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Baseball when the grass _ and everything else _ was real
 "But Didn't We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870" (286 pages, Ivan R. Dee, $27.50) by Peter Morris: Any institution that endures in American culture passes through an interesting transitional period - the time when it straddles the line betwe... |
Author's look at Stewart, Colbert good but has hints of bias
 "The New Blue Media: How Michael Moore, MoveOn.org, Jon Stewart, and Company are Transforming Progressive Politics" (The New Press, 256 pages. $24.95) by Theodore Hamm: Political historians face two obligations: to describe facts accurately and to interpret nuances impartial... |
Teddy Roosevelt comes alive in 'The Bully Pulpit'
 NEW YORK (AP) -- "Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently - and many times for the same reason!" Thus begins the humorous one-man show about Teddy Roosevelt, "The Bully Pulpit." This clever distillation of an outsize American legend's colorful life and caree... |
Capsule reviews of `Chronicles of Narnia' and other films
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" - More is more in this follow-up to the 2005 fantasy hit "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." It's simultaneously darker and funnier, more substantive and more... |
Review: `Garcia Girls' is low budget but lovely
 Before she tried on a pair of magical pants or transformed herself as the award-winning star of "Ugly Betty," America Ferrera appeared in the indie charmer "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer." The movie's been kicking around at festivals since 2005 and is just now bein... |
James Frey emerges, with a novel about LA
 "Bright Shiny Morning" (HarperCollins, 501 pages, $26.95) by James Frey: In this age of controversial pseudo-memoirs, James Frey, the man who started it all, leaves his past behind and tackles Los Angeles in his new novel. With a nod to the massive problems caused by his hig... |
Review: New `Narnia' is both darker and funnier
 More is more in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," the follow-up to the 2005 fantasy hit "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." It's simultaneously darker and funnier, more substantive and more engaging, more violent and more technically a... |
`Frames' is something of a departure for Loren D. Estleman
 "Frames" (Forge, 269 pages, $23.95), by Loren D. Estleman: Valentino is a movie archivist at UCLA, but his business card reads "film detective." His job: tracking down prints of old Hollywood movies before they deteriorate and are lost forever. As "Frames" opens, Valentino h... |
Another predictable run for Sandford's Davenport
 "Phantom Prey" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 373 pages, $26.95), by John Sandford: We've become friends with Lucas Davenport in Sandford's 18-novel series about the rough-and-tumble ex-jock who dispatches headline-level criminals in the Twin Cities. And just as with old friends, we h... |
Bear Grylls offers survival techniques we all might need
 "Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on Earth" (Hyperion, 256 pages, $25.95), by Bear Grylls: In these days of global warming, rising oceans, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires, the most dangerous place on earth could be right were you... |
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