Although rarely read today, Fannie Hurst was one of America's most popular, prolific, and well-paid fiction writers of the 1920s and 1930s. The author of eighteen novels in addition to hundreds of short stories, Hurst wrote sentimental but vivid accounts...
Who would have thought that German Chancellor Angela Merkel would have economic promise and growing personal prestige behind her as she welcomes the leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations? What is the formula for making her part of 'old Europe' shine...
Critic's choice STAR DUST FALLING by Jay Rayner (Doubleday, pounds 12.99) ON the evening of August 2, 1947, a plane called Star Dust disappeared as it crossed the Andes in bad weather. On board were six passengers and five crew members. ...
