http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books?wprss=rss_booksBook reviews and news about new books, best sellers, authors, literature, biographies, memoirs, children's books, fiction, non-fiction and more. Search Washington, DC area books events, reviews and bookstores from the Washington Post.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanySat, 25 May 2013 01:09:11 GMTSat, 25 May 2013 01:09:11 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books?wprss=rss_bookshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c60a449/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Csouthern0Ecross0Ethe0Edog0Eby0Ebill0Echeng0C20A130C0A50C240Ca3fca98a0Eb1cc0E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Iris Murdoch once wrote that you know almost immediately when you pick up a wonderful book. There’s an ineffable magic that swims through the first dozen or so pages. And after that initial sensation has sunk in, you can begin to worry about whether the author will be able to keep the magic going.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/southern-cross-the-dog-by-bill-cheng/2013/05/24/a3fca98a-b1cc-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c60a449/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fsouthern-cross-the-dog-by-bill-cheng%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fa3fca98a-b1cc-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Southern+Cross+the+Dog%2C%E2%80%99+by+Bill+Cheng" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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fits and starts, producing 41 mini-profiles that add up, or attempt to add up, to a portrait of postmodernism itself: </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/05/24/a84996de-bbd0-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b9a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fa84996de-bbd0-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Forty-one+Falst+Starts%3A+Essays+on+Artists+and+Writers%E2%80%99+by+Janet+Malcolm" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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24 May 2013 22:00:36 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-great-gatsby-dan-browns-inferno-and-rick-atkinsons-guns-at-last-light-at-number-1-on-the-posts-bestsellers-list/2013/05/24/9c2390a8-c4a9-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html?wprss=rss_booksTimothy R. Smithhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b98/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0C20A130C0A50C230Cd4efbfb20Ebcc30E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>The good news is that Americans are a giving crew. According to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/why.../309254">Ken Stern </a>in his new book, “Charity for All,” there are 1.4 million charities in the United States that take in $1.5 trillion a year, and every year about 50,000 more charities are started. The bad news is that no one is holding these charities accountable.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/05/23/d4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b98/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fd4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98With+Charity+For+All%3A+Why+Charities+Are+Failing+and+a+Better+Way+to+Give%E2%80%99+by+Ken+Stern" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fd4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98With+Charity+For+All%3A+Why+Charities+Are+Failing+and+a+Better+Way+to+Give%E2%80%99+by+Ken+Stern" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fd4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98With+Charity+For+All%3A+Why+Charities+Are+Failing+and+a+Better+Way+to+Give%E2%80%99+by+Ken+Stern" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fd4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98With+Charity+For+All%3A+Why+Charities+Are+Failing+and+a+Better+Way+to+Give%E2%80%99+by+Ken+Stern" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fd4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98With+Charity+For+All%3A+Why+Charities+Are+Failing+and+a+Better+Way+to+Give%E2%80%99+by+Ken+Stern" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320829/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b98/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320829/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b98/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320829/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b98/a2t.img" border="0"/>Internal Revenue ServiceFri, 24 May 2013 21:43:30 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/05/23/d4efbfb2-bcc3-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_booksMoira E. McLaughlinhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b97/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cthe0Efaithful0Eexecutioner0Elife0Eand0Edeath0Ehonor0Eand0Eshame0Ein0Ethe0Eturbulent0Esixteenth0Ecentury0Eby0Ejoel0Ef0Eharrington0C20A130C0A50C240C2ff584180Eb1da0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>“It is the job of thinking people,” Albert Camus once observed, “not to be on the side of the executioners.” But what are we to do when the executioner is himself a thinking person? Joel F. Harrington addresses this conundrum with remarkable skill in his fascinating exploration of the life and times of a 16th-century executioner named Frantz Schmidt, who practiced his “odious craft” for more than 40 years at Nuremberg, of all places.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington/2013/05/24/2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b97/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Faithful+Executioner%3A+Life+and+Death%2C+Honor+and+Shame+in+the+Turbulent+Sixteenth+Century%E2%80%99+by+Joel+F.