<![CDATA[SRL Entertainment Arts Literature]]> http://www2.statesville.com/content/list/entertainment/arts/ en <![CDATA['Mockingbird' takes flight in February]]> <![CDATA[Lake Norman resident finds a new best friend - and a writing career]]> <![CDATA[Local authors publish their second book about the region]]> <![CDATA[Attempt at understanding a fragmented world A Mosaic]]> FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD. By Terry Tempest Williams. Pantheon. 420 pages. $26. ]]> <![CDATA[Writer tells of the attack on Washington - in 1814]]> WASHINGTON BURNING: How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army. By Les Standiford. Crown.. 353 pages. $24.95.]]> <![CDATA[Holiday whodunit makes spirits light]]> DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW. By Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. Scribner. 226 pages. $23.]]> <![CDATA[Christmas books keep magic alive]]> <![CDATA[Writers Notebook Author to sign book about coach at ASU]]> King of the Mountain, from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1925 Hampton Inn Court.]]> <![CDATA[Christmas mystery requires claws]]> SANTA CLAWED. By Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown. Bantam. 237 pages. $25.]]> <![CDATA[Audio Books: Santa sounds to bring holiday cheer]]> <![CDATA[Fans, booksellers eager for new Rowling book]]> <![CDATA[Classic holiday stories inspire during tough times]]> <![CDATA[Holiday Fear: Yuletide provides mystery reading]]> <![CDATA[British mystery won't be everybody's cup of tea]]> <![CDATA[Young Reading: Playful pop-ups entice eager readers]]> <![CDATA[Twilight tales of unsettling separation from reality]]> <![CDATA[Random House to digitize thousands of books]]> <![CDATA[Vulnerable: Disasters impending]]> THE EDGE OF DISASTER: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation. By Stephen Flynn. Random House. 272 pages. $25.95.]]> <![CDATA['Tis the season for reading favorites]]> <![CDATA[Did you hear the one about the humorous joke book?]]> STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. By Jim Holt. Norton. 131 pages. $15.95.]]>