The Washington Post back issues from Sunday, September 2:
Silent Warrior; The tale of a Nigerian child soldier who has no voice to tell it.
Sep 02, 2007 ... SONG FOR NIGHT A Novella By Chris Abani Akashic. 167 pp. Paperback, $12.95We take a necessary, if lurid,interest in the tragic fate of the child soldier, a figure notespecially new in the history of war, but one that remains anunsettling paradox all the same -- the ...
Tales of strength in the face of misfortune.
Sep 02, 2007 ... This is good old-fashioned memoir writing at its best: poignant,endearing, funny and evocative of a bygone era that's worthrecalling in detail. In King of the Hill, the first book of this two-in-one volume,A.E. Hotchner (born in 1920) describes his family's scramble to stayahead ...
Washington Area Bestsellers
Sep 02, 2007 ... Paperback Fiction 1 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (Algonquin, $13.95) By Sara Gruen. An orphan discovers love when he joins a travelingcircus amid the Great Depression.17 2 THE KITE RUNNER (Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruledcountry ...
Hearts Afire; Somebody is burning down America's literary shrines - - house by house.
Sep 02, 2007 ... AN ARSONIST'S GUIDE TO WRITERS' HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND By Brock Clarke Algonquin. 303 pp. $23.95 Some people have no sense of humor whenit comes to great literature. Or arson. A few months ago, book section editors around the countryreceived a letter on quaint ...
Reading is hard work for the brain, as this book proves.
Sep 02, 2007; ... PROUST AND THE SQUID The Story and Science of the Reading Brain By Maryanne Wolf Harper. 308 pp. $25.95Anyone who reads is bound to wonder, atleast occasionally, about how those funny squiggles on a pagemagically turn into "Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet ...
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Sep 02, 2007 ... You'll Be Okay My Life with Jack Kerouac A memoir by Edie Kerouac-Parker, who became Jack's lover when he was attending Columbia University and married ...
Letters; Fighting Words
Sep 02, 2007 ... Andrew Nagorski apparently thinks Giles MacDonogh shouldn't havebothered to dredge up all those nasty facts about the occupation ofGermany in After the Reich: The Brutal History of the AlliedOccupation, because, after all, the Germans had it coming, andAllied cruelties were ...
Political Inspiration; A historian considers the relationships among Christianity, Nazism and communism.
Sep 02, 2007 ... SACRED CAUSES The Clash of Religion and Politics, From the Great War to the War on Terror By Michael Burleigh HarperCollins. 557 pp. $27.95 Perhaps in the United States, withits high rate of churchgoing, the importance of religion is obvious.But in Europe, the ...
September 4-9, 2007
Sep 02, 2007 ... 6:30 P.M. Malcolm MacPherson, a former correspondent for Time andNewsweek magazines, reads from and signs his new novel, Hocus Potus(a political farce revolving around the invasion of Iraq), atBorders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999. 7 P.M. Steven Goldman discusses ...
James Hoch's poems approach s ...
Sep 02, 2007; ... James Hoch's poems approach subjects such as grief, loss andviolation in a way that feels freshly inspired by reality. Forexample, instead of resorting to the literary or cinematic clichesof a deathbed scene, he manages to express the limited but distinctgood of pain-killing medication: ...
The (Re)Birth of the Classics
Sep 02, 2007; ... "By common consent," writes Andrew Dalby, the Iliad and theOdyssey "are still among the greatest stories ever written." But allwe know of the person, or persons, who composed these epics is aname and centuries of historical inference. Scholars do know enough,according to Dalby, to ...
Notes From a Gadfly; An outspoken linguist sounds off on American imperialism.
Sep 02, 2007 ... INTERVENTIONS By Noam Chomsky City Lights. 232 pp. Paperback, $15.95For all his celebrity onthe academic and activist left, Noam Chomsky, the linguist turnedgadfly, goes all but unnoticed inside the Capital Beltway. And thisneglect, according to Chomsky's new collection of ...
THE ORIGINAL SCROLL
Sep 02, 2007 ... Extends 119 feet, 8 inches Typewritten as one long, single-spaced paragraph on 10 12-footlengths of paper that were taped together. According to most biographers, Kerouac ...