+Harrington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Faithful+Executioner%3A+Life+and+Death%2C+Honor+and+Shame+in+the+Turbulent+Sixteenth+Century%E2%80%99+by+Joel+F.+Harrington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Faithful+Executioner%3A+Life+and+Death%2C+Honor+and+Shame+in+the+Turbulent+Sixteenth+Century%E2%80%99+by+Joel+F.+Harrington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Faithful+Executioner%3A+Life+and+Death%2C+Honor+and+Shame+in+the+Turbulent+Sixteenth+Century%E2%80%99+by+Joel+F.+Harrington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Faithful+Executioner%3A+Life+and+Death%2C+Honor+and+Shame+in+the+Turbulent+Sixteenth+Century%E2%80%99+by+Joel+F.+Harrington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320828/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b97/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320828/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b97/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320828/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b97/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Albert CamusVanderbilt UniversityFri, 24 May 2013 21:39:10 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-faithful-executioner-life-and-death-honor-and-shame-in-the-turbulent-sixteenth-century-by-joel-f-harrington/2013/05/24/2ff58418-b1da-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_booksdaniel stashowerhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b96/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0C20A130C0A50C240C5f3edef20Ebbeb0E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Genetically engineered glow-in-the-dark fish for your fish tank. Cyborg beetles concocted by the Defense Department. Five hundred different strains of transgenic mice caged in a Chinese laboratory. Science journalist <a data-xslt="_http-corrected" href="http://emilyanthes.com/">Emily Anthes </a>has a knack for ferreting out such eyebrow-raising specimens, and she makes the details of her complex subject matter highly readable in “Frankenstein’s Cat,” her first book as a solo author.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/05/24/5f3edef2-bbeb-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b96/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F5f3edef2-bbeb-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Frankenstein%E2%80%99s+Cat%3A+Cuddling+Up+to+Biotech%E2%80%99s+Brave+New+Beasts%E2%80%99+by+Emily+Anthes" target="_blank"><img 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RooseveltU.S. foreign policyFri, 24 May 2013 21:32:43 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2013/05/24/674e30b8-9c81-11e2-9bda-edd1a7fb557d_story.html?wprss=rss_booksJames McAuleyhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b94/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cjunius0Eand0Ealberts0Eadventures0Ein0Ethe0Econfederacy0Ea0Ecivil0Ewar0Eodyssey0Eby0Epeter0Ecarlson0C20A130C0A50C240C916527e0A0Eb67a0E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p/> <p>It’s often said that journalists write the first rough draft of history. But rarely do reporters draft history in quite so rough a fashion as Junius Browne and Albert Richardson did in the Civil War. </p> <p>The two Northern correspondents narrowly escaped death in an artillery bombardment, only to be captured by Confederates. For 593 excruciating days, they skirmished with lice in Southern prisons as the real war raged on without them. Then, after a jailbreak and a harrowing trek through enemy territory, the reporters filed the story of a lifetime: their own. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/junius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson/2013/05/24/916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b94/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fjunius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Junius+and+Albert%E2%80%99s+Adventures+in+the+Confederacy%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey%E2%80%99+by+Peter+Carlson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fjunius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Junius+and+Albert%E2%80%99s+Adventures+in+the+Confederacy%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey%E2%80%99+by+Peter+Carlson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fjunius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Junius+and+Albert%E2%80%99s+Adventures+in+the+Confederacy%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey%E2%80%99+by+Peter+Carlson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fjunius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Junius+and+Albert%E2%80%99s+Adventures+in+the+Confederacy%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey%E2%80%99+by+Peter+Carlson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fjunius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98Junius+and+Albert%E2%80%99s+Adventures+in+the+Confederacy%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey%E2%80%99+by+Peter+Carlson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320825/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b94/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320825/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b94/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320825/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b94/a2t.img" border="0"/>John BrownFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:58 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/junius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson/2013/05/24/916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_booksTony Horwitzhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b93/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Carts0Epost0Cpost0C10A0Ethings0Eyou0Ecan0Edo0Ewith0Eyour0Eborders0Egift0Ecards0C20A130C0A50C240Cd32a3e3c0Ec4930E11e20E96420Ea56177f1cdf70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Earlier this week, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that holders of Borders gift cards -- some $210 million worth -- are out of luck. The bookseller closed its last store in late 2011, and now its outstanding gift cards are finally, officially worthless.