Let Me Tell You About Wine: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Wine/Oldman's Brave New World of Wine: Pleasure, Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine's Usual Suspects

Writing a guide to wine is fraught with problems, but both of these books are highly recommended for their combination of accurate information, unstuffy knowledge, and delightful prose

"...Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine's Usual Suspectsby Mark Oldman W.W. Norton & Company, 333 pp., $19.95 (paper)..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records/Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

Kiss sang 'Rock & Roll All Nite,' and their label followed suit – and disco! Disco, from the inside out.

"...Disco and the Remaking of American Cultureby Alice Echols W.W. Norton & Co., 338 pp., $26.95..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue' and the Remaking of Modern Music

Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and everything after

"...Blue' and the Remaking of Modern Musicby Richard Williams W.W. Norton & Co., 309 pp., $25.95..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Print & Paper Über Alles

A more perfect publishing today

"...creative director of Etsy and former creative director at W.W. Norton & Co.; she's also one of the people..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Politics Gift Guide

Deck the halls – or get decked – with these last-minute suggestions from the News staff

"...Steel: The Fates of Human Soci­e­ties, by Jared Diamond, W.W. Norton & Co., $24.95), then bring them up to..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

Dunlop offers tantalizing insight into the culinary soul of the real China

"...A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in Chinaby Fuchsia Dunlop W.W. Norton & Co.,320 pp., $24.95..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Great Perhaps: A Novel

Middle age sets in for the former Punk Planet contributor in this, his fifth novel

"...The Great Perhaps: A Novelby Joe Meno W.W. Norton & Co., 400 pp., $24.95..."

May 22, 2009 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Further Reading

"...Salting, Smoking, and Curing. Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn. W.W. Norton & Co. 2005...."

April 10, 2009 Food Feature

See, Poetry Does Pay

UT prof and poet A. Van Jordan wins national fellowship

"...Pushcart Prize. His collection Quantum Lyrics was published by W.W. Norton...."

Nov. 12, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays From The New York Times

A collection of New York Times essays that draws the correlation between what we eat and who we are

"...Essays From 'The New York Times'edited by Amanda Hesser W.W. Norton & Co., 192 pp., $24.95..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Ambivalence: Adventures In Israel and Palestine

The title refers to the author's feelings toward his religion and, by extension, toward the state of Israel

"...Ambivalence: Adventures In Israel and Palestineby Jonathan Garfinkel W.W. Norton & Co., 358 pp., $25.95..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Three New Books Chart the Evolution of Man's Mind

Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind; Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet; Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

"...to the Internetby Ian F. McNeely and Lisa Wolverton W.W. Norton, 224 pp., $25.95 Reading the OED: One Man,..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Books Review by Tim Warden

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems

This lovely, clearheaded collection should serve, for first-time readers, as a fine introduction to visiting professor and poet Marie Howe

"...The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poemsby Marie Howe W.W. Norton, 96 pp., $23.95..."

April 4, 2008 Books Review by Amy Smith

Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table

Sara Roahen ventures out of the Midwest and into New Orleans' Cajun flavor

"...My Place at the New Orleans Table by Sara RoahenW.W. Norton & Co., 293 pp., $24.95..."

March 7, 2008 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Books Gift Guide

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

"...A. McKee; general editors: Ernest May and Timothy Naftali. W.W. Norton & Co., 3,536 pp., $175...."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

UT Gets Shrill With Paul Krugman

Pundit promoting book in November.

"...discuss the ideas in his new book, published by W.W. Norton. James K. Galbraith, a professor at the LBJ..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Yummer Reading

"...W.W. Norton, 256 pp., $29.95..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Rock & Roll Books

"...W.W. Norton, 375 pp., $25.95..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

Cookbooks

Gift Guide

"...W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $35 There's an old Indonesian folk..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Revisiting the 'Land of Plenty'

Fuchsia Dunlop's Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking

"...W. W. Norton & Company, 394 pp., $30..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Food Review by Mick Vann

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...W.W. Norton, 992 pp., $23.95..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Cookbooks

Gift guide

"...W.W. Norton, 416 pp., $35..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...W.W. Norton & Company, 320 pp., $26.95..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Someone's in the Kitchen With Santa

Recommended cookbooks for holiday gift giving

"...W.W. Norton, 395 pp., $30..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

A Baker's Half-Dozen

The best books of the season on breads, pastries, and desserts

"...The Bread Bible (W.W. Norton, $35): This imposing and encyclopedic tome is the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

"...W.W. Norton & Co., 256 pp., $25.95..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Stuart Wade

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...also because it put American politics on the slippery downward slope of successful negative politicking that is making such..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

The Usual Mayhem

A Potpourri of Book Reviews

"...As with all Kinky Friedman novels, it could be..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Books Feature

Green Reading

Environs

"...Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society (W.W. Norton, $11.95 paper)..."

May 5, 1995 Books Review by Robert Bryce

Environs

Books, Books, and More Books

"...Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, published by W.W. Norton, 255 pp., $11.95...."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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