Books Archives

Marvel hits reset button on Fantastic Four

Marvel Comics is updating the origin of the Fantastic Four this week in a sleeker tale dubbed "Season One" with a more contemporary vibe.

February 9, 2012 12:05 AM

Black history told in images, essays

"In 'Life Upon These Shores,' " Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes, "I set out to picture African-American history, to find a new way of looking at its full sweep. I imagined a book with an abundance of images of the great and small events and significant individuals who shaped the heritage of the African-American people and the history of our nation."

February 5, 2012 12:10 AM

Youngsters 'meet' inventors through handyman's tales

Mama leaves her twins, 13-year-olds Herbie and Ella, to help handyman R.E. Mital clean and fix up their new home while she goes shopping for needed supplies. Little do they suspect that along with their work, they'll get hands-on history lessons.

February 5, 2012 12:10 AM

Close-ups and Personal: Photographer Annie Leibovitz takes new perspective on life, work

Photographer Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.

February 5, 2012 12:10 AM

Area Author: D. Randy West

Capt D. Randy West in his life of sailing throughout the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans has experienced and survived 18 hurricanes to date. Here are those tales told by the storytelling captain about his childhood memories in Florida, storms at sea and historic hurricanes in Hawaii, Bermuda and even France.

February 5, 2012 12:10 AM