http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/bookreport?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportBook Reporten-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10656-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10656-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTThe Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights]]>Reviewed David W. Blighthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7865-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7865-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT My Search for My Mother's Life
By Samuel G. Freedman]]> Jonathan Yardleyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7946-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7946-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Mitch Cullin
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. 253 pp. $23.95]]> Carolyn See,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4271-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4271-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTEdited Liz Seymourhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6223-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6223-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTThe next book in this series is "Victory," by Joseph Conrad. It is available in numerous editions. The Modern Library paperback ($9.95) will be used for this discussion.]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6221-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6221-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT A Search for the Soul of Kindness ]]> Garret Keizer,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6314-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6314-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT JONATHAN YARDLEYhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2985-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2985-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Byron York
Crown Forum. 277 pp. $26.95]]> Chris Suellentrop,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A345-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A345-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64634-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64634-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT True Stories From a Semi-Celebrity Childhood ]]> Jonathan Yardley,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61581-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61581-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Charles McCarry
Overlook. 276 pp. $24.95]]> Patrick Anderson,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55019-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55019-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Xavier de Maistre
Translated from the French by Andrew Brown]]> Michael Dirdahttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55001-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55001-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Tayari Jones. Warner. 324 pp. $24.95]]>Reviewed Carrie Brownhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55039-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55039-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT By Paul Hond
Random House. 291 pp. $24.95]]> Carolyn See,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51656-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51656-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America: My Story ]]> Dalton Conley,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48297-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48297-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Alice Hoffman
Little, Brown. 211 pp. $23.95]]> Ron Charles,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45452-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45452-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT Jonathan Yardley,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42742-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42742-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMTBy Joseph Kanon
Henry Holt. 405 pp. $26
Former publishing executive Joseph Kanon drew me into his fourth novel with a beguiling first sentence -- "After the war, my mother took a house in Venice" -- that promised both the beauties of that great...]]> Patrick Anderson,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35764-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35764-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT By Julia Blackburn
Pantheon. 354 pp. $25]]> Carolyn See,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32729-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreporthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32729-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_style/columns/bookreportSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:31 GMT The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam ]]> Nikki R. Keddie,