Author Robert Fuller sees more ranking than rankism in the Beijing Olympics. And that's a good thing, he says. ... (Today)

During the past two decades, there have been a slew of books about baseball's "Negro Leagues," a very real part of our history that previously had been swept under the rug of both scholarly ... (Yesterday)

Book editor Bob Hoover's selection of the week ... (Yesterday)

Just in time to celebrate Pittsburgh's big birthday comes "Steel Town" by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener (Atheneum, $16.99, all ages). ... (Yesterday)

Persistently and peerlessly peripatetic, Paul Theroux professes to travel light, yet he brings a lot of baggage wherever he goes. ... (08/17/2008)