Santa Fe New Mexican http://www.santafenewmexican.com/rss/[Category]/[Slugline] Santa Fe New Mexican en-us The end of the run for Books http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/The-end-of-the-run-for-Books-Changes-force-newspaper-to-make-ha This is, as it says at the end of every story, The End. The Santa Fe New Mexican's Books page is closing up shop, clearing the inventory and fadi ... Sunday Magazine Curses, demons on the loose in high school http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Curses--demons-on-the-loose-in-high-school Prom Dates From Hell By Rosemary Clement-Moore Delacorte Press 308 pages, $15.99 First of all, don't let the title fool you into t ... Sunday Magazine Not all plots to kill Hitler interesting http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Not-all-plots-to-kill-Hitler-interesting Killing Hitler By Roger Moorhouse Bantam 384 pages, $25 According to this book, there were 42 known assassination attempts on Adol ... Sunday Magazine Happy ending saves coming-of-age story http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Happy-ending-saves-coming-of-age-story Maybe a Miracle By Brian Strause Ballantine Books 368 pages, $12.95 Excusing a terrible pun, it may be a miracle that I liked this ... Sunday Magazine A teen-ager stumbles through new experience http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/A-teen-ager-stumbles-through-new-experience Hot Scots, Castles, and Kilts By Tammy Swoish Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 201 pages, $7.99 The sweet, engaging pleasur ... Sunday Magazine Billy the Kid examined — again http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Billy-the-Kid-examined--mdash--again Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride By Michael Wallis W.W. Norton and Company 317 pages, $25.95 Scrawny and short, Billy the Kid went ... Sunday Magazine An outsider in God's country http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/An-outsider-in-God-s-country-Wilderness-advocate-sees-parallels Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised LandBy Amy IrvineNorth Point Press352 pages, $25 Being accepted as a "local" is almost as difficult in so ... Sunday Magazine A dual book about dreams http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/A-dual-book-about-dreams-It-s-sort-of-Jewish-history--but-more- The History of Last Night’s Dream: Discovering the Hidden Path to the SoulBy Rodger KamenetzHarperCollins272 pages, $14.95This is a tale of two storie ... Sunday Magazine Too much mixing: Fiction, history don't always match http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Too-much-mixing--Fiction--history-don-t-always-match Who Killed Chester Pray? A Death Valley MysteryBy Nicholas ClappLa Frontera Publishing263 pages, $22.95Mixing history and fiction usually results in h ... Sunday Magazine Too much of a hero and far too many mistakes http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Too-much-of-a-hero-and-far-too-many-mistakes Jack AbsoluteBy C. C. HumphreysThomas Dunne Books310 pages, $14.95 Jack Absolute: A Novel in which we observe an obscure 18th century theatrical chara ... Sunday Magazine A real mystery to solve — if somewhat bizarre http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/A-real-mystery-to-solve--mdash--if-somewhat-bizarre The SomnambulistBy Jonathan BarnesWilliam Morrow368 pages, $23.95It's a little hard to talk about the book, what with it being a mystery; and one of t ... Sunday Magazine Philosophy, poetry mark caper http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Philosophy--poetry-mark-caper EMERALD PASSAGEBy Christopher MurphyI Universe306 pages, $18.95On the surface, Emerald Passage is about some stolen emeralds. But, as in many caper st ... Sunday Magazine More murders, more questions http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/More-murders--more-questions Simon SaysBy Kathryn EastburnDa Capo Press294 pages, $25This "true story of boys, guns and murder" recounts the bloody events of New Year's Eve 2000 o ... Sunday Magazine PanelHead: From Europe, a bit of style — and odd storytelling http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/From-Europe--a-bit-of-style--mdash--and-odd-storytelling Longtime readers have known that some of my favorite cartoonists have been European because their books, unassuming and subtle, tease out themes usual ... Sunday Magazine Texan's humorous tales of himself http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Texan-s-humorous-tales-of-himself-Elmer-Kelton-s-life-sets-stag SANDHILLS BOY: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer By Elmer Kelton Forge 252 pages; $23.95 In this anecdotal memoir, author El ... Sunday Magazine Three novels give gritty view of Texas Rangers http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Three-novels-give-gritty-view-of-Texas-Rangers RANGER'S LAW By Elmer Kelton Forge 640 pages, $24.95 Seven-time Spur-award winning author Elmer Kelton presents a war ravaged Texa ... Sunday Magazine Bookmarks Feb. 24 http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Bookmarks-Feb-24 Reading Louise Glück, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former U.S. Poet Laureate, will read from her works at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Fo ... Sunday Magazine History of a phrase on a bumper sticker http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/History-of-a-phrase-on-a-bumper-sticker---And-why-it-resonated- WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN SELDOM MAKE HISTORYBy Laurel Thatcher UlrichAlfred A. Knopf284 pages, $24The title of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's book, Well-Behaved W ... Sunday Magazine Words on Poetry: Poet practices the narrative form in her original way http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Poet-practices-the-narrative-form-in-her-original-way Narrative is one of the ancient purposes of poetry, but one which has become detached from the form in modern times. Epics such as the Iliad reco ... Sunday Magazine Mystery territory, from Maine to Michigan to Hollywood http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Mystery-territory--from-Maine-to-Michigan-to-Hollywood THE BOOK OF OLD HOUSESBy Sarah FravesBantam Books294 pages, $22CACHE OF CORPSESBy Henry KisorForge304 pages, $24.95BEVERLY HILLS DEADBy Stuart WoodsG. ... Sunday Magazine Bookmarks Feb. 17 http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Bookmarks-Feb-17 Lecture & signing Anna Sofaer will discuss her 30 years studying Chaco Canyon and the resulting book, Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Co ... Sunday Magazine The ill-tempered Hollywood director http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/The-ill-tempered-Hollywood-director-Biography-does-Otto-Preming OTTO PREMINGER: The Man Who Would be KingBy Foster HirschKnopf573 pages, $35Otto Preminger's egg-shaped head made him one of Hollywood's most recogniz ... Sunday Magazine A politician and a monk who have a way with words http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/A-politician-and-a-monk-who-have-a-way-with-words LINCOLN'S SWORD: The Presidency and the Power of WordsBy Douglas L. WilsonAlfred A. Knopf343 pages, $26.95ECHOING SILENCE: Thomas Merton and the Vocat ... Sunday Magazine No plot, but at least the characters are engaging http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/No-plot--but-at-least-the-characters-are-engaging THE NAME OF THE BOOK IS SECRETBy Pseudonymus BoschLittle, Brown and Company360 pages, $16.99I am not sure which grade level this book was meant for; p ... Sunday Magazine Tejas literature with a serving of chile http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sunday Magazine/Tejas_literature_with_a_serving_of_chile HECHO EN TEJAS: An Anthology of Texas Mexican LiteratureEdited by Dagoberto GilbUniversity of New Mexico Press522 pages, $29.95With this anthology of ... Sunday Magazine