BOOKS: 'Ground Up'

John Greenya

Building a coffeehouse and a life

Somewhere it is written (probably in stone) that first-time novelists should write about what they know. Although in his nonfiction writing, Michael Idov doesn't come ...

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• BOOKS: 'Tears in the Darkness'

  5 AM Philip Kopper

  

  Deeply researched and finely documented, "Tears in the Darkness" is written brilliantly in lucid prose with pacing that propels the unwilling reader. Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'Emancipation'

  5 AM Martin Rubin

  

  This one of those marvelous books that not only illuminates an important chain of historical events, but provides timeless — and especially timely — lessons for our own age. Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'When the Game Was Ours'

  5 AM Claude R. Marx

  

  It's easy to forget that at one time the NBA had such a meager following that its championship games were televised on tape delay at 11:30 p.m. because their ratings weren't strong enough to warrant ... Continue reading »

• BOOKS: A missing wife and other brutalities

  5 AM Muriel Dobbin

  

  The kaleidoscopic scene of London's East End is brought into sharp focus by its emphasis on a frightened and orphaned 2-year-old girl in "Necessary as Blood," a most readable addition to Deborah Crombie's mystery series. Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'Accomplice to Evil'

  5 AM John R. Coyne Jr.

  

  Michael Ledeen has written prolifically and spoken eloquently on political extremism, terrorism and America's role in the world. Continue reading »