Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - Page updated at 02:07 a.m.
Author Abraham Verghese in Seattle Wednesday
Abraham Verghese's debut nonfiction work, 1994's "My Own Country: A Doctor's Story," chronicled his experiences with the arrival of the AIDS epidemic in rural Tennessee.
Monday, February 8
Journalist and historian Garry Wills at Town Hall Seattle Tuesday
Local books: nature poems, becoming a carnivore and a 'stand-up economist'
Step away from the altar: Book explores why some enter doomed marriages
Sunday, February 7
Lit Life: a roundup of book-related news | Lit Life
Saturday, February 6
'Willie Mays': The life and legend of a pioneering baseball player | Book review
'Secrets of Eden': Chris Bohjalian's story of secrets in small-town Vermont | Book review
'Ordinary Thunderstorms': a climatologist hip-deep in trouble | Book review
'Percy Jackson' and 'Fahrenheit 451' are best-sellers at Seattle's Wide World Books
'The Glass Room': history, love and the limits of light and reason | Book review
Best-selling books: 'The Help' and 'Game Change'
Friday, February 5
'Twilight Zone' scriptwriter George Clayton Johnson at the Central Library
Good Valentine's tales for your little sweethearts
Pleasure, pain colors memoir of adolescence in Tri-Cities | Book review
Thursday, February 4
'Blackout': 21st century time-travelers, stranded in the Blitz of wartime England | Book review
Rich material in Salinger's chosen home
Wednesday, February 3
A tribute to poet W.S. Merwin benefits Copper Canyon Press
Amazon reportedly buys touch-screen company
Tuesday, February 2
'Lives of the Trees': Lore and legend from on high
Publishers seek more control of e-book prices from Amazon.com
Monday, February 1
Poet Mary Jo Bang at Elliott Bay Book Co.
'Lost Booker Prize' to be awarded for 1970 novel
UW's 'stand-up economist' answers demand for laughs
Saturday, January 30
'Relentless Revolution' tracks capitalism's unlikely reach | Book review
"Where the God of Love Hangs Out": Amy Bloom on love and its consequences | Book review
'The Privileges': Criminality and charity among the super-rich | Book review
"Ancestors and Others": A treasure chest of Fred Chappell's gemlike stories | Book review
Greg Mortenson and Joyce Major are best-selling authors at Seattle's Wide World Books
National best-sellers: 'The Help,' 'Game Change'
E-books pulled from Amazon in pricing dispute
Howard Zinn dies; he revisited U.S. history
Friday, January 29
Lit life: Newbery winner 'When You Reach Me' is lovely homage to 'A Wrinkle in Time' | Lit Life
Kids' books: For Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott win is 'very confirming'
Thursday, January 28
'Winter Garden': Kristin Hannah's story of a distant mother and her secrets | Book review
Financial adviser and author Jane Bryant Quinn speaks in Seattle Friday
Book: Paulson fearful, felt ill as crisis deepened
'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87

shopping
events for Wednesday, Feb. 10
- Sales Bin-Mania at Sandylew
- DIY Wedding Invite Workshop at A Muse Artstam...
- Share Beauty and Hope at Julep
- La Rousse 50 Percent Off Sale at Clementine
editors' picks
- Pioneer Square shopping
- Independent video stores
- Spas & beauty salons
- Vintage, consignment and used clothing

- Alaska Air dropping Jones Soda beverages, going back to Coca-Cola
- Man found shot dead in pickup truck in Seattle
- Seattle is first U.S. stop for Picasso exhibit
- Husky Football Blog | Pac-10 expansion to get consideration over next year
- State Senate votes to clear way for tax increases
- Idol Confessions | "American Idol" hopeful from Seattle didn't make it to Hollywood afterall
- Belltown boulevard could be completed by early next year
- Nicole Brodeur | Chrisceda Clemmons' house wasn't the only casualty
- Brier Dudley's Blog | Google rolls its own Facebook & Twitter with Gmail "Buzz"
- Sex, drug rumors swirl about N.Y. Gov. Paterson
- Republicans may be no-shows at health-plan summit
278 - State Senate votes to clear way for tax increases
250 - Pac-10 expansion to get consideration over next year
249 - Lee undergoes foot surgery
231 - Obama: GOP and Dems together can spur job growth
210 - Fort Lewis soldier charged with abusing 4-year-old, holding her head in water
193 - Rivals names Martin one of Pac-10's best recruiters
143 - Belltown boulevard could be completed by early next year
127 - Bus-tunnel attack while guards watched prompts review of Metro security
119 - White House mocks Sarah Palin from podium
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- Seattle is first U.S. stop for Picasso exhibit
- Belltown boulevard could be completed by early next year
- 747-8 soars smoothly on first outing
- Wine Adviser | Oregon's quality pinots join the bargain ranks
- Alaska Air dropping Jones Soda beverages, going back to Coca-Cola
- Snap out of your photo funk: How to make sense of all those piles of images
- How clean are those pre-washed salad greens?
- Answers to biggest Olympic TV questions
- Brier Dudley's Blog | Google rolls its own Facebook & Twitter with Gmail "Buzz"
- Jerry Brewer | Huskies softball pitcher Danielle Lawrie: A star on the field, not in her mind


