Charlotte Observer: Books
- Noteworthy paperbacks
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 12:00 AMA selection of summaries from The New York Times Book Review.Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 12:00 AM?Holy Cow? by David Duchovny and ?The Man Who Couldn?t Stop? by David Adam…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Matthews author Marybeth Whalen uses words, website shereads.org to encourage women to read
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 12:00 AMMatthews author Marybeth Whalen has written for as long as she can remember, and has published a new novel each summer since 2010, largely targeted to a Christian readership. Her…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book Review: ‘Lost & Found' is a poignant debut
Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 12:00 AMBrooke Davis? debut novel, ?Lost & Found,? begins with 7-year-old Millie Bird, who has recently lost her father, being abandoned by her grieving mother in a department store. She pairs…Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 12:00 AMPaula Hawkins…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mysteries: A look at ‘Crazy Love You,’ by Lisa Unger, and more new books
Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:00 AMBook reviewer Salem Macknee shares her views on the latest crop of new mysteries.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South African novelist Andre Brink dies
Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:22 PMProlific author, Andre Brink, who used his work to question the policies of South Africa's apartheid regime, has died, his publishers said Saturday. He was 79 years old.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oprah Winfrey selects Cynthia Bond's 'Ruby' for book club
Tuesday - 02/10/2015 - 07:43 AMFrom the very first sentence, Oprah Winfrey loved what became her latest book club pick.Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 01/31/2015 - 12:00 AMAnd the Dark Sacred Night, by Julia Glass. (Anchor) Immersing readers in a panorama stretching from New Jersey to Vermont, Glass? heartfelt novel follows Kit ? an unemployed art historian…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A roaring fire, a stack of books
Sunday - 02/01/2015 - 12:00 AMThe man of the house has promised real, roaring fires this winter. Fires to read by. Fires to dream by. Today is Feb. 1 and I?m still waiting.Click to Continue »
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- Children’s Books: Sharon Draper talks about her new book
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 12:00 AM?Stella by Starlight? is a riveting tale from the winner of the 2015 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book review: ‘The Man Who Touched His Own Heart’
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 12:00 AMNCSU biologist Rob Dunn?s book is a suspense-filled account of error and discovery, a masterful tale.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sociologist studies the swelling tide of American secular humanism
Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 12:00 AMDo secular humanists belong to a community with shared values and traditions, or are they condemned to a life as cultural ?nothings?? Secular humanism is now the fastest-growing ?religious? group…Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 12:00 AMWorldly Philosopher: The Odyssey Of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman. (Princeton University) Shaped ?by modern horrors and hopes,? Hirschman (1915-2012) spent his life in constant motion. Born in Berlin,Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:00 AMKinder Than Solitude, by Yiyun Li. (Random House) Li?s intricate mystery spans the two decades after the Tiananmen crackdown of 1989. Shaoai, a brash student protester in Beijing, is poisoned,Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book Review: Food blogger Amelia Morris serves up a delicious memoir
Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:00 AMAmelia Morris? new memoir is ?Bon Appétempt: A Coming of Age Story with Recipes.?Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stonestreet pursues area’s past
Tuesday - 02/10/2015 - 12:00 AMIredell historian?s latest book, ?Once Upon a Time? in Mooresville, NC,? is his fourth…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - With emails, Bush opens window to time as Florida governor
Tuesday - 02/10/2015 - 08:58 AMJeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida's governor on Tuesday, a massive yet incomplete record selected to show the likely Republican presidential candidate as in…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book Review: Matthew Reilly writes action-packed ‘Great Zoo of China'
Saturday - 01/31/2015 - 12:00 AMBest-selling author Matthew Reilly takes elements from Michael Crichton?s classic ?Jurassic Park? and gives them a high fantasy spin in his latest action masterpiece, ?The Great Zoo of China.?Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 01/31/2015 - 12:00 AMAnthony Doerr…Click to Continue »
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- Review: John Clarkson’s ‘Among Thieves’
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 12:00 AMJohn Clarkson brings strong storytelling to his tale of a brotherhood of criminals.Click to Continue »
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why publish Harper Lee’s unedited manuscript?
Sunday - 02/15/2015 - 12:00 AMThe announcement nearly two weeks ago that HarperCollins will publish a sequel to Harper Lee?s ?To Kill a Mockingbird? came as a pleasant surprise.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Short takes: Book reviews, in brief
Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 12:00 AM?A Spool of Blue Thread,? Anne Tyler?s 20th novel, is a tender, touching and funny story about three generations of an ordinary American family who are, of course, anything but.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mooresville author of ‘Lake Surrender’ never gave up dream to write
Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:00 AMSelf-made author?s novel, 6 years in the making, is about self-made woman…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book Review: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Earth’
Saturday - 02/07/2015 - 12:00 AMA debut novel from author Christopher Scotton offers a multidimensional tale from Appalachia.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lessons from the president: A Charlotte native’s memoir
Friday - 02/06/2015 - 07:39 PMIn his new book, Power Forward: My Presidential Education, Charlotte native Reggie Love recounts his time with Barack Obama and with coach Mike Krzyzewski.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Voltaire book on tolerance climbs French best-seller lists
Wednesday - 01/28/2015 - 09:22 AMA 250-year-old book by the Enlightenment anti-establishment writer Voltaire is climbing best-seller lists in France weeks after attacks by French-born Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Book review: Historian Eric Foner explores New York’s role in underground railroad
Saturday - 01/31/2015 - 12:00 AMIn ?Gateway to Freedom,? historian Eric Foner explains the workings of the underground railroad.Click to Continue »
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Saturday - 01/24/2015 - 12:00 AMThis new biography of Wells, a 19th century novelist, memoirist, abolitionist and performer, paints a harrowing picture of slavery, as seen through the eyes of a young man who lived…Click to Continue »
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