Tune in Sunday, in print or on GuideLive.com, and we'll offer you looks at: Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud, edited by Robert Pinsky But Wait ... There's More: Tighten Your Abs, Make Millions, and Learn...
This weekend in Guide Sunday and on GuideLive.com, we'll be taking a look at : The Painter's Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art, by Hugh Howard. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (eho is headed to Arts...
In case you were so busy watching the Pro Bowl and the Grammy Awards that you forgot to log on, you can still go to the books page of GuideLive.com and find reviews of: Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald...
Here's a sneak peek at what you'll find in Sunday's paper and on GuideLive.com. OK, the economy may be crumbling, but it's a good week to be someone who builds things, at least in this publication. We'll have a look...
Here's a review for everyone in North Texas trapped at home today and keeping the little ones plugged into PBS. For those of us who grew up watching Sesame Street, its success can be explained rather simply: If you endured...
Pick up your Sunday paper, or drop by GuideLive.com, and you'll find an interview with David Macaulay, author of The Way We Work and speaker at the Dallas Museum of Art on Sunday. You'll also get reviews of: Why Evolution...
Here's a peek at what you'll find in Guide Sunday and on GuideLive.com. Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement From the New Deal to Reagan, by Kim Phillips-Fein. (John Vachon photo of a Dubuque, Iowa billboard in 1940...
Here's a look at reviews coming to Guide Sunday and on the books page of Guidelive.com: The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, by Tiffany Baker. Sing Them Home, by Stephanie Kallos. The author is speaking 7 p.m. Friday at Arts...
In Guide Sunday (and on GuideLive) this weekend, you'll find: A big roundup of big books for those with large stockings to fill. Among those mentioned: Skyscrapers: A History of the World's Most Extraordinary Buildings, by Judith Dupré Texas Blues:...
Here's what's on tap in Guide Sunday, or online at GuideLive. A pair of biographies about Samuel Johnson: Samuel Johnson: A Biography, by Peter Martin, and Samuel Johnson: The Struggle, by Jeffrey Meyers. The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in...
The editormobile is charged up and ready to roll, so I'll be heading out to Austin and the Texas Book Festival shortly. Check back later for all the updates that the Internet can hold. Or something like that. And for...
And we're back! After a day of technical troubles prevented what I'm sure was a raging torrent of insightful posts and comments. But here's our weekly look at what's ahead for the weekend. I'll also encourage anybody with thoughts about...
Here's what you'll find on the books pages of Sunday's GuideLive: A Texas giant gets the Library of America treatment in Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories and Other Writings, edited by .Darlene Harbour Unrue Something mysterious is happening in Sweden...
The North Texas weather forecast says this will be a good weekend to hunker down with some reading material. (We send out good thoughts to Texans south of us who are getting the brunt of Ike.) If you're not in...
Sure, it's time to head to the lake, or the pool, or, if you live near a Texas beach, to stockpile emergency goods. But during your long and, I hope, disaster-free weekend, save some time this weekend to check out...
Here's a peek at what you'll find in Sunday's GuideLive: We'll look at a pair of books that offer perspective on modern Arabic and Islamic culture: Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam, by...
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