en Copyright 2009, Powells.com Thu, 8 Jan 2009 04:00:09 PST Thu, 8 Jan 2009 04:00:09 PST webmaster@powells.com http://powells.com/favicon.png Powells.com, yo! The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain, a review from The New Republic Online by Tim Wu.]]> Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis
Reviewed by Amanda from Gulfport, Mississippi. ]]> Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Amerika: The Missing Person: A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text by Franz Kafka, a review from Los Angeles Times by David L. Ulin .]]> Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Indiespensable title, Tinkers. Luckily, we managed to thaw out some original essays by Daniel Everett (Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes), Dave Pollard (Finding the Sweet Spot), and Raphael Cushnir (The One Thing Holding You Back). We caught our INK Q&As by Steven Johnson (The Invention of Air), Simon Montefiore (Sashenka), and Nami Mun (Miles from Nowhere) trying to skate with ducks on the frozen lake in Laurelhurst Park, while guest bloggers Woody Tasch and Jenna Woginrich braved their homemade toboggan run down the hill alongside Montgomery Park, blazing right past our Northwest Industrial warehouse. ]]> Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Collections of Nothing by William Davies King
Reviewed by Vicki from Chicago, Illinois. ]]> Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST In raw and beautiful prose, debut novelist Nami Mun delivers Miles from Nowhere, the story of a young woman who is at once tough and vulnerable, world-weary and naive, faced with insurmountable odds and yet fiercely determined to survive. In the process, Mun creates one of the most indelible characters in recent fiction. "[E]xplosive....[A] gritty and empathic coming-of-age tale," praises Booklist (starred review). ]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:44:57 PST From the bestselling author of Young Stalin comes Sashenka, a sweeping novel of Russia in the early 20th century — a captivating tale of love, politics, family, and survival that will captivate readers who love Doctor Zhivago. "[T]he tale is thick and complex, and the characters lives take on a palpable urgency against a wonderfully realized backdrop," hails Publishers Weekly (starred review). ]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:44:27 PST In The Invention of Air, bestselling author Steven Johnson (The Ghost Map) recounts the story of Joseph Priestley — scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin — an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S. "[S]ucceeds like a shot of the purest oxygen," raves Publishers Weekly. ]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:43:15 PST Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:40:02 PST Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:39:18 PST Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett, a review from The Nation by Kim Phillips-Fein.]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST The Winter of Frankie Machine (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Don Winslow
Reviewed by Kim from Portland, Oregon. ]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Paul Harding's debut is only now arriving in bookstores, from a small publisher affiliated with NYU's School of Medicine. Already Tinkers is the talk of the literary world. Publishers Weekly calls it "an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship." In 191 incantatory pages, Harding somehow makes you intimate with three generations of a New England family. Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson raves, "It confers on the reader the best privilege fiction can afford, the illusion of ghostly proximity to other human souls." ]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:51:30 PST The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson, a review from New York Review of Books by Robert Skidelsky.]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory by Mickey Hess
Reviewed by George from New Orleans, Louisiana. ]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST