That Stack of Books listeners, I am back with an interview with none other than Nancy Pearl.

Nancy has written her first novel, "George and Lizzie." It's a love story, with one partner, Lizzie, trying to figure out just how committed she is to George, who seems to be going along with a heart full of love and a head full of patience.

We met in Seattle at the Bryant Corner Cafe , our ongoing book club haunt, to talk about her foray into fiction.

Nancy Pearl Long with Steve Scher

Here are some books that should appeal to the fan and the skeptic of science fiction.

Teens at Lake Forest Park's King County Library talk about what they are reading and why.

Award Winning writer Stewart O'Nan on his newest novel and on the craft of writing

Books that take the reader into the darkest places of the human experience.

We have had wonderful weather the past few April days. It made us happy and had us reaching for books that made us happy.

Toure writes about what it is like to be a black person in America now. It is tough.

Nancy wanted to talk about two books that delve into America's civil rights history. But there are so many more books and ideas to consider, we couldn't stop at two.

Rasputin has become a mini-industry. Scholar Douglas Smith gained access to archives that shed new understanding of his place in Russian history.

The recovery of nature is every bit as fascinating as the eruption itself.