Book Articles

• F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters still resonate - 5/12/2013

  MINNEAPOLIS — Few, if any, American authors have come to be so closely associated with an era like F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties.

• Leonard Cohen — restless spirit, poet - 4/28/2013

  "I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen" by Sylvie Simmons; Ecco (576 pages, $27.99)

• C.S. Lewis: Classics, myth inspired creator of Narnia - 4/28/2013

  "C.S. Lewis — A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet" by Alister McGrath; Tyndale House (448 pages, $24.99)

• Exotic locales add atmosphere to complex plots - 4/21/2013

  I've spent a great deal of time in the past two weeks in bookstores across the United Kingdom.

• Detective's lurid past and newfound love are woven into atypical mystery - 4/21/2013

  "Rage Against the Dying" by Becky Masterman; Minotaur (320 pages, $24.99)

• Jim Melvin's Triken series evokes a brave, scary world - 4/7/2013

  "Forged in Death: by Jim Melvin; Bell Bridge (260 pages, $14.95), and "Chained by Fear by Jim Melvin; Bell Bridge (262 pages; $14.95)

• King Arthur — only a myth, never a real person - 4/7/2013

  "World of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages" by Guy Halsall; Oxford University Press (384 pages, $34.95)

• Shades of Milton haunt Trussoni's 'Angelopolis' - 4/7/2013

  "Angelopolis" by Danielle Trussoni; Viking (320 pages, $27.95)

• Bestsellers - 3/17/2013

  Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

• Interwoven lives give picture of an era - 3/3/2013

  Best-selling Portland author Whitney Otto is perhaps best known for her book "How to Make an American Quilt."

• Dickens in love is at odds with his books - 2/24/2013

  Charles Dickens fathered 10 children. But his most beloved offspring was David Copperfield.

• Book decries Sherman's leveling of Atlanta - 2/10/2013

  As the world becomes more connected through the Internet, it's becoming easier for scholars to turn up data about the Civil War.

• Hollywood misses boat in its marriage depictions - 2/10/2013

  Jeanine Basinger's "I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies" (Alfred A.

• 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' flies again - 1/27/2013

  SEATTLE — Nearly five months after he almost died in a plane crash on San Juan Island, author Richard Bach has returned to what he knows best...

• Curiosity spurred 'Son of the Morning Star' author - 1/13/2013

  Evan S. Connell Jr.

• Design book offers ideas for kitchens - 1/13/2013

  Some kitchens are beautiful. Some kitchens are functional. The best kitchens are both.

• Best-sellers - 1/13/2013

  Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

• Miami man gets nod to offer the inaugural poem - 1/13/2013

  MIAMI — When Richard Blanco decided to become a poet, he didn't waste time.

• Pickford, Chaplin, Wayne — books for film lovers - 1/6/2013

  Are you a film buff who received a holiday gift certificate for books? Not to worry.