On May 20, the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair will celebrate its 33rd anniversary. Since 1976, the Fair has attracted book collectors, book dealers, and others that treasure the book from throughout the Midwest to Ann Arbor. While some aspects of the book business have been in decline, the Ann ...
Delia EphronBestselling author, screenwriter and playwright Delia Ephron will make a special appearance at the downtown library, in the multi-purpose room, on Sunday, May 20 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. She will discuss her career, as well as her new novel "The Lion Is In." The event includes a book ...
Pat yourselves on the back, Ann Arbor. You're the fourth "Most Well-Read" city in America. Or at least online sales numbers suggest you are.
Dan Rather is coming to the Michigan Theater on Monday--not to break a story, but to tell his own.
Midnight in PekingPaul FrenchPenguin, $26 The best true crime books have a few things in common. One is a vivid setting, one that’s well described and felt. Even better is an unusual setting — in this case, the setting is Peking right before the Japanese took over in 1937. Another ...
John Sandford, also known as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp, is coming to Nicola's Books, at 2513 Jackson Ave., on Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. to promote his newest thriller, "Stolen Prey." The event will feature a talk, Q&A, and book-signing. Sandford’s wildly popular Prey novels have made ...
Blood in the Water Jane Haddam Minotaur, $25.99 This is the 27th Gregor Demarkian novel, making Jane Haddam one of the steadiest performers around. Each year she publishes a polished, thoughtful novel, featuring one of the more endearing of contemporary detectives. While she surrounds Gregor with the Philadelphia and specifically ...
Taken Robert Crais Putnam $26.95 No one is better than Robert Crais at writing action sequences. Absoutely no-one. Michael Connelly and Lee Child are very, very good but Crais' action scenes are so crisp, so infused with energy, that it's almost like "reading" a movie. A really good movie. This ...
Grandmother of four Ann Pearlman might not fit the typical demographic for rap music, but she loves it. “I get weird looks driving around the city, playing Lil Wayne and Tupac Shakur,” the Ann Arbor author said with a laugh. In fact, rap music plays a pivotal part in her ...
Night of the Living DeedE.J. CoppermanBerkley Prime Crime, $7.99 Under his real name, Jeff Cohen, E.J, Copperman has written two other mystery series — one about a detective dad who has a child with Asperger's, and one about a man who owns a movie theater that only shows comedies. In ...
If you’ve been around Ann Arbor any length of time, then you’re probably familiar with Dale Fisher’s work. He’s the photographer who—working from a helicopter—captures stunning, eagle-eye views of many local landmarks, including Michigan Stadium. His images have been featured on the cover of countless publications and hang in many ...
One Red Bastard Ed Lin Minotaur, $25.99 "...You have to suck at it for years until one day your experience pays off and you reach a point where you know what you're doing." "It's like everything else, then, isn't it?" I was a big fan of the first book Minotaur ...
Mary Bilyeu, ContributorI had a fabulous time at the Dixboro Farmers' Market's opening day this past Friday! Vendors offered honey, ......
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