A guide to the latest thrillers and mysteries. This week: Martin Cruz Smith, Laura Lippman and more

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New in crime books

RACINE - For half a century, the SC Johnson Research Tower hasstood as an example of the ingenuity of the architect who defiedconvention to design it. It's also seen as a testament to theinnovation of one Racine's most successful companies.

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Author to sign new Frank Lloyd Wright books

A RARE poster proclaiming Nelson's historic victory at Trafalgar is expected to fetch more than £10,000 at auction next week after being discovered in the attic of a home

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Discovered in a New Town attic, the 205-year-old news of Nelson's victory

The U.S. is helping Eastern Europe connect to the Internet in an effort to spur development.

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Ukraine online: You've got crop reports!

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Wednesday, September 15, the Museum of American Finance will open “America’s First IPO,” an exhibit on the country’s first public company, the Bank of North America, and the origins of the US stock market featuring some of the nation’s most important founding financial documents. The exhibit will occupy a new 1,500 sq. ft.

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Museum of American Finance Showcases Rare 18th Century Documents in “America’s First IPO” Exhibit

Genzyme Corp Chief Executive Henri Termeer said he is willing to sell the company he built up over 25 years, but not for $69 a share.

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Genzyme CEO open to sale, not at $69 a share

It's one of those rare books that needs no introduction. Harper Lee didn't want it to have one, either. In writing the foreword to her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee noted:

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Annette John-Hall: 'Mockingbird' still sings

First-years looking to buy their books have many options to do so that are geared toward students, both online and locally.

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New semester, new books, new ways to save dough

In her 30 years as a kindergarten teacher in Illinois and Massachusetts, Jane Katch has watched graham crackers, a pretzel, celery, tree bark and fingers all become transformed into imaginary guns and other weapons. And she has learned to work with, rather than against, the violent boyhood fantasies that accompany these transformations.

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Battling the Boys: Educators Grapple with Violent Play

GRAMPIAN Police were yesterday investigating the theft of a collection of rare books in a break-in at a farmhouse.

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Rare book haul in farm raid