Petroleum Populist; What happens to Hugo Chavez if oil prices go down?
Sep 02, 2007 ... - HUGO! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution By Bart Jones Steerforth. 570 pp. $30 HUGO CHAVEZ By Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka Translated from the Spanish by Kristina Cordero Random House. 327 ...
Road Trips; On the 50th anniversary of "On the Road," a slew of books celebrates Jack Kerouac, his American classic and the scroll that began it all.
Sep 02, 2007 ... ON THE ROAD The Original Scroll By Jack Kerouac Viking. 408 pp. $25.95 ROAD NOVELS 1957-1960 By Jack Kerouac Library of America. 864 pp. $35 ON THE ROAD By Jack Kerouac Viking. 307 pp. $24.95 DESOLATE ...
Tales from the classroom updated for the testing era.
Sep 02, 2007 ... As Washington policymakers work to reauthorize the landmark NoChild Left Behind Act, controversy abounds: Has the law fosteredexcessive test prep? Squeezed out science and social studies?Shortchanged gifted kids? Not surprisingly, authors have beenputting flesh and bones on these ...
A novelist tells how she fared as a "premature anti-fascist" during World War II.
Sep 02, 2007; ... LEARNING TO FLY A Writer's Memoir By Mary Lee Settle Norton. 224 pp. $24.95Mary Lee Settle, a professional writer ifever there was one, wrote right up to her death two years ago at theage of 87. She had put together a proposal for a book about ThomasJefferson's ...
Wily Mo Nats slugger Peñ ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Nats slugger Pena reenacts famed Kirk Gibson moment at DodgerStadium, limping around bases after homer. We can't believe what wejust saw. Yankees unveil phenom Chamberlain, but restrict his usage. RuleNo. 1: May throw one extra inning for every Red Sox hitter he drillsin the ...
Need a frontline starting pit ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Need a frontline starting pitcher this offseason? Tough luck. Atone time, you might have dreamed of landing White Sox lefty MarkBuehrle or Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano (or both!) but bothrecently re-upped with their current teams. That means your choices are, a) wait until ...
PERSONNEL DEPT. Angels: Reca ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Angels: Recalled RHPs Jason Bulger and Rich Thompson from ClassAAA Salt Lake and put RHP Chris Resop onto the 60-day disabled list. Athletics: Re-signed C Adam Melhuse, bringing back their formerbackup. On June 9, Oakland traded Melhuse to the Rangers, whodesignated him for ...
Auditors Rejecting AP Course Syllabuses; Teachers Say the Reviews, In Their 1st Year, Discount Classroom Achievement
Sep 02, 2007; ... Students of David Keener, an ex-priest who teaches at T.C.Williams High School in Alexandria, almost always pass the AdvancedPlacement biology exam. So when the teacher submitted a descriptionof his course for the College Board's first quality-control audit ofthe AP program, nobody ...
Things Turn Batty in The Bronx
Sep 02, 2007 ... In a strange sequence yesterday in New York, Akinori Iwamura ofthe Devil Rays and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees had their batsconfiscated by umpires. First, the Yankees requested that Iwamura's unusual model,featuring a flat end rather than a rounded one, be inspected to makesure ...
THE week ahead
Sep 02, 2007 ... MARINERS AT YANKEES Tomorrow through Wednesday Yankee Stadium, New York The Yanks thought their only hope of the playoffs was the wildcard, until sweeping the Red Sox last week. The Mariners, meantime,start today on an eight-game losing streak and are in the midst of ...
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Sep 02, 2007 ... Runs scored per game by the Minnesota Twins in Johan Santana'sfive starts against the Cleveland Indians this season. In Santana'sother 23 starts, the Twins are ...
Auditors Rejecting AP Course Syllabuses
Sep 02, 2007; ... Students of David Keener, an ex-priest who teaches at T.C.Williams High School in Alexandria, almost always pass the AdvancedPlacement biology exam. So when the teacher submitted a descriptionof his course for the College Board's first quality-control audit ofthe AP program, nobody ...
