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A higher sort of prose from John Updike

By Gordon Houser | Jan. 8 at 9:29 a.m.

“Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism” by John Updike (Knopf, 501 pages, $40)

Local women tell stories of change

Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 7 at 10:47 p.m.

“Radiating Like a Stone: Wichita Women and the 1970s Feminist Movement” compiled and edited by Myrne Roe (Watermark Press, 300 pages, $20)

In ‘Songs of Unreason,’ Jim Harrison finds a poetic voice that unifies word and world

BY ARLICE DAVENPORT, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 1 at 9:44 a.m.

“Songs of Unreason” by Jim Harrison (Copper Canyon Press, 143 pages, $22)

Watermark Books: New & recommended

Jan. 1 at 9:43 a.m.

“Emily, Alone” by Stewart O’Nan. (Penguin, $15)

Black history told in images, essays

By Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Jan. 1 at 9:41 a.m.

“Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History 1513-2008” by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Knopf, 512 pages, $50)

“Into the Silence” details Mallory’s attempt to scale Everest

By Gaylord Dold | Dec. 25 at 7:17 a.m.

“Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest” by Wade Davis (Knopf, 655 pages, $32.50)

Watermark Books: New & recommended

Dec. 24 at 7:12 a.m.

Watermark Bestsellers

Books explore World War I and the Mexican War

By Gaylord Dold | Dec. 18 at 8:13 a.m.

“The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War” by Peter Englund, translated by Peter Graves (Knopf, 540 pages, $35)

A Holmes homage with heft

By Rhonda Dickey, Philadelphia Inquirer | Dec. 18 at 8:12 a.m.

“The House of Silk” by Anthony Horowitz (Mulholland Books, 304 pages, $27.99)

Watermark Books: New & recommended

Dec. 18 at 8:11 a.m.

“On Canaan’s Side” by Sebastian Barry (Viking, $25.95)

Great gift books for Kansans

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 17 at 11:49 p.m.

Each year I do a best-books column at the end of December, but in looking through the books I read this year, I noticed a theme and thought I’d change the concept a little.

Peter Nadas’ ‘Parallel Stories’ is either a massive postmodernist masterpiece, or a pretentious, jumbled mess.

By Arlice Davenport, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 13 at 11:34 p.m.

“Parallel Stories” by Peter Nadas, translated by Imre Goldstein (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1,152 pages, $40) 

Watermark New & Recommended (Dec. 11)

Dec. 12 at 10:45 p.m.

“The Forgotten Affairs of Youth” by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $24.95)

Stories of workaday life shine

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 11 at 10:17 a.m.

“Send Me Work” by Katherine Karlin (Northwestern University Press, 159 pages, $17.95)

Library card now provides access to e-books in Wichita

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 5 at 8:26 p.m.

The Wichita Public Library began offering e-books today.

New Christmas books for children

By Steve Johnson | Dec. 4 at 9:56 a.m.

“Jingle Bells: How the Holiday Classic Came to Be” written by John Harris and illustrated by Adam Gustavson (Peachtree Publishers, all ages, $16.95) is a fictional account of how a favorite Christmas song was written.

Murakami’s latest, “1Q84,” is odd and imaginative, but goes on too long.

By Gordon Houser | Dec. 4 at 9:54 a.m.

“1Q84” by Haruki Murakami (Knopf, 925 pages, $30.50)

Two cities: Rome and Jerusalem

By Gaylord Dold | Nov. 29 at 4:47 p.m.

“Jerusalem: The Biography” by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf, 650 pages, $35)

Upcoming books and events

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 27 at 9:02 a.m.

•  7 p.m. Tuesday: Stephen Perry, author of "Wander the Kansas Flint Hills in Words and Images" (Back Roads Press, $17.95), will discuss and sign his book at Watermark Books, 4701 E. Douglas. His watercolor prints are the centerpiece of this lovely little book that would make a great gift for anyone who loves the dramatic landscapes of the Flint Hills.

Into the blue: Joan Didion's latest book centers on her daughter

By Gaylord Dold | Nov. 27 at 9:02 a.m.

“Blue Nights” by Joan Didion (Knopf, 188 pages, $25)

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