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Carolyn See
""Unlikely Allies"
(Jonathan Yardley is off this week.)
Michael Dirda
Ron Charles
"Reading Jesus"
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Book World presents its list of good books, including Timothy Egan's "The Big Burn."
Tues., Dec. 15: Discuss the best books of '09 and gift ideas with the Book World editors.
Drowning out the sounds of war
Set in England at the onset of World War II, Alexander McCall Smith's new tale is a metaphor for the transformative power of music.
- "A Good Fall: Stories" by Ha Jin
- New Releases in Paperback
- "New York: The Novel" by Edward Rutherfurd
- "Hollywood Moon" by Joseph Wambaugh
Last treasure of the Chesapeake
"Skipjack" documents the twilight of oystering under sail and the cantankerous captains struggling to keep their imperiled way of life alive.
- "When the Game Was Ours" by Larry Bird, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Jackie MacMullan
- Two biographies of Raymond Carver | Read an excerpt
Saudi Arabia's wayward extremists
Robert Lacey's "Inside the Kingdom" taps into the world's keen interest in the outcome of Saudi Arabia's domestic struggles.
- Washington Area Literary Calendar: Dec. 11-20, 2009
- Poet's Choice: 'Domestique' by Heather McHugh
- Rare copy of Poe's first book sets U.S. lit auction record
- Five top publishers plan rival to Kindle format
- Second Reading: 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' by Thornton Wilder
- Pulitzer Board elects Politico co-founder
- Nobel-winning author Mueller was inspired by fear of death
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Critics: Jonathan Yardley | Second Reading | Michael Dirda | Ron Charles
Patrick Anderson | Carolyn See | Poet's Choice
Coming to Style: Nov. Dec. 7-12
- Monday: "Hollywood Moon," by Joseph Wambaugh
- Tuesday: "New York: The Novel," by Edward Rutherfurd
- Wednesday: "A Good Fall: Stories," Ha Jin | "La's Orchestra Saves the World," by Alexander McCall Smith | New Books in Paperback
- Thursday: "No Tomorrow," by Vivant Denon
- Friday: "Unlikely Allies," by Joel Richard Paul
- Saturday: "Devil's Dream," by Madison Smartt Bell | (See the Style section on Sat.)
Coming to Outlook: Sun., Dec. 20
- The life and music of Louis Armstrong.
- The mad-cap economics of Christmas.
- Four generals fighting for the U.S. Army.
- The future of the Chinese empire.
- And Greg Mortenson the school builder.