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John Grisham and the return of the short story
Jacket CopySince 1989, John Grisham has written one book of nonfiction, 21 novels and had 10 of his books turned into big Hollywood movies, including "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief" and "Runaway Jury." This fall, the many-times-over bestselling author published,... -
Authors & Ideas: Scott Turow revisits ‘Presumed Innocent’s’ Rusty Sabich
Literary empires have to start somewhere, and Scott Turow's began 23 years ago with the creation of an unusually trusting prosecutor named Rusty Sabich, whose affair with a somewhat pathological colleague made him the prime suspect after she was found...Tags: Entertainment, Sydney Pollack, Thriller (genre), George Mason, Chicago Cubs
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Father Boyle's story sticks on the L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyWhen Father Gregory Boyle began his work in East Los Angeles, the area had the most gang activity in all of Los Angeles. He wanted to provide young people with an alternative. Realizing that staying out of gangs involved both...... -
John Waters steps onto the L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyJohn Waters was called "The Pope of Trash" by no less than William S. Burroughs. His outrageous cult films -- "MondoTrasho," "Pink Flamingos," "Female Trouble," "Polyester" -- led, improbably, to increasing mainstream success. No less than Johnny Depp... -
Anthony Bourdain's cooking on the June 27 L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyBecause Anthony Bourdain often says the kind of things people aren't used to hearing in polite conversation, he has become, as he writes in his new book, a "professional traveler, writer and TV guy," one who knows food from all...... -
The L.A. Times bestseller list for July 4, 2010: 'The Passage' makes inroads
Jacket CopyCan a highbrow writer's adventure in genre fiction have staying power on the L.A. Times bestseller list? The compelling novel "The Passage" by Justin Cronin just might. "The Passage," now in its second week on our hardcover fiction bestseller list,...... -
Mindfulness makes the July 11, 2010, L.A. Times bestseller list
Jacket CopyBuddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh's treatise on mindfulness, "You Are Here," marks its fourth week on our nonfiction bestseller list. Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam 73 years ago, joined a Zen monastery as a teenager and, at age...... -
Tony Scott and Shia to do Grisham’s “The Associate”
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelDirector Tony Scott may take on an adaptation of John Grisham's The Associate, with Shia LaBeouf as the star. The novel earned comparisons to Grisham's cracker jack thriller The Firm — young lawyer, with his own dark secrets, corrupted by a big firm... -
Steven Van Zandt
!["Steven Van Zandt is the nation's premier priest of garage rock, spreading the gospel of no-frills, fist-pumping rock roll."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-07/48304466-27072546.jpg ""Steven Van Zandt is the nation's premier priest of garage rock, spreading the gospel of no-frills, fist-pumping rock roll.\"")
"Steven Van Zandt is the nation's premier priest of garage rock, spreading the gospel of no-frills, fist-pumping rock roll."
-Entertainment Weekly, 2006
On April 7, 2002, coincidentally (or not?) the same date in 1967 that Tom Donahue kicked off...Tags: Entertainment, Human Accomplishments, Human Rights, Documentary (genre), The E Street Band (music group)
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A rainy National Book Festival whets readers' appetites
Despite a midday deluge, book lovers turned out in record numbers for the ninth annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
The gray morning couldn't dissuade 130,000 people from attending readings and signings on the National Mall...Tags: Michelle Obama, Family, Journalism, Fiction, John Irving
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Oct. 18, 2009
Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14) 3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15) 4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and...Tags: David Oliver, Carrie Fisher, Los Angeles Times, Audrey Niffenegger, Malcolm Gladwell
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Democrats, "with a little D"
The Swampby Mark Silva Out on the grass mall where protesters have camped, marched and clashed, thousands of poetry- prose- and history-lovers huddled under tents shielding them from a steady, cold drizzle, reminded by a best-selling Iranian writer and freshly...Tags: Democratic Party, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, White House
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