Things I've Been Silent About: Memories

The Reading Lolita in Tehran author returns with a brave, even transgressive memoir

"...Things I've Been Silent About: Memoriesby Azar Nafisi Random House, 368 pp., $27..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Humor

Rees' strips are provocative and wise, and delivered with a punch to the gut

"...Adult, 224 pp., $20); Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich (Random House, 144 pp., $17); Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

"...Yorker Book of Food and Drinkedited by David Remnick Random House, 608 pp., $30..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

New York Stories: Landmark Writing from Four Decades of 'New York Magazine'

Wherever there's a zeitgeist, New York magazine will be there

"...Magazine'edited by Steve Fishman, John Homans, and Adam Moss Random House Trade Paperback, 572 pp., $17..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Personal Days: A Novel

Personal Days' themes of corporate downsizing and office malaise have been done before and done better

"...Personal Days: A Novelby Ed Park Random House Trade Paperbacks, 256 pp., $13 (paper)..."

May 30, 2008 Books Review by John Davidson

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...Singing? The Ballad of Pete Seegerby David King Dunaway Villard/Random House, 544 pp., $18 (paper)..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by David Lynch

Judges

"...third novel, Forgive Me, has just been published by Random House...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature

Beautiful Children: A Novel

In this remarkable debut novel, the decline of the great American experiment is written in the neon lights and decaying storefronts of Las Vegas

"...Beautiful Children: A Novelby Charles Bock Random House, 432 pp., $25..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Books Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Get Your Goat

A homegrown literary magazine celebrates 20 years of playing Host to Texas and the world

"...in the land of Condé Nast, W.W. Norton, and Random House, Bratcher still considers Host Publications an Austin press...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

Books Gift Guide

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

"...America's Fundamental Rights by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose (Random House, $24.95), Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Books Gift Guide

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years

"...the Picasso trilogy were first published in 1996 by Random House and have been reprinted this year and infused..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Sofia Resnick

15th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...Her third novel, Forgive Me, will be out with Random House in June. Ward's first published short story was..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Best Books of 2006

"...Two Angry Blondes (Dutton), T. Cooper; Black Swan Green (Random House), David Mitchell; The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Best Books of 2006

"...his own life is a mystery. Black Swan Green (Random House) may not span centuries or invent new dialects..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...Random House, 400 pp., $27.95..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Shawn Badgley

In Print

"...Random House, 208 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Gift Guide

"...Random House, 592 pp., $16.95 (paper)Mao: The Unknown Story..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Books Feature by Ed Baker

Summer Reading

Some other summer reading possibilities ...

"...Random House, $24.95)The Repository for Germinal Choice gets a wider..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature

Each in Its Own Language

The year in books, 2004

"...1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Random House, $14.95, paper): "Spent the fortnight gone in the..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Big Books

"...Random House, 330 pp., $25.95..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by James Renovitch

News/Print

Qbp6++

"...his devastating debut collection of short stories, Corpus Christi (Random House, $23.95), in tow. See Litera listings, p.70, for..."

July 9, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Yummer Reading

"...Random House, 263 pp., $35..."

May 28, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

The Fortress of Solitude

Why are we reviewing Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude when everyone else is? Because it's the finest novel of the past five years.

"...also easy for McSweeney's allegiants to make fun of Random House (some unaware that the publisher's paperback imprint, Vintage,..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood offers up a little sample of everything in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...at the end of July. While the guests, the Drafthouse staff, and the chefs all devoured the sumptuous meal..."

June 13, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Books Discussed in This Essay

"...Why Are We at War? by Norman Mailer Random House, 111 pp., $7.99 (paper)..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

Sheet Music

"...Random House, 800 pp., $29.95 Who's going to read 800..."

July 5, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...you've been meaning to devour all along. Everyman's Library (www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics/) and Modern Library (www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/) always have reliable offerings; their..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week

"...the beginning of Thomas Perry's smart new thriller, Pursuit (Random House, $24.95) -- 13 bodies are discovered in a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes

Sheet Music

"...Random House, 202 pp., $21.95 In some circles, this book..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Sentimental Education

"...these pieces, came out last year (now in paperback, Random House, $14.95), I wondered if the sprightliness of Gopnick's..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

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