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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.

Recent stories

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'

What's in Salinger's safe?

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

 



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