100 for Johnson, 1 for Navy; Coach Hits Century Mark in Wins as the Midshipmen Hold Off Temple
Sep 02, 2007; ... Navy 30, Temple 19 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Navy Coach Paul Johnson was given a game ball following histeam's 30-19 victory over Temple before 30,368 at Lincoln FinancialField on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. "I'm not sure I deserve ...
Meeting Fails To Halt Slide; Acta Shares Ire, But Streak Hits 7
Sep 02, 2007; ... Giants 3, Nationals 2 The door to the Washington Nationals' clubhouse closed about 4:15yesterday afternoon, and a meeting months in the making began. Theidea is simple, Manager Manny Acta said. The heat has broken,football is starting up, but don't be fooled. There is a month ...
Rickshaw Rally: A Riotous Ride Into India's Soul
Sep 02, 2007; ... The auto-rickshaw driver had never laughed so hard. Or been soconfused. Or so worried, he confessed, as his eyes widened at whathe saw. "No!" gasped Dilip Kumar, a 30-year veteran driver. "It can'tbe." Roaring and rattling up the hill, there they were: a cluster of32 ...
For the Nats, Damon Could Be an Option
Sep 02, 2007 ... Earlier this season, MLB Sunday examined the market for centerfielders in the upcoming free agent class, in light of theWashington Nationals' apparent need. Since then, Ichiro Suzuki(Mariners) and Eric Byrnes (Diamondbacks) have signed extensions tostay with their teams. That ...
ERA Haren, Oak ... 2.72 YE ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... ERA Haren, Oak 2.72 YESTERDAY: Loss 6 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, 4 SO WINS Wang, NY ...
THE LOTTERIES; August 31
Sep 02, 2007 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 3-3-3 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 4-8-4-7 Lucky Numbers: 9-2-9 D.C. 4: 3-0-8-4 Rolling Cash 5: 6-10-19-28-33 Daily 6: 3-14-20-24-27-31 *10 Day/Pick-3: 8-0-6 Pick-4: ...
DUNBAR's BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
Sep 02, 2007 ... Coach Craig Jefferies has gone above the call ...
Nuts & Bolts; 2007 Dodge Charger Police Package
Sep 02, 2007 ... Complaints: Those interior-protruding handles used to operate theA-pillar searchlights need to be redesigned. To eliminate the needfor them, someone should have come up with electronically controlledA-pillar lights. Ride, acceleration and handling: Excellent acceleration ....
QDear Tom and Ray: My husba ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... QDear Tom and Ray: My husband and I have entered into a heated debate about thequality of gas. My less-than-informed husband insists that gas fromquick-stop gas stations is a lesser quality than that of the big oilcompanies. My supposition is that there are only a few ...
In Colombia, a Wealth of 3-Day Weekends and One Economic Headache
Sep 02, 2007; ... Looking to get more time off? Move to Colombia. Renowned for its high murder rate, this Andean nation also leadsthe world in public holidays with 18 each year. Second-place Slovenia has 16, while Slovakia, Cyprus and Chilehave 15 each, according to a new study by Mercer Human ...
Stony Brook Finally Beats Georgetown
Sep 02, 2007 ... Josh Dudash threw three touchdown passes and Brandon Mason rushedfor two touchdowns as Stony Brook opened the season with its firstvictory over Georgetown, 35-28, last night in Stony Brook, N.Y. Dudash finished 17 for 24 with no interceptions for theSeawolves, who lost their three ...
To read these and other Week ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... To read these and other Week In Review ...
Wolverines Fail to Be Victors; Appalachian State Shocks Fifth- Ranked Michigan
Sep 02, 2007; ... Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32 Dexter Jackson sprinted through the secondary early in the firstquarter, taunting nearly 110,000 Michigan fans by putting a fingerover his lips en route to the end zone. Nearly three hours later, he got the desired result and the BigHouse was ...
Delta Queen May Be Running Aground; Congress Drops Old Steamboat's Safety Exemption
Sep 02, 2007; ... Steamboat enthusiasts are lobbying to save the famed Delta Queenafter Congress refused to renew a fire-safety exemption that has letit operate for nearly four decades. The elegant, multi-deck paddle wheeler has plied the Mississippiand other rivers for 81 years, recalling a ...