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards/2013/05/24/d32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b93/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2F10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=10+things+you+can+do+with+your+Borders+gift+cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2F10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=10+things+you+can+do+with+your+Borders+gift+cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2F10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=10+things+you+can+do+with+your+Borders+gift+cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2F10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=10+things+you+can+do+with+your+Borders+gift+cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2F10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=10+things+you+can+do+with+your+Borders+gift+cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320824/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b93/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320824/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b93/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320824/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b93/a2t.img" border="0"/>publishing industryBooksBorders IncFri, 24 May 2013 17:03:26 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/10-things-you-can-do-with-your-borders-gift-cards/2013/05/24/d32a3e3c-c493-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b92/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Carts0Epost0Cpost0Cpolitics0Eand0Eprose0Ebookstore0Eoffers0Efree0Eshipping0Eover0Ememorial0Eday0Eweekend0C20A130C0A50C240Cae94930A20Ec4920E11e20E96420Ea56177f1cdf70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>For years, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> has been eating indie bookstores' lunch with its vast selection; discounted prices; and, more recently, free shipping for "<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/signup/" target="_blank">Prime</a>" members.</p> <p>So it's always interesting to see how some savvy booksellers are trying to stay in the game. The latest example comes from <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.politics-prose.com/" target="_blank">Politics &#38; Prose</a>, the storied bookstore in Northwest Washington.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/politics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend/2013/05/24/ae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b92/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fpolitics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Politics+%26%2338%3B+Prose+Bookstore+offers+free+shipping+over+Memorial+Day+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fpolitics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Politics+%26%2338%3B+Prose+Bookstore+offers+free+shipping+over+Memorial+Day+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fpolitics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Politics+%26%2338%3B+Prose+Bookstore+offers+free+shipping+over+Memorial+Day+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fpolitics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Politics+%26%2338%3B+Prose+Bookstore+offers+free+shipping+over+Memorial+Day+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fpolitics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Politics+%26%2338%3B+Prose+Bookstore+offers+free+shipping+over+Memorial+Day+weekend" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320823/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b92/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320823/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b92/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320823/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b92/a2t.img" border="0"/>BooksBorders Incsales taxFri, 24 May 2013 16:55:10 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/politics-and-prose-bookstore-offers-free-shipping-over-memorial-day-weekend/2013/05/24/ae949302-c492-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b91/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Ereview0Ejane0Egardams0Ewitty0Elast0Efriends0C20A130C0A50C230Cfe4c1bcc0Ebcd10E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Last friends are old friends, make no mistake. Anyone who has read previous books by British writer Jane Gardam will slide effortlessly into this novel. And anyone who has not read Gardam (she is responsible for more than 20 books) is encouraged to read “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933372133?ie=UTF8&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1933372133&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;tag=washpost-books-20">Old Filth</a>” and “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933372893?ie=UTF8&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=1933372893&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;tag=washpost-books-20">The Man in the Wooden Hat</a>,” the first two novels of this wonderfully entertaining trilogy.