The Rain Before It Falls

Coe's latest is a somber work that unravels four generations of British women, each daughter curdled at an early age by the mother

"...The Rain Before It Fallsby Jonathan Coe Knopf, 256 pp., $23.95..."

April 4, 2008 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

The James Beard Foundation and Inter­national Association of Culinary Professionals honor local cookbook authors

"...and current Fredericksburg restaurateur Rebecca Rather, Crescent City Cooking (Knopf) by New Orleans chef Susan Spicer and Austin cowgirl..."

April 4, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Our Story Begins

Our Story Begins brings together works from three of the author's short-story collections, along with several new tales

"...Our Story Begins: New and Selected Storiesby Tobias Wolff Knopf, 400 pp., $26.95..."

March 28, 2008 Books Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

The Thing About Life is an acknowledgement of the inevitability of bodily decline dressed up in elaborate literary garments

"...Is That One Day You'll Be Deadby David Shields Knopf, 256 pp., $23.95..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Dangerous Laughter: 13 Stories

Millhauser is a bit of an illusionist himself, trading in elaborate setups, allegorical sleight of hand, and fairy tales with something up their sleeve

"...Dangerous Laughter: 13 Storiesby Steven Millhauser Knopf, 256 pp., $24..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Michael Agresta

His Illegal Self

Carey, an Australian native, is at his best when describing the minutiae of the wild, and less when grappling with his implausible premise

"...His Illegal Selfby Peter Carey Knopf, 288 pp., $24.95..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Yvonne Georgina Puig

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...with a doorstop of a novel, Bridge of Sighs (Knopf). And Ian McEwan's slim meditation on sexual repression, On..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Books Gift Guide

The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6

"...Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran (Knopf, $25.95), The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Case studies on the relationship between the brain and music

"...Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brainby Oliver Sacks Knopf, 400 pp., $26..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Elvis Is Titanic: Classroom Tales From the Other Iraq

If you think you know everything about how America is viewed by the people whom our troops are meant to be protecting, there is much in this volume that will surprise you

"...Titanic: Classroom Tales From the Other Iraqby Ian Klaus Knopf, 240 pp., $24..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Books Review by Ken Lieck

Yummer Reading

"...Knopf, 384 pp., $35..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Yummer Reading

"...Knopf, 268 pp., $22.95..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Rock & Roll Books

"...Knopf, 512 pp., $26.95..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TV Eye

Who's in Charge?

"...book, The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 (Alfred A. Knopf) co-authored by historian Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns,..."

April 20, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Menomena

"...band's m.o. is direct from the future: Multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf created looping software Deeler, which forms the basis for..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Best Books of 2006

"...Cormac McCarthy's The Road (Knopf) nukes the memory of all post-apocalyptic novels past. Deadwood:..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Cookbooks

Gift Guide

"...Knopf, 280 pp., $40 Hiroko Shimbo's first book, The Japanese..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Knopf, 336 pp., $25..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Knopf, 496 pp., $26.95..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Summer Reading

"...Knopf, 381 pp., $25..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...Alfred A. Knopf, 242 pp., $24.95..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by David Lynch

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...Knopf, 373 pp., $35..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...Knopf, 336 pp., $25.95...."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Challenger Park

"...Knopf, 393 pp., $24.95 It's tough being a writer. The..."

March 31, 2006 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...Challenger Park: A Novel by Stephen Harrigan (Knopf, April 5)..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap

Sheet music

"...Alfred A. Knopf, 211 pp., $22.95..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Paradise, Loss

The year in reading, 2005

"...Other favorites: John Banville's The Sea (Knopf), John McManus' Bitter Milk (Picador), the aforementioned Paradise, Michele..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Gift Guide

"...Knopf, 832 pp., $35..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Books Feature by Ed Baker

Color and Brightness

Gift guide

"...Knopf, 115 pp., $20 Love in the Time of Cholera's..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Curling Up

Gift guide

"...Knopf, 180 pp., $75 Lucian Freud, considered by many to..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

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