Book review: 'Killing the Messenger' by Thomas Peele
The murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey and a family's violent rise to prominence is given gripping life. On a morning in August 2007, a slender masked man ran up to Chauncey Bailey on an Oakland sidewalk and fired two shotgun blasts at the journalist. The first slug tore through Bailey from the side, at shoulder level, shredding the tops of his lungs and his trachea. The second came ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:21:18 -0800

Book review: ‘Thinking the Twentieth Century’ by Tony Judt
Book review: ‘Thinking the Twentieth Century’ by Tony Judt By Mike Fischer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published Feb 10, 2012 08:36PM MDT After publishing Postwar, his sweeping history of Europe since 1945, Tony Judt prepared to write an equally ambitious intellectual and cultural history of 20th-century social thought. But personal history intervened, in the form of Lou Gehrig’s disease. By late ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:36 -0800

Book review: ‘Monstress: Stories’ by Lysley Tenorio
Book review: ‘Monstress: Stories’ by Lysley Tenorio By Malena Watrous San Francisco Chronicle Published Feb 10, 2012 08:36PM MDT Alienation is a tradition in immigrant literature. After all, every immigrant starts as an outsider looking in. In his debut short-story collection, Monstress, San Francisco writer Lysley Tenorio (born in the Philippines) delivers eight winsome tales illuminating the ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:26 -0800

Book review: ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers,’ by Katherine Boo
This is an astonishing book. It is astonishing on several levels: as a worm’s-eye view of the “undercity” of one of the world’s largest metropolises; as an intensely reported, deeply felt account of the lives, hopes and fears of people traditionally excluded from literate narratives; as a story that truly hasn’t been told before, at least not about India and not by a foreigner. But most of all ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:15:47 -0800

Book review: 'Albrek's Tomb' is easy yet adventuresome read
"Albrek's Tomb" is the third book in the Adventurer's Wanted series by M. L. Forman, "Slathbog's Gold" and "The Horn of Moran." Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:44:56 -0800

Book review: ‘The Real Romney,’ by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman
The position of Republican presidential aspirant, like that of New York Giants quarterback, is rich in patrilineal psychodrama. There is the slowly unfurling, three-generation saga of the Bushes; the meticulous dutifulness of John McCain, who followed his father and grandfather into the Navy; and now the fascinating case of Rand Paul, who is trying the tricky feat of at once upholding and ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:16 -0800

Book Review: Three Little Beavers by Jean Heilprin Diehl, Illustrated by Cathy Morrison
Book Review: Three Little Beavers by Jean Heilprin Diehl, Illustrated by Cathy Morrison Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 04:17 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2012 When you receive one of their books to read to your children, the illustrations, the covers ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:27 -0800

Book Review: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition by Microsoft Corporation
Book Review: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition by Microsoft Corporation Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 07:17 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2012 The fourth edition of The Microsoft Manual of Style is a reference book for a variety of Microsoft ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:05 -0800

Book Review: Bare Naked at the Reality Dance by Suzanne Selby Grenager
Book Review: Bare Naked at the Reality Dance by Suzanne Selby Grenager Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 02:47 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Grenager, a spiritual mentor and yoga instructor by day, references writing in her journal throughout the ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:24 -0800

'Comic Book Men' review: Amusing geekfest
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Comic Book Men: Reality series. 10 p.m. Sun. on AMC. OK, let's put it to a vote: Who's your favorite comic book hottie, "goggles Catwoman" or "purple-dress Catwoman"? If that sentence makes even... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:32:38 -0800