Forgive the shameless plug, but the two (very fine) cookbooks we at Prospect Park Books distribute are having signings this week, just in time for your holiday gift-giving convenience. And let us just say that both make most excellent gifts.
The first event is happening at Vroman’s on Thursday night. The book of the night is [...]
L.A. author James Ellroy talks about the strong women and history in his latest novel, "Blood's a Rover"
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L.A. author James Ellroy talks about the strong women and history in his latest novel, "Blood's a Rover"
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Angela Odom's FemmeNoir page looks at local haunts.
PSN's Mickie Mills looks at glass artist Leigh Adams, the featured artist in Dec. 3's Art Bender at McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World.
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Hardcover Fiction
Hollywood Moon, Joseph Wambaugh
Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro
Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving
Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
Rumpole Christmas, John Mortimer
Shanghai Girls, Lisa See
Hardcover Non-Fiction
Opposite Field, Jesse Katz
Open, Andre Agassi
Los Angeles Lakers 50 Amazing Years, Jim Murray
Lessons from Little Rock, Terrence [...]
Like most of the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is a country full of contradictions, sometimes violent ones. Thanks to its massive oil reserves the residents of the Kingdom enjoy modern cities, luxury goods and generally comfortable lives; and yet there is an ancient tribal system and violently conservative religious morals that dominate Saudi Arabian [...]
In 1994, near the North Pole, writer Richard Ellis encountered a wild polar bear that walked up to the side of his boat. Today, this experience would not be possible: the area where they were traveling is now devoid of ice…it is now open water. Global warming is having a profound impact on the habitat [...]
Per PSN, the Center for Community and Family Services of Altadena will get $1.6 million in federal stimulus dollars to, among other things, hire 29 more teachers and serve 114 more children for the Early Head Start program. (The Center has its headquarters in Pasadena, and runs programs in Altadena and Glendale).
The early press [...]
Per PSN, the Center for Community and Family Services of Altadena will get $1.6 million in federal stimulus dollars to, among other things, hire 29 more teachers and serve 114 more children for the Early Head Start program. (The Center has its headquarters in Pasadena, and runs programs in Altadena and Glendale).
The early press [...]
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