SF Gate Home Today's News Sports Entertainment Technology Live Views Traffic Weather Health Business Bay Area Travel Columnists Classifieds Search Index		A Brand-New Ballgame Michael Lewis' "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" gets into how A's general manager Billy Beane played his cards right to turn his team around. 'Isaac Newton' By James Gleick Reviewed by Melody Herr 'Loot and Other Stories' By Nadine Gordimer Reviewed by John Freeman Children's Summer Reading: Chickens in a peck of trouble Reviewed by Regan McMahon Children's Summer Reading: Little blue men, a sorcerer's apprentice and a dark future Reviewed by Michael Berry Children's Summer Reading: Learn your big-city ABCs Reviewed by Susan Faust Children's Summer Reading: Let's give them something to talk about Reviewed by Susan Faust Children's Summer Reading: When we need a little help from our friends Reviewed by Regan McMahon Children's Summer Reading: Doing what writers do Reviewed by Susan Faust Children's Summer Reading: Orpans flee as bombs fall Reviewed by Regan McMahon Children's Summer Reading: Old favorites show off new looks for the season Reviewed by Susan Faust   Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday    Literary ePicks Love books? Your local branch is only a click away. Q&A;: Michael Lewis How the A's recut the diamond. Havana Song Thomas Sanchez taps into Cuba's heady rhythms for "King Bongo." A Real Gamble Terry Gamble tried writing to lead a soulful life for a change. Goldbarth's Footnotes Poet's novel scampers happily through 100 pages of digressions. Twain Hits Broadway "Rediscovery" of Mark Twain work may prove bountiful on stage. Books And Booze San Franciscans spend more on alcohol and books than other city dwellers, survey shows. Calif. Authors Honored Richard Robriquez gets gold for his essays on identity in America. Potter Thief Pleads Guilty A British man who works at a printing plant says he stole pages. Summer Reads From doggie "Bones" to Allende memories, some lovely reading is warming up. Chinese In America San Jose's Iris Chang offers new perspective on immigrant history.
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