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends/2013/05/23/fe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b91/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Jane+Gardam%E2%80%99s+witty+%E2%80%98Last+Friends%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Jane+Gardam%E2%80%99s+witty+%E2%80%98Last+Friends%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Jane+Gardam%E2%80%99s+witty+%E2%80%98Last+Friends%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Jane+Gardam%E2%80%99s+witty+%E2%80%98Last+Friends%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Jane+Gardam%E2%80%99s+witty+%E2%80%98Last+Friends%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320822/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b91/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320822/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b91/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320822/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b91/a2t.img" border="0"/>fictional characterThu, 23 May 2013 22:14:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-jane-gardams-witty-last-friends/2013/05/23/fe4c1bcc-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_booksFrances Itanihttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b90/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Con0Eleadership0Cpost0Cgreat0Eleadership0Ebooks0Efor0Eyour0Esummer0Ereading0Elist0C20A130C0A50C230C4abc9570A0Ec3e60E11e20E96420Ea56177f1cdf70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>As summer approaches, there are a number of good books you may want to consider that will not necessarily make the top 10 lists but that will provide food for thought. These books are not mysteries, psychological thrillers, romance novels or historical fiction. These are books that offer keen insights into leadership and management challenges, which on a day-to-day basis can bring their own dramas, twisting plot lines and, in this city, political intrigue.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/post/great-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list/2013/05/23/4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b90/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fgreat-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Tom+Fox%3A+Great+leadership+books+for+your+summer+reading+list" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fgreat-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Tom+Fox%3A+Great+leadership+books+for+your+summer+reading+list" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fgreat-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Tom+Fox%3A+Great+leadership+books+for+your+summer+reading+list" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fgreat-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Tom+Fox%3A+Great+leadership+books+for+your+summer+reading+list" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fgreat-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Tom+Fox%3A+Great+leadership+books+for+your+summer+reading+list" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320821/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b90/kg/342-356-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665320821/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b90/kg/342-356-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665320821/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c609b90/kg/342-356-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>historical fictionFacebookBarack ObamabizpageThu, 23 May 2013 20:21:21 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/post/great-leadership-books-for-your-summer-reading-list/2013/05/23/4abc9570-c3e6-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksTom Foxhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cthe0Ewolf0Eand0Ethe0Ewatchman0Ea0Efather0Ea0Eson0Eand0Ethe0Ecia0Eby0Escott0Ec0Ejohnson0C20A130C0A50C230C31a782ac0E90Aab0E11e20E9cfd0E36d6c9b5d7ad0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>There comes a time in many a CIA family when a child has to be sat down and told the facts of life. No, not the birds and the bees: It’s that Dad or Mom is a spy. That no, they don’t really work for the State Department (or an oil company or an import-export firm). Those are pretend, or cover, jobs. They work for the CIA’s operations arm.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-wolf-and-the-watchman-a-father-a-son-and-the-cia-by-scott-c-johnson/2013/05/23/31a782ac-90ab-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fthe-wolf-and-the-watchman-a-father-a-son-and-the-cia-by-scott-c-johnson%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F31a782ac-90ab-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%E2%80%98The+Wolf+and+the+Watchman%3A+A+Father%2C+a+Son%2C+and+the+CIA%E2%80%99+by+Scott+C.+Johnson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.bookexpoamerica.com" target="_blank">Book Expo</a> in New York -- the publishing industry's annual orgy of optimism -- <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.harlequin.com/store.html" target="_blank">Harlequin</a> is set to celebrate its newest imprint: Cosmo Red-Hot Reads.</p> <p>The series promises "love scenes that are frequent, fun, detailed, fantasy-oriented and push the envelope."</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/harlequin-to-disrobe-new-cosmo-red-hot-reads/2013/05/23/e0b03c92-c3ac-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c4f7972/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Ereview0Ealan0Ebrennerts0Enostalgia0Elaced0Epalisades0Epark0C20A130C0A50C220Ca855c4ee0Ebcc10E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>“<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312643721?ie=UTF8&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=0312643721&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;tag=washpost-books-20">Palisades Park</a>,” the new novel by Alan Brennert, belongs to a genre we might call “nostalgia fiction.” Unlike historical fiction, nostalgia fiction gets its retrospective fabric on the cheap, purchasing it by the decade rather than by the century; ultimately, it’s much less interested in examining the contexts of epochal events than it is in affirming the biases of readers who go around insisting that everything was better back in the day. </p> <a 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But British journalist Damian Thompson backs it up.