale mixes in suspense
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“And Then She Fell" by Stephanie Laurens (Avon, 344 pgs., $7.99)For many years, Stephanie Laurens fans have devoured anything tied to the Cynsters, and this time, they will enjoy every bite of this delicious romantic suspense. The romance, and....MORE
‘Easy’ Rawlins is hard to write off
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“Little Green" by Walter Mosley (Doubleday, 291 pgs., $25.95)At the conclusion of his 2007 novel “Blonde Faith," Walter Mosley did away with Ezekiel “Easy" Rawlins. After 11 volumes featuring the African-American World War II veteran and thinking man’s detective, through whose eyes the social history of postwar Los Angeles unfolded, Mosley decided he had had enough.....MORE
Author inspired by journals of real-life nurses in WWI
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“The Daughters of Mars" by Thomas Keneally (Atria, 544 pgs., $28, August)LOS ANGELES — Thomas Keneally has always been a novelist who writes and lives in the big sweep of epic history. He took on the end of the First World War in “Gossip From the Forest," the U. S. Civil War in “Confederates," and the Eritrean War of Independence in “To Asmara." He won the Booker Prize ....MORE
First-time novelist crafts thriller from experience with the CIA
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“Red Sparrow" by Jason Matthews (Scribner, $26.99)FORT WORTH, Texas — After more than three decades of conducting secret CIA missions overseas, it stands to reason that Jason Matthews would have some stories to tell. Instead of producing his memoirs, however, he decided to write espionage fiction — and what a fine job he has done.“Red Sparrow," his debut novel, which came....MORE
Who needs all these books? ‘Doctor Who’ fans
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
Obsessive “Doctor Who" fans, your wish has been fulfilled. In honor of the golden anniversary of the show’s first broadcast comes a new volume from BBC Books, “Who-ology: The Official Doctor Who Miscellany" by Cavan Scott & Mark Wright. The BBC television series “Doctor Who" started on Nov. 23, 1963, with the venerable William Hartnell as the first Doctor. The Doctor, an....MORE
Best-sellers
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
Publishers Weekly ranks the best-sellers for the week ending June 2. Hardcover fiction1. “Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)2. “And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)3. “Zero Hour" by Cussler / Brown (Putnam)4.....MORE
Daughter takes dark journey into her past
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“We Are All CompletelyBeside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood Book / Putnam, 310 pgs., $26.95)The Cooke family at the heart of Karen Joy Fowler’s amazing new novel isn’t so much dysfunctional as it is broken. Some members are present. Others are missing. All of them are struggling. Why? “(W)here you succeed will never matter so much as where you fail," says....MORE
Author: Obama re-election was never really in doubt
June 9, 2013 4:00 am
“The Center Holds: Obamaand His Enemies" by Jonathan Alter; Simon & Schuster (448 pgs., $40)Among several persistently wrongheaded beliefs about the 2012 election, none beats the claim, heard even in the campaign’s closing weeks, that President Obama faced a desperately bad situation and had a high probability of losing. That zombie idea kept walking even after multiple attempts by ....MORE
Summer Reading Program
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• Regional libraries celebrate reading with events for kids of all ages
June 7, 2013 4:00 am
All summer, Central Oregon libraries are offering fun activities for kids of all ages. This year's theme is “Dig into Reading," which means the libraries are focusing on all things dirt-related from dinosaur bones to construction equipment. Adults, too, can get in on the action (see “Adult Summer Reading Program," Page E3). Heather McNeil, the youth services program manager for the....MORE
Best-sellers
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
Publishers Weekly ranks the best-sellers for the week ending May 26. Hardcover fiction1. “Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)2. “And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)3. “12th of Never" by Patterson / Paetro....MORE
New book to feature Ringo’s Beatles pics
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
LOS ANGELES — Ringo Starr has decided to share his photographs taken before, during and after his time as a member of the Beatles in “Photograph," first to be published June 12 as an e-book, and later this year in physical form.“These are shots no one else could have," Starr said in a statement with the announcement of the book, coming in conjunction with the Grammy....MORE
Jimmy Connors gets defensive
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“The Outsider" by Jimmy Connors (Harper, 416 pgs., $28.99)The St. Louis area has produced several world-class tennis players, including Wimbledon champions Arthur Ashe and the doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso. But the player who scrawled the name St. Louis on the map was tennis’ original bad boy, Jimmy Connors. Actually, his place on the map was on the wrong side of the....MORE
Bio captures Orbison behind the sunglasses
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison" by John Kruth (Backbeat Books, 256 pgs., $27.99)When biographer John Kruth writes that Roy Orbison’s “life seemed to mirror that of Job’s from the Old Testament," he is not stretching too far to make a point. The singer’s first wife died in a motorcycle accident with Orbison just a few hundred yards down the ....MORE