Tigers 4W: Street (3-2) L: Z ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Tigers 4W: Street (3-2) L: Zumaya (1-3)Athletics 5 (10 innings) Dan Johnson lined a game-winning single to right with none out inthe 10th inning, lifting Oakland and dropping Detroit a season-high51/2 games back in the AL Central. Mike Piazza doubled to start ...
0 Previous victories by divi ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... 0 Previous victories by division I-AA schools over I-A schoolsranked in the top 25 2 Field goal attempts blocked by ...
A GOOD BOAT RIDE SPOILED
Sep 02, 2007 ... Billy Brener, 71, fishes with a youthful zest but on ...
Pictures Capture The Killing In Darfur
Sep 02, 2007; ... He thought that by shooting the dead, he might keep others alive. But former Marine captain and Loudoun Valley High School graduateBrian Steidle has found that using his photographs to rouse thepublic and government officials to address the violence in Darfur isnot as simple as he ...
Squad Leader Shot Haditha Civilians, Marine Testifies; Witness's Credibility Is Questioned
Sep 02, 2007; ... A Marine testifying under immunity Friday said he saw Staff Sgt.Frank D. Wuterich shoot five unarmed Iraqi men moments after aroadside bomb exploded in Haditha in November 2005, a week afterWuterich said that if such an attack occurred, "we should killeverybody in that ...
Rangers 6W: Oliver (2-0) L: ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Rangers 6W: Oliver (2-0) L: Francisco (1-1)Angels 7 (10 innings) Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer and scored the winning run ona 10th-inning infield single by Howie Kendrick as Los Angeles openedup a 61/2-game lead in the AL West with its fifth straight ...
A Never-Ceasing Search for Home; Neither Laos Nor Thailand Provides Haven for Hmong Youths
Sep 02, 2007; ... It was the fear of persecution that drove Yang Pahua to flee hernative Laos -- twice. Yang, 17, is one of 21 girls and five boys whose stories havedrawn new attention to the plight of the Hmong, an ethnic minority.Their families first fled Laos in 2004 for an informal ...
IS JETER OVERRATED?
Sep 02, 2007 ... Some people believe shortstop Derek Jeter is all hype ....
QUOTABLE"What did I have ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... "What did I have to be nervous about? I pitched a great game, nomatter how it worked out." Twins RHP Scott Baker, who lost his bid for a perfect game, thena no-hitter, in the ninth inning against the Royals. Minnesota won,5-0. Athletics: Lost three players for the remainder ...
Wreckage Likely to Be of WWII Submarine
Sep 02, 2007; ... The mangled remains of a vessel found recently in the Bering Seaare likely those of a World War II submarine that disappeared with acrew of 70 off the Aleutian island of Kiska. The Aug. 22 discovery of the USS Grunion culminates a five-yearsearch led by the sons of its skipper, Lt ....
Oriole Park Workers to Protest Pay
Sep 02, 2007 ... Temporary workers who clean Oriole Park at Camden Yards say theywill begin a hunger strike on Labor Day to draw attention to theirdemands for a living wage. The workers, who make $7 an hour, are seeking the city's livingwage rate of $9.62 an hour, even though they are exempt ...
INNINGS PITCHED Webb, Ari. . ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... INNINGS PITCHED Webb, Ari. 197.0 NEXT: Today vs. Rockies STRIKEOUTS Peavy, SD ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Sep 02, 2007 ... ON-BASE PCT. Ortiz, Bos .430 Y'DAY: 1-2, 3 BB TODAY: vs. Cabrera 3-14, 6 BB RUNS Rodriguez, NY ...
Mariners 5W: Marcum (12-5) L ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Mariners 5W: Marcum (12-5) L: Washburn (9-12) S: Accardo (26)Blue Jays 7 Slumping Seattle lost its seventh straight as Troy Glaus hit atwo-run homer and Lyle Overbay and Alex Rios also went deep forToronto. Jose Vidro hit a two-run drive and Adrian Beltre ...
