http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/index.html en-us Copyright 2009 The Seattle Times Company Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:55 PDT Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:55 PDT MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412086_br05lance.html?syndication=rss John Wilcockson's "Lance: the Making of the World's Greatest Champion" recounts the awe-inspiring career of cycling champion Lance Armstrong, but there's too much gloss and not enough grit in the author's reportage. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412086_br05lance.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:11:20 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412084_br05butterflies.html?syndication=rss "The Dangerous World of Butterflies" is journalist and radio host Peter Laufer's account of the world's most dazzling insects and the many threats arrayed against them, including predators, pollution, pesticides and irresponsible breeders. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412084_br05butterflies.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:45 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412089_br05sell.html?syndication=rss Philosophy professor and former jeweler Clancy Martin's hard-boiled novel "How to Sell" is a devastating sendup of the jewelry business. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412089_br05sell.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:10:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412090_br05zhivago.html?syndication=rss "Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia" by Vladislav Zubok is the story of the brief flowering of Russian intellectual life throughout the second half of the 1950s and into the '60s, a time of great optimism and hope. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412090_br05zhivago.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:07:24 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412093_localbestsell05.html?syndication=rss Ann Gonzalez's "Running for My Life" and Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" are current best-sellers at Seattle's Santoro's Books. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412093_localbestsell05.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:05:44 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412083_bestsell05.html?syndication=rss Catherine Coulter's "Knockout" and "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception" by Eric Van Lustbader top the list of best-selling fiction, according to Publishers Weekly. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009412083_bestsell05.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:48 PDT