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'The Changeling' by Kenzaburo Oe

'The Changeling' by Kenzaburo Oe

A Japanese novelist tries to understand why his longtime filmmaker friend committed suicide, raising issues of art, postwar identity and...

'Courage and Consequence' by Karl Rove

'Courage and Consequence' by Karl Rove

A curiously empty memoir of what went on in George W. Bush's White House by the former president's political strategist.

Young adult lit comes of age

Young adult lit comes of age

Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or...

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Ellen, the comic book

Ellen, the comic book

From childhood to "Idol," her life gets the superhero treatment.

Video: Plug-in hauler

Video: Plug-in hauler

Susan Carpenter takes you for a ride in Ford's first pure EV.

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Save on Times weekend delivery including Sunday's Image section.

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Get your friends to vote for your wedding announcement.

Books Features

'Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty' by Tony Hoagland

'Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty' by Tony Hoagland

Must everything be turned into pop cultural slogans? the poet asks in his new collection.

'Lonely Hearts' by Marion Meade

'Lonely Hearts' by Marion Meade

Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney were fun-loving souls who married only to die soon after.

Dark Passages: Boarding school gothic

Dark Passages: Boarding school gothic

Carol Goodman's "Arcadia Falls" finds something sinister behind a school's idyllic setting.

'Reality Hunger' by David Shields

'Reality Hunger' by David Shields

In his media manifesto, a fed-up author makes a case for reality.

Greg Critser considers our mortality in 'Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging'

Greg Critser considers our mortality in 'Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging'

"My American pathology trilogy," Greg Critser calls it: "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" (2003), "Generation...

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' and 'Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter'

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' and 'Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter'

It's hard enough leading a nation: In two new novels, Lincoln and Queen Victoria get enmeshed in ghoulish, supernatural intrigue.

'Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon' by Roland Lazenby

'Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon' by Roland Lazenby

When I was a boy, my father took me to see my first live professional basketball game downtown at the Sports Arena.

'In the Land of Believers' by Gina Welch

'In the Land of Believers' by Gina Welch

In May 2007, deep into her time as a stealth member of Jerry Falwell's Lynchburg, Va., congregation, Gina Welch had become unsettled about...

'Horns' by Joe Hill

'Horns' by Joe Hill

What happens when a man finds he has devil horns on his forehead -- and a knack for inspiring bad behavior in the people around him.

'Girl Power' by Marisa Meltzer and 'Culture Is Our Weapon' by Patrick Neate and Damian Platt

'Girl Power' by Marisa Meltzer and 'Culture Is Our Weapon' by Patrick Neate and Damian Platt

Revolutions in music -- chronicling the riot grrrl movement and the musical and cultural revolutions in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.

'The Death and Life of the Great American School System' by Diane Ravitch

'The Death and Life of the Great American School System' by Diane Ravitch

The educational conservative decries the 'hijacking' of testing, accountability and markets.

John McPhee's new book gets personal

John McPhee's new book gets personal

His new collection of essays, 'Silk Parachute,' contains pieces of his own history for a change.