Elizabeth Taylor

Sometimes it seems that the best judges of young talent are those who have logged years on the lookout. This week, with our cover story, "Sweet home, Chicago," we have...

Clockers By Richard Price Picador, 611 pages, $16 Those of us who reluctantly closed the final pages of Richard Price's new best seller, "Lush Life" (reviewed March 15 in Books),...

Going Dutch in Beijing: How to Behave Properly When Far Away From Home By Mark McCrum Holt, 208 pages, $22 Why deal with the declining dollar and the hassles of...

In a lifetime, it seems we've gone from Peter Pan to Iron John. So now, will someone just tell us what men want?! In this week's cover story "Delivering the...

A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs By Annie Griffiths Belt National Geographic Society, 223 pages, $35 "The trick to traveling with kids is to think...

Off The Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything in Between Edited by Carole Burns, introduction by Marie Arana Norton, 231 pages, $14.95 paper "Whenever I sit down to...

Since colonial times, Americans have migrated westward, from the wagon trains to the orphan trains. So what happens when one of the most exciting new plays in decades, set in...

Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks From the Wild Web Edited by Sarah Boxer Vintage, 343 pages, $14.95 paper Blogs are often mean-spirited, self-indulgent and sophomoric. Cleverly written, maybe. Brilliant insight and analysis,...

Home improvement may have been known as redecorating a generation ago. Today it is known as renovation--and it seems to be a national pastime, despite the mortgage crisis. Of course,...

The World Within Tin House, 364 pages, $16.95 paper Chance are that if you read the Tribune Books section, you've read a book by one of the authors featured in...