Books - The Durango Herald

Books are great gifts for kids

The recent snow cover is a reminder that Santa will soon arrive. He is searching for perfect presents for good boys and girls, and books can be just the right gift. Books educate and enterta...

DATE: Dec 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 10

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Novelist Manil Suri wins dreaded Bad Sex prize

LONDON – An out-of-this-world sex scene invoking stars, supernovas and statisticians has won U.S.-based writer Manil Suri the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Suri, a novelist ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Dec. 3

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Authors offer a few tips for holiday gift-giving

NEW YORK – With more than 100,000 books published each year, it’s hard to know what works best for a holiday gift. A few “experts,” from a prize-winning historian to some best-selling childr...

DATE: Nov 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

American Regional English dictionary going online

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin students and researchers set out in “word wagons” nearly 50 years ago to record the ways Americans spoke in various parts of the country. N...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

1640 psalm book could fetch $30M at NYC auction

NEW YORK – A tiny book of psalms from 1640 – believed to be the first book ever printed in what is now the United States – is poised to set an auction record for a printed book on Tuesday. ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Nov. 19

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Native tips on life in the Colo. wild

Woman celebrates natural world

DATE: Nov 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Nov. 5

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

‘Dallas 1963’ twisted by anger

“Dallas 1963” (Twelve), by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis “Dallas 1963” by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis provides a chilling portrait of a city terrified by the electio...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Oct. 29

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf) 2. The Circl...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books