Books http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books RSS Feed for Books en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:52 GMT 2013-05-23T17:09:52Z en-us Carl Hiaasen headlines summer/fall Club Book lineup http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208668721.html Poet Li-Young Lee will speak in early June to kick off the series. Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:52 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208668721.html 2013-05-23T17:09:52Z REVIEW: "My Foreign Cities,’ by Elizabeth Scarboro. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208376101.html BOOK REVIEW: The author describes the peaks and valleys of her young marriage to a man with cystic fibrosis. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:34:45 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208376101.html 2013-05-22T11:34:45Z Review: 'Guns at Last Light,' by Rick Atkinson http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207798991.html The third book of Rick Atkinson’s World War II trilogy tells the stories of the generals and the GIs in the Allied armies’ final sweep across Western Europe. Sat, 18 May 2013 21:13:28 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207798991.html 2013-05-18T21:13:28Z Review: "Let the Dark Flower Blossom" by Norah Labiner is an elegant exploration of the power of stories http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/206814721.html FICTION: An elegant exploration of the power of stories, wrapped inside a murder mystery. Sat, 11 May 2013 22:34:07 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/206814721.html 2013-05-11T22:34:07Z The Browser: "Imperial Dreams," "The Stranger" http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207942681.html A quick look at recent releases: "Imperial Dreams," by Tim Gallagher, and "The Stranger," by Camilla Lackberg. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:29 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207942681.html 2013-05-20T19:07:29Z First edition 'Harry Potter' book, with JK Rowling's notes and drawings, sold for $228,000 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208379251.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:33:52 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/208379251.html 2013-05-21T21:33:52Z Review: "Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere," by Lucas Mann http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799261.html A transcendent tale of a season with a scruffy minor-league baseball team in a scruffy minor-league town. Sat, 18 May 2013 21:09:22 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799261.html 2013-05-18T21:09:22Z Review: A delightful collection, "E.B. White on Dogs," edited by Martha White http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799581.html Sat, 18 May 2013 21:12:16 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799581.html 2013-05-18T21:12:16Z Review: "Strange Stones: Dispatches from the East and West," by Peter Hessler http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799171.html NONFICTION: Wide-ranging essays, in which Hessler profiles a global basketball star, eats at a rat restaurant and walks the Great Wall of China. Sat, 18 May 2013 21:19:17 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799171.html 2013-05-18T21:19:17Z Review: 'And the Mountains Echoed,' by Khaled Hosseini http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799181.html FICTION: An Afghan family endures in the face of migration, poverty and war. Sat, 18 May 2013 21:20:09 GMT http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/207799181.html 2013-05-18T21:20:09Z