http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/index.html en-us Copyright 2012 The Seattle Times Company Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:32 PST Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:32 PST MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017469135_br10goodnews.html?syndication=rss Katherine Stewart's new book "The Good News Club" documents the Christian right's program for spreading Christian beliefs to schoolchildren at legally sanctioned meetings in public schools, including Loyal Heights Elementary in Seattle. Stewart discusses her book Sunday at Town Hall Seattle. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017469135_br10goodnews.html?syndication=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:52:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017442114_localbooks07.html?syndication=rss New in local books: the third volume of Robin Hobb's Rain Wilds Chronicles; an environmental history of the Elwha River; "It Gets Better," new in paperback; and how to win a fight. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017442114_localbooks07.html?syndication=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:31:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392666_br05wandering.html?syndication=rss Jeff Wheelwright's "The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess" charts the path of a cancer-causing genetic mutation that started with a Jewish ancestor 2,500 years ago and persists today in the inhabitants of New Mexico's San Luis Valley. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392666_br05wandering.html?syndication=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:01:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017414223_granta06.html?syndication=rss Granta magazine's discussion series at the Elliott Bay Book Co. continues on Tuesday with Seattle novelist David Long. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017414223_granta06.html?syndication=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:01:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017414225_litlife06.html?syndication=rss A roundup of four great books — all finalists in the National Book Critics Circle awards — from biography ("George F. Kennan: An American Life" by John Lewis Gaddis) to fiction ("The Stranger's Child" by Alan Hollinghurst). Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017414225_litlife06.html?syndication=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:52:36 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017413673_comics06.html?syndication=rss "We Can Be Heroes" campaign, will support three aid groups working in Africa. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017413673_comics06.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:16:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392684_localbestsell05.html?syndication=rss Current best-sellers at Ravenna Third Place Books in Seattle include "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins in hardcover, and "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins in paperback. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392684_localbestsell05.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392657_bestsell05.html?syndication=rss On the national best-sellers' list, "Private: 1 Suspect," by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, is tops in fiction, and "Ameritopia," by Mark R. Levin, is tops in nonfiction. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392657_bestsell05.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392675_br05jacob.html?syndication=rss William Landay's "Defending Jacob," a mystery about a district attorney who must defend his own son on a murder charge, may become a classic along the lines of Scott Turow's "Presumed Innocent." Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392675_br05jacob.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:16:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392670_br05messages.html?syndication=rss "Three Messages and a Warning" collects contemporary Mexican short stories of the fantastic, with magical realism, science fiction and other fantasy in the mix. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392670_br05messages.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:01:07 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392660_br05flight.html?syndication=rss Margot Livesey's new novel, "The Flight of Gemma Hardy," beautifully updates the "Jane Eyre" story, relocating it to Scotland's Orkney Islands and Iceland in the mid-20th century. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2017392660_br05flight.html?syndication=rss Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:32:20 PST