‘Glass Castle’ author moves fully into fiction with ‘The Silver Star’
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“The Silver Star" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, 269 pgs., $26)Jeannette Walls’ new novel, “The Silver Star," is systematically built, each brick put in place for a reason. It’s easy to understand why writing fiction makes Walls so methodical. Her memoir, “The Glass Castle," told a far more painful story, and Walls surely knows that her personal history colors....MORE
A sad, uplifting look at our recent history
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America" by George Packer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 448 pgs., $27)George Packer’s new nonfiction book, “The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer’s subject is the last 35 years of U. S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative “Contract With....MORE
Seeing Chechnya’s wonders, long before getting there
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" by Anthony Marra (Hogarth, 400 pgs., $26)Six years after starting to think about Chechnya, the disputed Russian republic that became the setting for his acclaimed new novel, Anthony Marra visited for the first time last summer, signing up on the Internet for something called “The Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour."“I didn’t know what....MORE
Modern-day ‘Moby Dick’ story ‘Archipelago’ fascinates, teaches
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
“Archipelago: A Novel" by Monique Roffey (Penguin Books, 384 pgs., $16)“Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul," declares Melville’s Ishmael in the opening paragraph of “Moby-Dick," “I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."Gavin Weald, the 46-year-old protagonist of Monique Roffey’s “Archipelago" — a novel that....MORE
Dive right in to summer books
June 2, 2013 4:00 am
Summer books aren't only notorious potboilers or “beach reads." They can be finely composed and serious. But more often than not, they offer the chance to escape into another world — say, pre-Revolutionary Afghanistan or the crowded streets of Shanghai. Reading about trouble in the frigid woods of the Ukraine can be a fascinating way to block out the sounds of noisy kids lining up at....MORE
Story Times and library youth events
May 31, 2013 4:00 am
n For the week of May 31 to June 6. Story times are free unless otherwise noted. Barnes & Noble Booksellers2690 N. E. U. S. Highway 20, Bend; 541-318-7242n ONCE UPON A STORY TIME: All ages; 11 a. m. Friday. C. E. Lovejoy’s Brookswood Market19530 ....MORE
Best-sellers
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
Publishers Weekly ranks the best-sellers for the week ending May 19Hardcover fiction1. “Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)2. “12th of Never" by Patterson / Paetro (Little, Brown)3. “Dead Ever After" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)4.....MORE
Fuentes gone but not forgotten
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died May 15, 2012, at 83. Two weeks ago, his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more than a dozen of his....MORE
‘Mountains Echoed’ latest from ‘Kite Runner’ author
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“And The Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Books, 404 pgs., $28.95)Khaled Hosseini’s new novel,....MORE
Dan Brown puzzler keeps readers guessing
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday, 480 pgs., $29.95)Last week, Amazon posted a tease on its Kindle Facebook page reminding fans that the “year’s most anticipated thriller" was set for release the next day. There was skepticism amid the responses, as some wondered if Dan Brown’s latest, “Inferno," could live up to the hype. The answer is yes!The latest chapter in....MORE
How Roberts helped move Supreme Court to the right
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution" by Marcia Coyle (Simon & Schuster, 416 pgs., $28)At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a....MORE
At last, Tolkien’s take on King Arthur
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“The Fall of Arthur" by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, NY, 233 pgs., $25)When J. R. R. Tolkien takes on the legendary King Arthur, you can expect something special. Unpublished until now, the poem “The Fall of Arthur" was Tolkien’s take on the legendary leader and aftermath of the fall of Camelot. Tolkien conceived of the poem in the ....MORE
‘All I Need’: roller-coaster of romance and reality
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“All I Need" by Susane Colasanti (Viking, 240 pgs., $17.99)Skye wants what every teen girl does: A real love connection. She aches to be swept off her feet by her soul mate — that guy, that perfect guy, the one she’s so in sync with he can almost read her mind. And she’s been waiting. For years. Every summer at the beach brings the same crew, boys with killer abs but....MORE
Braiding hair and issues about race in ‘Americanah’
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Alfred A. Knopf, 477 pgs., $26.95)When readers of “Americanah" first meet its Nigerian-born heroine, Ifemelu, she has come a long way in life. She holds a fellowship at Princeton. She is “the absolute love of my life" to the man she is dating, a black American named Blaine, who teaches at Yale. She writes a blog about racial issues....MORE
Interesting, but what else?