</span> </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson/2013/05/21/d9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c42910d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Fd9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98The+Fix%2C%E2%80%99+by+Damian+Thompson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Fd9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98The+Fix%2C%E2%80%99+by+Damian+Thompson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Fd9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98The+Fix%2C%E2%80%99+by+Damian+Thompson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Fd9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98The+Fix%2C%E2%80%99+by+Damian+Thompson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Fd9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98The+Fix%2C%E2%80%99+by+Damian+Thompson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046768/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046768/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665046768/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910d/a2t.img" border="0"/>StarbucksTue, 21 May 2013 23:20:04 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-the-fix-by-damian-thompson/2013/05/21/d9308200-bcdc-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_booksJames Nortonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c42910f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Eworld0Ehawkeye0Emy0Elife0Eas0Ea0Eweapon0Eby0Ematt0Efraction0Eand0Edavid0Eaja0C20A130C0A50C210C1df50Ad720Ebd9e0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>You may have first encountered Hawkeye in last year’s “Avengers” movie, although the team’s dry-witted archer and sharpshooter has been a supporting character in various comic books for nearly 50 years. Recently, though, writer Matt Fraction and artist David Aja came up with a terrific hook for <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/2013-comic-con-eisners-awards-one-judges-diary-notes-on-the-wild-the-innocent-and-the-harbor-drive-tussle/2013/04/18/59d6fd4a-a7d8-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_blog.html">the Hawkeye series</a>, whose early issues are collected here: It’s about what a superhero does in his spare time. Clint Barton describes himself as “an orphan raised by carnies fighting with a stick and a string from the Paleolithic era.” He’s a mentor to a younger Hawkeye named Kate Bishop; he looks out for his neighbors in Bedford-Stuyvesant; and he gets into a lot of trouble, often involving a bunch of Russian mafiosi in track suits who call everyone “bro.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja/2013/05/21/1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c42910f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+World%3A+%E2%80%98Hawkeye%3A+My+Life+as+a+Weapon%E2%80%99+by+Matt+Fraction+and+David+Aja" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+World%3A+%E2%80%98Hawkeye%3A+My+Life+as+a+Weapon%E2%80%99+by+Matt+Fraction+and+David+Aja" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+World%3A+%E2%80%98Hawkeye%3A+My+Life+as+a+Weapon%E2%80%99+by+Matt+Fraction+and+David+Aja" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+World%3A+%E2%80%98Hawkeye%3A+My+Life+as+a+Weapon%E2%80%99+by+Matt+Fraction+and+David+Aja" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+World%3A+%E2%80%98Hawkeye%3A+My+Life+as+a+Weapon%E2%80%99+by+Matt+Fraction+and+David+Aja" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046767/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046767/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665046767/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Matt FractionTue, 21 May 2013 23:10:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-hawkeye-my-life-as-a-weapon-by-matt-fraction-and-david-aja/2013/05/21/1df50d72-bd9e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_booksDouglas Wolkhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c42910c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cphilipp0Emeyers0Ethe0Eson0Ereviewed0Eby0Eron0Echarles0C20A130C0A50C210Cf4ed312a0Ec1530E11e20E8bd80E27880A30Ae6b440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>In 2009, as the Great Recession was still dragging on, a young man from Baltimore published his first novel, a devastating story about the human costs of industrial ruin. The Post named <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/02/25/ST2009022501165.html">Philipp Meyer</a>’s “American Rust” one of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003656.html">top five novels of the year</a>. The New Yorker included Meyer on its list of the 20 best writers under 40. And he won a Guggenheim fellowship. