This Week in Calendar

The following reviews are scheduled:

Carmela Ciuraru reviews “The House of Widows,” a novel by Askold Melnyczuk.

Joy Horowitz reviews “Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller” by Steve Weinberg.

Tim Rutten reviews “The Soiling of Old Glory: The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America” by Louis P. Masur.

David L. Ulin reviews “Make Room! Make Room!,” a novel by Harry Harrison.

Allan Barra reviews “A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn -- the Last Great Battle of the American West” by James Donovan and “Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer” by Michael A. Elliott.

Paula L. Woods reviews “Now You See Him,” a novel by Eli Gottlieb.

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On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

In Word Play, Sonja Bolle looks at new middle reader books on baseball: Mike Lupica’s “The Big Field” and Linda Sue Park’s “Keeping Score.”

And Nick Owchar debuts a Web-only column, The Siren’s Call: Myth and Lore. This month, Owchar writes about Jonathan Barnes’ “The Somnambulist,” which updates the golem story to Victorian London. The Siren’s Call will appear every fourth Wednesday at latimes.com/books.

Lists and blog: Look for expanded bestseller lists, excerpts and our calendar of literary events.

Also, please visit Jacket Copy, our book blog, at latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy.