LA Times Deputy Entertainment Editor Nate Jackson joined us to talk about his new book, “Tearing Down the Orange Curtain,” which explores how Orange County became ground zero for a ...

Daniel de Visé, author of definitive B.B. King biography, "King of the Blues," will discuss his book in Memphis on Oct. 16.

That's it for the Book Report. For these and other suggestions about what to read this summer, talk with your local bookseller or librarian. I'm Ron Charles.

The answer he proposes is pretty fantastical, so much so that he reminds readers the story is “not a fairy tale.” The book's timeline begins in 233,000 BCE, the date of some of the oldest ...