"Annie's Bones" (Permanent Press), by Howard Owen Grayson Melvin was just 18 when Annie, the girl of his dreams, broke up with him in a North Carolina college parking lot. Weeping, she ran from...

"The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" (Dutton), by Daniel Stone. Who knew avocados, citrus and cherry blossoms had a...

"The Fallen" (Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci In David Baldacci's "The Fallen," Amos Decker, who had a terrible head injury while playing football, can recall all of his memories to...

"Truth or dare?" What would you choose? A group of six teenagers huddled together one evening in a public garden are playing Spin the Bottle (without a bottle), but not one of them opts for...

"The Art of the Wasted Day" (Viking), by Patricia Hampl Critically praised Patricia Hampl invites readers to take a journey to explore the idea of a life steeped in leisure without...

"Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece" (Simon & Schuster), by Michael Benson Fifty years ago, moviegoers had their minds blown by director Stanley...

"The Best Cook in the World: Tales from my Momma's Table," (Alfred A. Knopf), by Rick Bragg. Rick Bragg's latest book — "The Best Cook in the World" — is unusual enough in its...

"Our Little Secret: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by Roz Nay Ten years ago, in the little town of Cove, Vermont, a quiet girl named Angela Petitjean fell in love with the dashing captain of the...

— For Earth Day, Julian Lennon hopes to lay the foundation for a whole new crop of environmentalists. He just has to wait a decade or two before they bloom. The firstborn son of the late...

Professor Joseph M. Pirotta thinks of himself first and foremost as an educator. He graduated as a teacher from St. Michael's Institute of Education, and later studied English and history at the...