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/philipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles/2013/05/21/f4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c42910c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fphilipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ff4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Philipp+Meyer%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Son%2C%E2%80%99+reviewed+by+Ron+Charles" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fphilipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ff4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Philipp+Meyer%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Son%2C%E2%80%99+reviewed+by+Ron+Charles" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fphilipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ff4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Philipp+Meyer%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Son%2C%E2%80%99+reviewed+by+Ron+Charles" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fphilipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ff4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Philipp+Meyer%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Son%2C%E2%80%99+reviewed+by+Ron+Charles" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fphilipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ff4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Philipp+Meyer%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Son%2C%E2%80%99+reviewed+by+Ron+Charles" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046766/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910c/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665046766/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910c/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665046766/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c42910c/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Frank NorrisTwittergreat recessionTue, 21 May 2013 22:08:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/philipp-meyers-the-son-reviewed-by-ron-charles/2013/05/21/f4ed312a-c153-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Carts0Epost0Cpost0Capocalypse0Ecow0Eby0Emichael0Elogan0C20A130C0A50C210C0Ad0Aadfb60Ec21a0E11e20E96420Ea56177f1cdf70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/files/2013/05/Apocalypse-Cow.jpg"> <!--empty--> <br/> <br/> </a>One Big Mac coming up for George Romero.</p> <p>Welcome to "Apocalypse Cow," a comic-horror novel that publishes today in the United States (St. Martin's Griffin; paperback, $14.99).</p> <p>Once <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-04-17/news/36806226_1_jane-austen-lizzie-bennet-prejudice-and-zombies" target="_blank">zombies overran Jane Austen</a>, it was probably only a matter of time before we got a farce about mad cow disease. In <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.freelancelogan.com/logan/" target="_blank">Michael Logan</a>'s absurdist novel, zombie bovines ravage the earth, and the only thing standing between us and udder destruction is a teenager, a slaughterhouse worker and a journalist.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/apocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan/2013/05/21/0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fapocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%27Apocalypse+Cow%2C%27+by+Michael+Logan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fapocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%27Apocalypse+Cow%2C%27+by+Michael+Logan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fapocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%27Apocalypse+Cow%2C%27+by+Michael+Logan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fapocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%27Apocalypse+Cow%2C%27+by+Michael+Logan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fapocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=%27Apocalypse+Cow%2C%27+by+Michael+Logan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>Michael LoganBooksmad cow diseaseTue, 21 May 2013 13:26:36 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/apocalypse-cow-by-michael-logan/2013/05/21/0d0adfb6-c21a-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c36476c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Ereview0Ekhaled0Ehosseinis0Eand0Ethe0Emountains0Eechoed0C20A130C0A50C20A0C7f693b460Ec15e0E11e20Ebfdb0E3886a561c1ff0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Nuance is rare on the bestseller list. In most cases, ambiguity is stripped away to appeal to the greatest number and lowest common denominator. So it always renews my faith when a popular novelist shows a decided preference for moral complexity. It suggests that readers crave more than simplistic escape. Or perhaps it just means that some writers, like Khaled Hosseini, know how to whisk rough moral fiber into something exquisite. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed/2013/05/20/7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c36476c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Khaled+Hosseini%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98And+the+Mountains+Echoed%E2%80%99+is+riveting+and+complex" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Khaled+Hosseini%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98And+the+Mountains+Echoed%E2%80%99+is+riveting+and+complex" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Khaled+Hosseini%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98And+the+Mountains+Echoed%E2%80%99+is+riveting+and+complex" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Khaled+Hosseini%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98And+the+Mountains+Echoed%E2%80%99+is+riveting+and+complex" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+Khaled+Hosseini%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98And+the+Mountains+Echoed%E2%80%99+is+riveting+and+complex" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974201/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974201/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664974201/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476c/a2t.img" border="0"/>friends and familyKhaled HosseiniThe New York TimesMon, 20 May 2013 17:34:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-khaled-hosseinis-and-the-mountains-echoed/2013/05/20/7f693b46-c15e-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html?wprss=rss_booksMarcela Valdeshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Carts0Epost0Cpost0Ctwo0Ethumbs0Eup0Ei0Ehated0Eit0C20A130C0A50C20A0C5cbd1d0A80Ec1520E11e20E9aa60Efc21ae80A7a8a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/files/2013/05/Lionel-Asbo.jpg"> <!