"Letters from Father Christmas" (Houghton Mifflin, $15), is a compilation of letters J. R. R. Tolkien wrote to his three children, one each December. Enclosed...
Christina Lamb is the author of "The Sewing Circles of Heart: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan," which tells of the history, culture and geography of...
In her second novel, Masha Hamilton ("Staircase of a Thousand Steps") is concerned with love, loss and renewal in the Middle East. Catherine ("Caddie") Blair,...
Copper Canyon Press Editor Sam Hamill, the Port Townsend literary firebrand who famously irked the White House last year by rallying hundreds of fellow poets...
"Flowers: The Complete Book of Floral Design, Choosing, Creating, Presenting" By Paula Pryke Rizzoli, 2004, $45 This is a stunning book. Flower arranging is a...
This list of the 25 best books of 2004 was assembled with the aid of cutting-edge polling techniques. We assigned weights for the various components...
