http://www.bookslords.com Popular books, reviews, publications and news Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:03:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New collections of classic comics, including “Peanuts,”“Bloom County” and “Popeye.” More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-comics-the-upside-down-world-of-gustave-verbeek-complete-peanuts-bloom-county-library-popeye-plunder-island.html A riveting account of the flawed leadership, bad luck and virulent personalities that led to the 2006 murder of an entire Iraqi family by American soldiers. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-black-hearts-one-platoon%e2%80%99s-descent-into-madness-in-iraq%e2%80%99s-triangle-of-death-by-jim-frederick.html Vietcong guerrillas capture a female reporter in this vivid Vietnam War novel. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-the-man-from-saigon-by-marti-leimbach.html With an assist from others’ quotations, David Shields argues that our deep need for reality is not being met by the old and crumbling models of literature. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-reality-hunger-a-manifesto-by-david-shields.html This “character driven” account of two centuries of religious combat is the best recent history of the Crusades. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-holy-warriors-a-modern-history-of-the-crusades-by-jonathan-phillips.html A science writer addresses the question: What makes a sage? More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-wisdom-from-philosophy-to-neuroscience-by-stephen-s-hall.html As death draws near, Chang-rae Lee’s heroine, a Korean War orphan who now lives in New York, sets off for Europe to look for her wayward son. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-the-surrendered-by-chang-rae-lee.html A journalist’s adventures in the world of taxidermy, where she observes the art of incising, skinning, sculpturing and reassembling. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-still-life-adventures-in-taxidermy-by-melissa-milgrom.html The boldness and the folly of the explorers who sought the Northwest Passage. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-the-man-who-ate-his-boots-the-tragic-history-of-the-search-for-the-northwest-passage-by-anthony-brandt.html Health care and bank accounts loom large in Lionel Shriver’s multifaceted 10th novel, in which plans, relationships and families are changed by illness. More: continued here http://www.bookslords.com/2010-03-book-review-so-much-for-that-by-lionel-shriver.html