Perfect for Mother's Day: the Baby Be of Use series or The Secret Language of Sleep. - - - - |
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. People who are interested in either or both of these things will find this book so enjoyable they'll want to celebrate Hanukkah for eight months rather than eight days. People who are interested in neither of these things will get what they deserve. - - - - Maps and Legends Michael Chabon's sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts: a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects ranging from ghost stories to comic books, from Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the thrilling, chilling origins of storytelling, rejecting the false walls around "serious" literature in favor of a wide-ranging affection. His own fiction, meanwhile, is explored from the perspective of personal history: post-collegiate desperation sparks his debut, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh; procrastination and doubt reveal the way toward Wonder Boys; a basement golem and a love of comics combine to create the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay; and an enigmatic Yiddish phrasebook unfurls into The Yiddish Policeman's Union. - - - - Arkansas - - - - All Known Metal Bands
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