Nancy Drew

Historically, Nancy Drew may be the best teen detective around, but in this new screen incarnation, she is definitely no spy kid.

"...a dud for old and new generations of the books’ fans. In an attempt to make Nancy Drew more..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lies, All Lies

The Silver Castle

"...In the past few months, several journalists have been..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Review

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Checking Out Austin's New Central Library

Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more

"...to say our "library of the future" won't have books – a spurious rumor that, in the decade-plus of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart

Culled mostly from interviews with plaintiffs, witnesses, and lawyers, this book breathes life into the names and numbers likely to become familiar to us as 'Betty Dukes v. Wal-Mart' plays out

"...Basic Books, 282 pp., $25..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Books Review by Nora Ankrum

Postscripts

What's selling in several area stores and the local literary news

"...You can find art and photography books we like in several sections in this week's issue,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

In Person

"...new book Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspace (Basic Books, $23 hard) was more like a reunion of..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Feature

Reading Is Fundamental Hits Town

Literacy nonprofit brings Curious George to LBJ

"...this far down the page, we're assuming one really basic truth. Not that you care about the Chronicle (though..."

April 9, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The Homophilic Bibliophile

Homo up your house with these gay history titles

"...Have you dedicated a section in your bookshelf for books of LGBTQI interest? You haven't? Well, let's..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Book Expo America: Essentials for Father's Day

More outposts from Book Expo America

"...Shannon's series of crudely drawn (on purpose) Diaper David books has the cult-like status of Harry Potter. Shannon, already..."

June 4, 2008 Books Post by Joe O'Connell

Postscripts

Harry Potter is driving Books editor Clay Smith crazy. It's the publisher's fault.

"...to reviewers, no advance copies to the people at bookstores who decide how many copies of a particular title..."

July 14, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Do Not Miss This Deeply Inspiring Documentary

'Half the Sky' circles the globe to look at women's rights

"...in a blog post about my piles of bedside books, I wrote of the profound experience and inspiration I..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

My SXSW ECO 2012 Experience Wrap Up

Sustainability in food and environment and culture! Oh, my!

"...by Southwest Eco Conference was one for the record books. The number of attendees doubled from last year and..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Edgar Cantero Scoobies the Fhtagn Right Out the Ol’ Lovecraft

The geek-savvy author brings his Meddling Kids to BookPeople

"...It’s here: The new paperback edition of Meddling Kids,..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Head Cook and Bottle Washer

Father's Day cookbooks for the man who gets things done

"...Leeuwen, and Pete Van Leeuwen, with Olga Massov Ecco Books, 256 pp, $29.99..."

June 19, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic

Nas' Illmatic: 16 years of oral street poetry in 308 pages of the written word

"...Nas's 'Illmatic'Edited by Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai Basic Civitas Books, 308 pp., $15.95 (paper)..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fight the Power for Pot

Texas NORML is training pot activists this weekend

"...will sponsor the camp, this Sunday at Brave New Books (1904 Guadalupe St.) from 12:30 to 5pm. Speakers will..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

After a 16-month hiatus, The Sopranos' fourth season finally arrives, accompanied by a slew of related books.

"...airtimes.By the Book The Sopranos has inspired several scholarly books on the series. The most readable of the three..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

New Documentary Every Body Illuminates the “I” in LGBTQIA

Local intersex activist Alicia Roth Weigel talks new doc

"...highlights the intersex experience through three activists’ fight for basic human rights...."

June 30, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

UT Law Professor Illuminates the Dangers of The Shadow Docket

Stephen Vladeck's new book reveals how SCOTUS is secretly undermining the republic

"...Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republicby Stephen VladeckBasic Books352 pp.$27..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...for the memoirs and true-life “How I Did It” books that reveal the many agonies and occasional ecstasies of..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: 'The Drunken Botanist' Reviewed

Amy Stewart instructs how to grow a bartender's garden

"...“This book came out of a conversation with a..."

July 3, 2013 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

Swimming in Summer Cinema

So many series, so little time

"...ones we know about, along with some of their basic information...."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

Wrangham posits that cooking and the dietary benefits it confers played a crucial role in hominid evolution and the entire arc of human social development

"...Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Humanby Richard Wrangham Basic Books, 320 pp., $26.95..."

July 24, 2009 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism

This is Cinerama scholarship, as sweeping and expansive as the nation itself

"...American Thought From Paine to Pragmatismby William H. Goetzmann Basic Books, 456 pp., $35..."

April 3, 2009 Books Review by Robert Faires

The Satanic Abuse Scare

By the early Nineties, satanic abuse allegations at day care centers had become a national trend

"...American Witch Hunt, by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker (Basic Books, 336 pp., 1995). For more information on people..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...$16 (paper) In Search of the Bluesby Marybeth Hamilton Basic Books, 320 pp., $24.95 I Got Thunder: Black Women..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: How Your South-by High Can Last Through the Rest of the Year

A veteran festival-goer weighs in

"...of the anthology Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (Basic Books, 2005), featuring a number of the most intriguing..."

March 21, 2008 Column by Kevin Smokler

After a Fashion

See where Austin ranks in a national list of most creative cities and then wonder why Dallas also made the list once you find out that the cheesy reality TV show Cheaters is based there …

"...How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life (Basic Books), draws a correlation between prosperous cities with a..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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