Published on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 3:46PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 3:42AM EST
A STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families
By Michael Holroyd, Vintage, 620 pages, $25.95
Holroyd, an award-winning biographer (Augustus John, Bernard Shaw, Lytton Strachey) takes on the king and queen of the Victorian stage, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, founders of the Lyceum Theatre and impresarios extraordinaire.
LIPSTICK TRACES: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
By Greil Marcus, Belknap/Harvard, 482 pages, $28.95
U.S. author, music journalist and cultural critic Marcus first published Lipstick Traces in 1989. In it, he traces the relationships among cultural signposts as diverse as punk rock and the Dadaists.
OTHERWISE
By Farley Mowat, Emblem, 351 pages, $21
Mowat (currently the focus of a Globe Books online series) writes of the 1937-48 period of his life, from an idyllic childhood spent largely in nature to wartime service and his first scientific expeditions to the Canadian North.
THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
Translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, 162 pages, $17
A lucid and accessible translation of the collection of aphorisms and anecdotes – emphasizing learning, morality and decorum – that is probably the single most influential work on the philosophical, religious and cultural life of the Chinese people.
THE BOX: Uncanny Stories
By Richard Matheson, Tor, 205 pages, $16.50
Matheson is the author of the 1954 novel I am Legend, the prototypical zombie/vampire story that was the basis for four films, including the same-named 2007 hit starring Will Smith. This collection, published in 2008, contains the story Button, Button, inspiration for the film The Box.
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