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“The Interestings" by Meg Wolizter (Riverhead, 480 pgs., $27.99)You know them, or maybe you’re one of them: the type of person for whom the most important thing in the world is to be interesting. Meg Wolitzer’s new novel, The Interestings, is devoted to investigating the species, following a clique of New Yorkers who meet as teens at Spirit-in-the-Woods, a summer camp for the....MORE
Author explores man’s relationship with wildlife, conservation efforts
May 26, 2013 4:00 am
“Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America" by Jon Mooallem (The Penguin Press, 339 pgs. $27.95)Hundreds of books, maybe thousands, have been written about American wildlife, usually celebrating the grandeur of large mammals and lamenting their demise while often ignoring similar works that have come before. Thankfully, ....MORE
Story Times and library youth events
May 24, 2013 4:00 am
For the week of May 24-30. Story times are free unless otherwise noted. Barnes & Noble Booksellers2690 N. E. U. S. Highway 20, Bend; 541-318-7242 ONCE UPON A STORY TIME: All ages; 11 a. m. Friday. C. E. Lovejoy's Brookswood Market19530 Amber Meadow....MORE
‘Autistic brain’ a trudge to the roots of autism
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum" by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 256 pgs. $28)Much of autism’s mystery and fascination lies in a paradox: On one hand, autism seems to create a profound disconnect between inner and outer lives; on the other, it generates what the neuroscientist Oliver Sacks calls an essential and “most intricate....MORE
An artist transformed
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“Bad Boy: My Life Onand Off the Canvas" by Eric Fischl and Michael Stone(Crown, 368 pgs., $26)A few words of warning to the ....MORE
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Nature of Words is keeping busy amid changes
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
The Nature of Words (NOW), the nonprofit literary education center and festival based in Bend, recently made several announcements. In late April, Stephen Archer resigned after two years as president of the NOW board. Kristin Kovalik, previously the ....MORE
‘Girls of Atomic City’ goes behind Manhattan Project
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II" by Denise Kiernan (Touchstone Books, $27)Now in their 80s and 90s, the girls of Atomic City are no longer in the dark about the jobs they took during the....MORE
The magic of ‘Midnight’s Children’
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“Midnight’s Children" by Salman Rushdie (Random House, 536 pgs., $16)“Midnight’s Children" is Salman Rushdie’s sweeping, multigenerational story of the birth of independent India and the life of the big-nosed, big-hearted protagonist, Saleem Sinai. Like India, Sinai reflects multitudes and his pathway is strewn with hardship. As a baby, he is stolen from his real....MORE
‘Third Coast’: a time when things started in Chicago
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“The Third Coast:When Chicago Builtthe American Dream" by Thomas Dyja (Penguin Press, 508 pgs., $29.95)“The Third Coast" is an odd title for Thomas Dyja’s engrossing, wide-angled cultural history of Chicago in the middle of the....MORE
Best-sellers
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
Publishers Weekly ranks the best-sellers for the week ending May 12Hardcover fiction1. “Dead Ever After" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)2. “12th of Never" by Patterson / Paetro (Little, Brown)3. “Silken Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)4.....MORE
Martin Short set to write memoir
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
“Although I’ve never read a book all the way through, I’m sure excited to write one."This is how Martin Short, in a statement from his publisher, announced that he had struck a deal to write his first book, a memoir of his life and ....MORE
Story Times and library youth events
May 17, 2013 4:00 am
n For the week of May 17-23. Story times are free unless otherwise noted. Barnes & Noble Booksellers2690 N. E. U. S. Highway 20, Bend; 541-318-7242n ONCE UPON A STORY TIME: All ages; 11 a. m. Friday. C. E. Lovejoy’s Brookswood Market19530 Amber....MORE
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