en Copyright 2008, Powells.com Fri, 9 May 2008 08:00:08 PST Fri, 9 May 2008 08:00:08 PST webmaster@powells.com http://powells.com/favicon.png Powells.com, yo! An eye-opening look at aquaculture that does for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for beef. From North American Red Lobsters to fish farms and research centers in China, Taras Grescoe's Bottomfeeder takes readers on an illuminating tour through the 55-billion-dollar-a-year seafood industry.]]> Tue, 6 May 2008 15:38:57 PST From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. In this INK Q&A, Wooten shares his favorite breakfast, what inspires him to write, and more!]]> Tue, 6 May 2008 15:19:20 PST In her eagerly anticipated new novel, Careless In Red, New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth George brings back Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley in a stunning mystery in which he's caught in the middle of a seemingly perfect crime. In this INK Q&A, George shares her literary pilgrimages (there have been several!), which fictional character she'd like to date, and more!]]> Tue, 6 May 2008 14:18:33 PST From Mario Batali, the superstar chef and author of Molto Italiano, comes Italian Grill, a full-color handbook on Italian grilling filled with simple recipes for pizza, fish, poultry, meat, and vegetables. In this Q&A, Batali dishes on author Jim Harrison, why he loves his Crocs, and more!]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:18:00 PST While grads may have little idea of what's coming next, there's great pleasure to be found in not knowing and not having everything defined. Bestselling author Ann Patchett shares her wit and heartfelt advice in What Now?, a beautiful gift book that is sure to become a perennial favorite. In this INK Q&A, Patchett describes crashing Eudora Welty's funeral, shares her favorite author who didn't get the attention he deserves, and more!]]> Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:13:55 PST From the author of What I Loved, The Sorrows of an American is a soaring feat of storytelling about the immigrant experience and the ghosts that haunt families from one generation to another. In this INK Q&A, Siri Hustvedt shares her strangest job working for a medical historian, why fiction can lie, and more!]]> Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:12:19 PST In The Girl with No Shadow, New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris returns with an exquisite treat that continues the story begun in her novel Chocolat. Runemarks, Harris's first foray into YA fantasy, is a fresh, funny, and wonderfully irreverent new take on the old Norse tales. In this INK Q&A, Harris becomes the first author to answer every single question of our Q&A — including her favorite TV series, which fictional character she'd like to date, and, well... all of them!]]> Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:11:07 PST Taking off from his controversial Details essay "Has Generation X Already Peaked?" Jeff Gordinier conducts an eye-opening journey in his quest to find the essence of X. Like Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and The Tipping Point, X Saves the World flips conventional wisdom on its head and expertly captures the spirit of a strange and crucial era in American society. In this Q&A, Gordinier shares his vision of the ideal life (hint: olive oil), literary pilgrimage to "pester" Paul Bowles, and more!]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:57:16 PST Pope Brock's Charlatan is a remarkably rich historical narrative that tells the forgotten story of America's most ingenious con man and one man's decades-long battle to bring him to justice. In this Q&A, Brock discusses his strangest job, hails Hill Street Blues, and more!]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:54:27 PST In No-Man's Lands, writer and NPR contributor Scott Huler follows the route of Homer's Odyssey to learn what this great work offers three thousand years later. In this Q&A, Huler sings the praises of Joss Whedon's Firefly, describes a photo tour of his best breakfasts around the world, and more!]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:44:01 PST When the ghost of a little girl appears in her bedroom one morning, everything Laurel holds dear is suddenly thrown into question in The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, the latest novel from Joshilyn Jackson. In this Q&A, Jackson describes her strangest job as a puppeteer, her difficult literary pilgrimage, and more!]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:29:37 PST The small dramas of teenage love get caught in the crosswinds of a war in The Blue Star, Tony Earley's sequel to his 2001 bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War II. In this INK Q&A, Earley shares his ideal life, his favorite disaster books, and more!]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:29:24 PST In The Outlaw Demon Wails, the riveting new tale in Kim Harrison's bestselling Hollows series, vampire and bounty hunter extraordinaire Rachel Morgan must play a dangerous game in which the prize is her immortal soul. In this INK Q&A, Harrison shares her vision of the ideal life, describes why she writes, and more!]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:22:16 PST In God's Problem, top Bible scholar and New York Times-bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus Bart D. Ehrman challenges the varied and contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows suffering. In this INK Q&A, Ehrman shares his love of single malt scotch, describes how he's living in absolute happiness, and more!]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:17:29 PST Now in paperback: the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring returns with Burning Bright, a brilliantly rendered, sweeping, and thoroughly engaging story about William Blake's London. With her fine eye for historical detail, Tracy Chevalier composes a "wonderfully vivid portrait of 18th-century London" (Time Out London). In this INK Q&A, Chevalier explains why cats rule, how she ended up sorting pickled snakes one summer, and more!]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:10:37 PST