--empty--> <br/> <br/> </a>The blurb is a funny thing. Do snippets of inflated praise on dust jackets make any difference to potential readers standing in a bookstore? Is anyone buying Benjamin Percy's werewolf novel, "<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-red-moon-as-sharp--and-subtle--as-a-werewolfs-bite/2013/04/30/2132c8b4-abbd-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html" target="_blank">Red Moon</a>," because John Irving called it "terrifying"? Nobody knows. But publishers and <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/the-ethics-of-book-blurbing-whats-ok-and-whats-not-a-survey/" target="_blank">authors still solicit</a> and trumpet blurbs with panicked enthusiasm.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/two-thumbs-up-i-hated-it/2013/05/20/5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Ftwo-thumbs-up-i-hated-it%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Two+thumbs+up%21+%28I+hated+it%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Ftwo-thumbs-up-i-hated-it%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Two+thumbs+up%21+%28I+hated+it%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Ftwo-thumbs-up-i-hated-it%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Two+thumbs+up%21+%28I+hated+it%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Ftwo-thumbs-up-i-hated-it%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Two+thumbs+up%21+%28I+hated+it%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Ftwo-thumbs-up-i-hated-it%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Two+thumbs+up%21+%28I+hated+it%29" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>Jonathan YardleyThe Kansas City StarBooksMon, 20 May 2013 13:37:11 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/two-thumbs-up-i-hated-it/2013/05/20/5cbd1d08-c152-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c36476e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Ereview0Eminotaur0Eby0Ebenjamin0Etammuz0C20A130C0A50C190C7d880Ad20A0Eb65a0E11e20Eaa9e0Ea0A2b765ff0Aea0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>When this tale of obsessive love was originally published in English in 1981, Graham Greene called it “the best novel of the year.” The author, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.europaeditions.com/author.php?Id=9">Benjamin Tammuz</a>, lived in Israel, where he was a sculptor, diplomat and literary editor of the Ha’aretz newspaper before his death in 1989. Now, Europa Editions, the intrepid independent publishing house that has brought us terrific literary fiction from Europe and, more recently, high-end mystery and noir, has reprinted Tammuz’s novel.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz/2013/05/19/7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c36476e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Minotaur%2C%E2%80%99+by+Benjamin+Tammuz" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Minotaur%2C%E2%80%99+by+Benjamin+Tammuz" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Minotaur%2C%E2%80%99+by+Benjamin+Tammuz" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Minotaur%2C%E2%80%99+by+Benjamin+Tammuz" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Minotaur%2C%E2%80%99+by+Benjamin+Tammuz" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974198/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974198/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664974198/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c36476e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Graham GreeneSun, 19 May 2013 22:23:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-minotaur-by-benjamin-tammuz/2013/05/19/7d880d20-b65a-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_booksMaureen Corriganhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Carts0Epost0Cpost0Cadam0Emansbach0Eat0Ethe0Egaithersburg0Ebook0Efestival0C20A130C0A50C190Cdc9bafaa0Ec0A970E11e20E9aa60Efc21ae80A7a8a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Even if you don't recognize <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://adammansbach.com" target="_blank">Adam Mansbach</a>'s name, you've heard of his not-for-children's book, "Go the F*** to Sleep," which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.</p> <p>But there's a lot more to Mansbach than that hilariously obscene bestseller. He recently published a witty novel called "<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-08/entertainment/36233175_1_rage-tale-racial-anxiety" target="_blank">Rage Is Back</a>" about New York graffiti artists. I talked with him about that book and his early love of hip-hop at the fourth annual <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://gaithersburgbookfestival.org" target="_blank">Gaithersburg Book Festival</a> on May 18. He was frank and insightful about the position of a white artist venturing into fields developed by African Americans:</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/adam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival/2013/05/19/dc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c609b8a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fadam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2Fdc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Adam+Mansbach+at+the+Gaithersburg+Book+Festival" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fadam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2Fdc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Adam+Mansbach+at+the+Gaithersburg+Book+Festival" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fadam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2Fdc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Adam+Mansbach+at+the+Gaithersburg+Book+Festival" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fadam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2Fdc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Adam+Mansbach+at+the+Gaithersburg+Book+Festival" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Farts-post%2Fpost%2Fadam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2Fdc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Adam+Mansbach+at+the+Gaithersburg+Book+Festival" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>BooksTwitterSun, 