Complete book coverage for Oct. 11, 2009
Inside: The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins (interview), The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R Crumb, The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard, Dawn Light by Diane Ackerman, Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall, Erased by Jim Krusoe, Discoveries: ‘Whole Green Catalog,’ ‘Water’ from Alphabet City, and ‘Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden’ by Jennifer Helvey, Off The Shelf:In the footsteps of Tamsen Donner, The Siren’s Call: The Original Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Percy Shelley, The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes, The Bilderberg Conspiracy by H Paul Jeffers
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A quest to find the most expensive guitar in the world.
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Last year, I won the lottery.
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After taking acceptance of evolution for granted, the author addresses Darwin doubters in ‘The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.’
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How religion tamed the human species; how a form of theological expression from the Middle Ages could help us recover our understanding of God.
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An honest, powerful, violent rendering of the Bible’s first book.
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A monumental collection from the prolific late author prompts a unique guide to his work by our reviewer.
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Reflections on the animal kingdom and humans’ interconnectedness with nature.
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A new edition of ‘Frankenstein’ shows the contributions of her husband, Percy. Plus: In praise of Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’; why is the Bilderberg Group so secret?
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A loved one’s death takes on unexpected dimensions.
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Plus: ‘Water’ from Alphabet City, and ‘Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden’ by Jennifer Helvey
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Fiction Weeks on list1.The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $25.99) Harvard professor Robert Langdon uses his symbology skills to find a missing Freemason in Washington, D.C.3 2.Blood’s A Rover by James Ellroy (Knopf : $28.95) A bank heist sets off an escapade through 60s L.A. with run-ins with the Mob, the FBI and Howard Hughes. 1 3.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined while changing a Mississippi town. 18 4.An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte Press: $30) A romance blooms during colonial times with consequences centuries later. 25.Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press: $17.99) The winners of the annual Hunger Games face the consequences of their victory.46.A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Knopf : $25.95) A naive Midwestern college coed takes a job as a nanny for a recently adopted toddler.47.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death.648.The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. 109.The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central: $24.99) A brother and sister begrudgingly spend the summer with their estranged pianist father and discover the meaning of unconditional love.4 10.The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone: $25.99) The wars of the Plantagenets, who ruled England before the Tudors, enmeshed with the mystery of the missing princes in the Tower of London.7 11.The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (Nan A.
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2.