'Solitude Creek' is outstanding thriller by Jeffery Deaver
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 13:49
Last update: about 10 years ago
What begins as a fun outing for a mother and her daughter turns terrifying in "Solitude Creek," Jeffery Deaver's latest thriller. They go to a small concert venue that brings in popular music...
Funny lady: Madeline Kahn biography looks beyond the laughs
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 13:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
She was delightful in "Paper Moon" and "Blazing Saddles," then uproarious as the monster's tuneful bride in "Young Frankenstein." Yet Madeline Kahn often didn't seem to appreciate her comedic talent,...
Uneven 'Wild Bill Wellman' revisits director's fiery life
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 13:42
Last update: about 10 years ago
The silver biplane that had performed a few stunts over actor Douglas Fairbanks' polo party taxied to a stop at the far end of the field. Its pilot, wearing a military uniform with medals from the...
Controversy stings, strengthens Mann in memoir 'Hold Still'
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 13:29
Last update: about 10 years ago
American photographer Sally Mann is best known to mainstream audiences for her third book, "Immediate Family," which stirred controversy in the early 1990s for its inclusion of nude images of her...
Cussler's 'Piranha' is great book for summer reading
Friday, 5 June 2015, 13:28
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Piranha," the latest in the Oregon Files series of novels by Clive Cussler, has a new co-author, Boyd Morrison, and proves to be the best entry in the series to date. Juan Cabrillo and his team...
John Corey returns in DeMille's 'Radiant Angel'
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 13:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
In Nelson DeMille's latest John Corey thriller, "Radiant Angel," Corey has left the FBI and the Anti-Terrorist Task Force. He now works for the Diplomatic Surveillance Group in New York City. His...
New book tells story of Wright brothers
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 13:23
Last update: about 10 years ago
A new book about the Wright brothers does more than chronicle their painstaking, game-changing breakthrough in man's flight, although that in itself would have been a draw. It reveals what truly...
The calm, then the storm, at book conventions
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 13:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
From editors and booksellers to librarians and general readers, tens of thousands filled the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan last week for the industry convention BookExpo America and...