Book reviews from The Roanoke Times
Celebrating a local treasure: the Blue Ridge Parkway - 11/30/2008
The wonders of English letters and words: Alphabet Juice - 11/30/2008
A holiday visit to charming Ballybucklebo - 11/30/2008
Two heroes of 19th-century American history - 11/30/2008
Books that influenced Jefferson - 11/23/2008
Books: Best sellers (Nov. 23, 2008) - 11/23/2008
In command of the Union navy - 11/23/2008
The last of a popular science-fiction series? - 11/23/2008
Volunteer work in Haiti - 11/23/2008
Another era of challenges - 11/23/2008
A controversial filmmaker: Roman Polanski - 11/23/2008
The origins of our words - 11/16/2008
Who owns priceless works of art? - 11/16/2008
Two women and the Elgin Marbles - 11/16/2008
Two historic roads - 11/16/2008
Great men and a great city - 11/9/2008
A biography built on gossip columns - 11/9/2008
Alex Hawke turns spy in Russia - 11/9/2008
A social history of post-WWII America - 11/9/2008
The Chrysler Museum - 11/9/2008
The real Cleopatra - 11/2/2008
An important book on the Valley Campaign - 11/2/2008
Legendary bootlegger and robber - 11/2/2008
Essays about World War I - 11/2/2008
A courtroom thriller - 11/2/2008
Trouble in the mayor's office - 11/2/2008
BOOKSHow to become a better citizen - 10/26/2008
A continuation of 'Gilead' - 10/26/2008
Rating the presidents, again - 10/26/2008
Thomas Jefferson in retirement - 10/26/2008
Virginia's living treasures - 10/19/2008
Historical fiction about moonshine - 10/19/2008
Meeting the challenges of urban schools - 10/19/2008
Keeping the art in medicine - 10/19/2008
A novel of the British opium trade in China - 10/19/2008
BOOKSA love story in two dimensions - 10/12/2008
Back on the hunt with Sister Jane - 10/12/2008
Reminiscences of a Southern life - 10/12/2008
From Romania to America and back - 10/12/2008
A green travel journal - 10/12/2008
BEST SELLERS - 10/12/2008
Survivors of the storm - 10/5/2008
A failure of the American Dream - 10/5/2008
From Lane Stadium to Special Forces - 9/28/2008
Pope's choice of silence resonates - 9/28/2008
Ramsey case inspires corrosive social satire - 9/28/2008
Historical comic strip collection is past due - 9/28/2008
Political satire - 9/28/2008
A stroll with the nosy Isabel - 9/28/2008
Book pools the acquired wisdom of working moms - 9/22/2008
BOOK CALENDAR - 9/22/2008
Secularism and religion's prospect - 9/21/2008
Psychological thunder clouds - 9/21/2008
Rollicking with two country musicians - 9/21/2008
A novel of the Civil War - 9/21/2008
Son writes a moving family memoir - 9/21/2008
The making of modern India - 9/14/2008
The making of a literary classic - 9/14/2008
Seeking the simple life - 9/14/2008
Showdown at Poplar Forest - 9/14/2008
The girl who became queen - 9/14/2008
An epic love unites East and West - 9/7/2008
Intrigue on a Shenandoah Valley farm - 9/7/2008
Book Bulletin -- Historical resource once again available - 9/7/2008
The joys of nocturnal wildlife-watching - 9/7/2008
The story of the fake Vermeers - 9/7/2008
Book Calendar: Week of Sept. 1 - 9/1/2008
A primer of Jungian psychology - 8/31/2008
Much more than a thriller - 8/31/2008
From 'Dukes of Hazzard' to Congress - 8/31/2008
More memoir than novel - 8/31/2008
Struggles and joys of farming - 8/31/2008
Fly-fishing essays - 8/24/2008
State-promoted violence in Russia - 8/24/2008
Dark secrets and a socially poignant tale - 8/24/2008
A patriot argues the arguments - 8/24/2008
Troubles follow Robicheaux to Montana - 8/24/2008
Law, justice in Patrick County - 8/17/2008
Best sellers: Week of Aug. 17 - 8/17/2008
A lasting gift to all of us - 8/17/2008
Franklin and Eleanor trivialized - 8/17/2008
The art of modern animation - 8/17/2008
War's effect on generations of family - 8/17/2008
How Stephen Coonts got his groove back - 8/10/2008
Dog and man and hopes and dreams - 8/10/2008
New England's surprising history - 8/10/2008
Book Bulletin - 8/10/2008
A magical tale of East and West - 8/10/2008
Best sellers: Week of Aug. 10 - 8/10/2008
Myths of the Great Wall - 8/10/2008
