United by the grill - Times-News
This 638-page book is barbecue guru Steven Raichlen roamed southern Africa 2 million years ago. “And if you look at the skull, what do you see? You see a giant, bony plate at the top of the skull, giant bony ridges, you see huge jaws, huge

Book review: 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest,' by Stieg Larsson - Dallas Morning News
Swedish author Stieg Larsson became a worldwide literary phenomenon with The series stars crusading magazine journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his on-again, off-again partner Lisbeth Salander, a hacker with antisocial tendencies that she's earned

Book review: 'Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer' by John Grisham - Los Angeles Times
Like Carl Hiassen, Francine Prose and Susan Straight before him, John Grisham is paying attention to the younger set. His new legal thriller, "Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer," is targeted at readers between 9 and 12, the age group otherwise known as tweens. The main character of this novel, 13-year-old

Biographer moves in on Sarah Palin - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Author Joe McGinniss, who wrote a book on Alaska called "Going to Extremes," has literally moved in next door to Sarah Palin in Wasilla, Alaska, as he writes Fellow Fox News personality Glenn Beck was breathless and bombastic as he interviewed