Complete books coverage for Sunday, March 8, 2009

The timely appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series

An anthology that’s big, messy, diverse -- just like the U.S.

The book, “The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge,” was released in the U.S. this year following an exhibit of Aldridge’s work at the British Design Museum.

Cuba’s crumbling state looms large in the tale of a blindly loyal man with little to show for his faith.

‘John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings’ and ‘John Cheever: Complete Novels’ recapture his words while Blake Bailey’s ‘Cheever: A Life’ sheds light on the man.

The author deftly handles technical material in telling the story of the discovery of an ancient computer (yes, that’s right, computer).

A fascinating biography of Werner Heisenberg seen here (left) in 1938 with his twins, Maria and Wolfgang.

The novel, set on a Jamaican plantation in 1785, chronicles the story of the brutality of slavery and a vengeful uprising.

The Winter Sun Notes on a Vocation Fanny Howe Graywolf Press: 210 pp., $15 paper “The formation of our relationship to the world (for some of us) is experienced as an unfolding.”

Fiction weeks on list1.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in organized sports in order to toughen him up.62.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 333.The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday : $27.95) A dark secret forces a law school graduate to work for a corrupt law firm, putting his life in danger.44.Fool by Christopher Moore (William Morrow: $26.99) King Lear’s jester and an apprentice set out to save the kingdom in this comedy of errors.25.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.306.The Women by T.C.

Fiction 1. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99) 2. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ($13.95) 3.

Author and book events for the week of March 8, 2009