Powell's Books: PowellsBooks.newsThe latest issues of world-famous PowellsBooks.news, the newsletter of Powells.comPowellsBooks.news Jan 30 2008- January 30, 2008 It's not that we don't like winter. It isn't that at all. However, after only a couple of months of rain and clouds, we're ready to throw in the towel and get some spring sunshine. So, while we wait for that jittery groundhog to pop out (and pray he doesn't spot his shadow), we're trying to keep our minds focused on big-picture ideas like the ones in David Shields's latest, The Thing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead. We're also occupying ourselves with original essays by Victoria...http://powells.com/partner/16/pbn/booksnews_2008_0130.html?utm_source=powellsbooks.news&am... PowellsBooks.news Jan 16 2008- January 16, 2008 For best results, we recommend downloading our newest free Putumayo track, "Dimba" by Ousmane Toure, and listening to it while you read the newsletter. It keeps you tappin' your toes while our 2006 interview with Michael Pollan taps your mind. Dance your way into a drum circle of original essays by Tim Harford (The Logic of Life), Neil Shubin (Your Inner Fish), Neil Swidey (The Assist), Tahmima Anam (A Golden Age), and Shalom Auslander (Foreskin's Lament). To make up for.http://powells.com/partner/16/pbn/booksnews_2008_0116.html?utm_source=powellsbooks.news&am... PowellsBooks.news Jan 3 2008- January 3, 2008 Don't talk to us about post-New Year's hangovers. In fact, please don't speak at all; the softest whisper is amplified into deafening cannon-blasts in the throbbing chasm of our skulls. Let's just sit here quietly and enjoy Dave's interview with T Is for Trespass author Sue Grafton. While we're at it, the perfect cure for too much cheap champagne (pardon us, "sparkling wine") might just be a batch of original essays by Jeff Garigliano (Dogface), Susan Wicklund (This Common...http://powells.com/partner/16/pbn/booksnews_2008_0103.html?utm_source=powellsbooks.news&am... |