Royals 0W: Baker (8-6) L: Me ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... Royals 0W: Baker (8-6) L: Meche (7-12)Twins 5 (Game 2) Scott Baker came within three outs of a perfect game and two outsof a no-hitter, falling short of history but leading Minnesota overKansas City in the second game of a doubleheader. Baker entered the ninth ...
White Sox 5W: Fultz (4-2) L: ...
Sep 02, 2007 ... White Sox 5W: Fultz (4-2) L: MacDougal (1-5) S: R. Betancourt (1)Indians 8 Casey Blake's three-run double capped Cleveland's six-run eighthinning as the Indians rallied from a 5-0 deficit. Cleveland did little against starter Mark Buehrle before comingback ...
A Vehicle Designed to Perform With Authority
Sep 02, 2007; ... Like many civilians, we had always done our best to avoid beingin, around or in front of police cars. But the people at Dodge madeus an offer we found amusing and couldn't refuse: How would you liketo drive our 2007 Dodge Charger Police Package sedan for a week? My associate Ria ...
Electoral Politics Cancel Out Brave Calls to Raise Gas Tax
Sep 02, 2007; ... Here's hoping that members of Congress got some rest on theirsummer vacation, that they will return to Washington refreshed andwiser and ready to come up with a national energy policy that makessense. But here's betting that those hopes are in vain. Elections are approaching ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Sep 02, 2007 ... BATTING Utley, Phil .341 YESTERDAY: 0-5 TODAY: vs. Olsen 2-18, 6 SO TRIPLES Rollins, Phil ...
Saving New England's Stone Walls; Alliances Form to Fight Legal and Illegal Destruction of the Historic Structures
Sep 02, 2007; ... New England's iconic stone walls have withstood generations ofwandering wildlife, howling blizzards and the rare hurricane. Now the rustic walls face new dangers -- a growing number ofblatant stone-by-stone thefts and the legal practice of dismantlingthe walls to use the stone ...
An Environmental Question; For Surefire Hall of Famer, Playing in New York Is Part of a Murky Equation
Sep 02, 2007; ... Derek Jeter was drafted by the New York Yankees with the sixthoverall pick in the 1992 draft, meaning that -- in order -- theAstros, Indians, Expos, Orioles and Reds all passed on him. Hisfirst full season in the majors was 1996, the year after the title-less Don Mattingly era ended ...
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE . . . . . . to become a father five times in midseason
Sep 02, 2007 ... We are quite certain Baltimore Orioles third baseman Melvin Morais the only player qualified to address this topic. On July 28,2001, during Mora's first year as an everyday player, wife Giselgave birth to girls Genesis, Rebekah and Jada, and boys Christianand Matthew. Mora was hitting ...
University Aims to Produce Rural Doctors; Programs Recruit, Train and Prepare Alabama Students to Be Community Leaders
Sep 02, 2007; ... As a physician in a rural area, Deanah Maxwell knows there aretimes when she will be stopped in the grocery store or at church foradvice -- sometimes not even medical advice. But for her, that ishalf the appeal of being a small-town doctor. The Tuskegee native plans to return to ...
Promises Kept in Kalamazoo; Schools Chief Won't Reveal Benefactors
Sep 02, 2007; ... Janice Brown knows how to keep a secret. For the last 21 months, the departing superintendent of theKalamazoo Public Schools has steadfastly refused to answer thequestion that many of the city's nearly 73,000 residents havepondered: Who are the wealthy donors making it possible ...
Indonesians Yearn For Dictator's Rule; Dire Poverty Brings Nostalgia for Suharto Era
Sep 02, 2007; ... The downfall of Indonesian dictator Suharto, one of the mostcorrupt and brutal rulers of the last century, swept in an era ofpolitical freedom and hope for a better future. But nearly a decade later, many in this nation of 235 millionremain desperately poor. And in dozens of ...
S. Md. Adds Wealth, Diversity And Size
Sep 02, 2007; ... Household incomes increased across Southern Maryland between 2005and 2006, jumping most dramatically in Charles and St. Mary'scounties, according to annual census figures released this week thatshowed rising personal wealth throughout the Washington metropolitanregion. The ...