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TV Eye
Don't know what gift to get your couch potato? Well, why not buy your spud-butt a book? Yes, a book.
"...to find, but a search through your favorite online bookstore may turn up some unexpected surprises...."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.
"...New York intellectual scene. He taught a famous "Great Books" class there with Lionel Trilling. Although some critics have..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

After a Fashion
Spending summer with Joan
"...THE WRITTEN WORD I almost never buy books new. Most of the books I really want are..."

July 7, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postscripts
Details about where Austin's own writin' reverend Charles Meyer will be reading from his new murder mystery about a serial murderer, as well as the Austin connection to British journalist Clare de Vries' I & Claudius: Travels With My Cat
"...own writin' reverend, Charles Meyer, will be at Borders Books & Music in North Austin (10225 Research) on Thursday,..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
"...by Frances Mayes Broadway Books, $25 hard..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

Summer Reading
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
"...In so doing, he lays bare a blithely dark..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

It's a Mystery to Me
"...lit is missing out on the rarefied pleasures of books like Michael Connelly's Angels Flight(Little, Brown & Co., $25..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Girlfriend to Girlfriend
"...1997, newly pregnant and shocked, I staggered into a bookstore to sort through the daunting amount of material on..."

March 5, 1999 Books Feature by Roseana Auten

Writes of Winter
"...The KGB Bar Reader edited by Ken Foster William..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Books Review

Why I Read ...
"...What have some local writers and literary folk been..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Lies, All Lies
The Silver Castle
"...In the past few months, several journalists have been..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Review

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Institutional Division read below the 6th grade level. Inside Books is a fledgling Austin organization that wants to help..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks
"...It was with great sadness that I read Michael..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
How Mr. Denton Spent His Summer Vacation
"...published acclaimed Austin writer Bradley Denton's three most recent books: Blackburn, Lunatics, and One Day Closer to Death. And..."

July 31, 1998 Books Feature by Mike Shea

The Texas Accent
Texas Writers Month in Its Fifth Year
"...drawers. Whereas Hubble and all of the writers and booksellers who are the originating forces behind Texas Writers Month..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Jacqueline Susann Story
My Heart Belongs to Daddy... or His Equivalent in Drugs
"...It's hard to imagine that if Jacqueline Susann were..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Books Feature

"Stick a Cowboy Hat on 'em"
25 Years of Texas Monthly Images
"...I was having lunch with photographer Danny Turner and..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Books Feature

Dyed-in-the-Wool Fan
The Historical Fiction of Diana Gabaldon
"...characters brought to vibrant life in a series of books by historical novelist Diana Gabaldon. In the tradition of..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Hundred's Not Enough
One Word Is Too Many...
"...Rolling Stone Images of Rock & Roll (Back Bay Books/Little Brown, $24.95 paper) is a raucous result. But what..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Live Through This!
The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up
"...The back cover blurb from Entertainment Weekly enthuses: "Expect..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Postcards from the Fringe
Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth
"...vintage store New Bohemia) which now functions as a bookstore, and a tech-consulting business too. But it's the thinktank..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

Whither Grunge? Seattle Rocks
"...The books come at a good time, then, for rediscovering and..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Books Feature

Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book
Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story
"...J. Robert Oppenheimerby Kai Bird and Martin J. SherwinVintage Books, 784 pp.$25 (paper)Oppenheimer is available in VOD, Blu-ray, DVD,..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Water You Up to, Jason June?
Austin-based YA author dives into new ocean romantic comedy
"...authors that are making sure teens today have the books that we didn’t have when we were 18,” Jason..."

July 15, 2022 Qmmunity Post by Valeria Valdez

Do You Remember the Internet?
Instar Books wants you to help them tell everyone about it
"...– the good and weird people – at Instar Books want to know your stories of those times...."

Jan. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sherry Thomas Is Our Lady of Crime Solving
The game's afoot in a very different way in the Lady Sherlock series by Austinite Sherry Thomas
"...Sherlock series, brainchild of Austin author Sherry Thomas. The books follow undervalued genius Charlotte Holmes, who engineers her own..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide
Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut
"...those articles of impeachment don't stick .... – M.T. SURVIVAL BOOKS..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List
Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more
"...saga Pachinko was one of the most eagerly anticipated books of 2017 and has become one of the most..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision
The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro
"...Always a freelancer, he worked for any number of books and characters: During the Golden Age he wrote for..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Making Reuse Mainstream
Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks
"...half-ton bricks for wholesale buyers. Past the pallets of books stacked 25 feet high, the endless rows of suitcases,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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