19 May 2013 15:22:08 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/adam-mansbach-at-the-gaithersburg-book-festival/2013/05/19/dc9bafaa-c097-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_booksRon Charleshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c364770/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Chelene0Eweckers0Ethe0Egolem0Eand0Ethe0Ejinni0C20A130C0A50C170C499154480Eb67a0E11e20Eb94c0Eb684dda0A7add0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>You think a relationship is complicated when a woman is from Venus and a man is from Mars? Trust me, that’s a piece of cake compared with the hurdles that a modest golem and a mercurial jinni face when they fall in love. After all, a golem is a monster made of clay — the cool earth — and a jinni is a creature born of fire. And in Helene Wecker’s charming, albeit way too long, first novel, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062110837?ie=UTF8&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=0062110837&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;tag=washingtonpost-20">“The Golem and the Jinni,”</a> their relationship is tested by a megalomaniacal Bedouin wizard, the golem’s evil creator, and all the enticements that Manhattan can offer a couple of curious immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/helene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni/2013/05/17/49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c364770/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fhelene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Helene+Wecker%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Golem+and+the+Jinni%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fhelene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Helene+Wecker%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Golem+and+the+Jinni%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fhelene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Helene+Wecker%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Golem+and+the+Jinni%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fhelene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Helene+Wecker%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Golem+and+the+Jinni%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fhelene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Helene+Wecker%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98The+Golem+and+the+Jinni%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974197/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c364770/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664974197/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c364770/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664974197/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c364770/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:48 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/helene-weckers-the-golem-and-the-jinni/2013/05/17/49915448-b67a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_booksChris Bohjalianhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c12cd68/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Centertainment0Cbooks0Cbook0Ereview0Echeat0Ethe0Eclock0C20A130C0A50C170C136a7bae0Eb7210E11e20Eaa9e0Ea0A2b765ff0Aea0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibooks/story01.htm<p>Jim Pressler looks good for his age. Very good. “Although I’m 17 years his junior and firmly in my 40s,” writes his wife, Margaret Webb Pressler, “few people ever think there’s any age difference between us at all.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-cheat-the-clock/2013/05/17/136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_books">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636572/s/2c12cd68/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-cheat-the-clock%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Cheat+the+Clock%E2%80%99+by+Margaret+Webb+Pressler" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-cheat-the-clock%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Cheat+the+Clock%E2%80%99+by+Margaret+Webb+Pressler" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-cheat-the-clock%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Cheat+the+Clock%E2%80%99+by+Margaret+Webb+Pressler" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-cheat-the-clock%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Cheat+the+Clock%E2%80%99+by+Margaret+Webb+Pressler" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fbook-review-cheat-the-clock%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_books&t=Book+review%3A+%E2%80%98Cheat+the+Clock%E2%80%99+by+Margaret+Webb+Pressler" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664767669/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c12cd68/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664767669/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c12cd68/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664767669/u/0/f/636572/c/34656/s/2c12cd68/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:18:07 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-cheat-the-clock/2013/05/17/136a7bae-b721-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_booksSara Sklaroff