Books of The Times: Isherwood’s Singular Second Wind
The second volume of Christopher Isherwood’s diaries covers 1960-69, the period when he wrote “A Single Man.”... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Insect Metaphor Leads to Bad Sex-Writing Prize
Rowan Somerville's novel "The Shape of Her" claimed Literary Review's annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award for a phrase that included the word lepidopterist.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Do Zombies Eat Ivy? The Undead Reach Academia
Three Australian professors have sent out a request on the scholarly listserv H-Ideas for contributions to a book on how zombie culture resembles the culture of higher education itself.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Massive library service cuts 'may be illegal'
Protesters say swingeing cuts to areas including culture minister Ed Vaizey's constituency could break statutory rulesFar-reaching cuts to the library service planned for Oxfordshire may be illegal, according to protesters who have contacted culture minister Ed Vaizey, whose constituency of... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Former British Lions hooker Brian Moore wins sports book of the year
• Moore awarded William Hill Sports Book of the Year • 'Beware of the Dog' praised as 'uniquely engaging'Former British Lions hooker Brian Moore has won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for 2010.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
City Room: An Encyclopedia Sure to Please and Irritate
A second version of a popular volume tracing the extraordinarily rich and diverse history of New York City is sure to inspire debate as much as for what is left out as for what is included.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Booksellers failing to reach British South Asian readers, survey finds
New research shows half of British South Asian readers would never visit a high-street bookshopBooks by South Asian and British South Asian writers such as Aravind Adiga, Kamila Shamsie, Monica Ali and Hanif Kureishi may be high-profile fixtures in Waterstone's,... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Amazon asked to investigate 'stalker' leaving poison-pen reviews
Novelist Rosie Alison asks online bookseller to look into suspicious pattern of comments left about her booksAuthor Rosie Alison has asked Amazon.co.uk to intervene over the reviews of her books on its site, after tracing a pattern of negative reviews... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Bad sex award goes to novelist Rowan Somerville
Lurid insect imagery secures prize for The Shape of Her, just ahead of Alastair Campbell, who was disqualified for wanting to winWith one killer sentence using the image of a butterfly collector – "like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Bella Akhmadulina, Bold Voice in Russian Poetry, Dies at 73
Ms. Akhmadulina’s startling images and intensely personal style, couched in classical verse forms, established her as one of the leading literary talents in the post-Stalin Soviet Union.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Music Review: Celebrating Mark Twain With a Piano
The pianist John Davis honored Mark Twain and his fondness for the music of Thomas Wiggins at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Celebrating a Man With Many Acolytes
“Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World” by Norman Lebrecht is a new biography of the composer.... More...
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
An Odyssey Through the Brain, Illuminated by a Rainbow
A glossy art book, “Portraits of the Mind,” hopes to draw the general reader into neuroscience with the beauty of its images.... More...
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Monday, 29 November, 2010
National Short Story award goes to David Constantine
Judges praise Tea at the Midland for its 'rich poetry' and 'deep understanding of the form'The story of a relationship foundering over a quarrel in a Morecambe hotel has bagged poet and translator David Constantine the 2010 BBC National Short... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 29 November, 2010
Mariella Frostrup files writ over Salman Rushdie claims
Presenter takes legal action over Sunday Times magazine article published on 26 SeptemberMariella Frostrup, the Sky Arts and Radio 4 presenter, is taking legal action against the Sunday Times over claims she "snogged" author Salman Rushdie at his bachelor party... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 29 November, 2010
Design: On an Innovative Device, Apps Lacking Imagination
With so much going for them, why, eight months after the iPad’s release, are the designs of so many magazine and book apps so boring?... More...
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Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Books of The Times: A New York Tale of Art, Money and Ambition
Steve Martin’s new novel follows a heroine with fierce, outsize ambition as she makes her way in New York’s art world.... More...
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Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Critic’s Notebook: When a Skinny Singer Crooned to Knock Your Bobby Socks Off
A Sinatra biography reminds us that from his days with Tommy Dorsey to the end of his Columbia years, Sinatra was a singularly incandescent vocal phenomenon.... More...
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Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Vladimir Nabokov's unpublished love letters are released
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Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Christopher Hitchens 1-0 Tony Blair
Staunch atheist wins over audience in debate with Catholic convert over whether religion is a force for good in the worldIn theory it was not an event that should have created a stir: a philosophical debate on the moral merits... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Saturday, 27 November, 2010
What Evil Lurks
In this collection of four new long stories, Stephen King returns to a favorite theme, the divided soul.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: A New Look at a Classic
An adaptation of "The Little Prince," the 1943 parable by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is new to the hardcover list this week.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Taking Flight
Jennifer Homans has written the only truly definitive history of ballet, tracing dance across four centuries of wars and revolutions, both artistic and political.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Desert Song
A writer’s memoir of her relationship with the natural and spiritual worlds, and of the menagerie of creatures that share her home.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Statesman, Fixer
Felix Rohatyn, the investment banker who saved New York City from bankruptcy, recalls less hucksterish days on Wall Street.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Path of Least Resistance
In gripping and painful detail, Alan Riding shows how French writers and artists adapted to the Nazis.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
This Old World
Ted C. Fishman’s book argues that aging populations accelerate globalization.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
Jay-Z — whose “Decoded” hits No. 3 on the hardcover nonfiction list this week — appeared at the New York Public Library to talk hip-hop and philosophy with Cornel West.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Essay: C.I.A. Agents, Blowing Their Own Cover
In the last decade, former C.I.A. officers have started oversharing as eagerly as the cast of “Jersey Shore.”... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Failure to Communicate
James Zogby advises less shouting at the Islamic world and more listening in this book of poll numbers harvested since 9/11.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Our Unlettered Landscape
An “odd sort of distraction” has hindered the art of reading, David L. Ulin says.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
The Devils’ Playground
How Poland, Ukraine, the Baltics and Belarus were victimized by two mass murderers with competing utopian visions.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
The Voyager
A novel of Herman Melville’s life, especially at sea.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
What Was I Thinking?
Consciousness is grounded in the body, a neuroscientist posits.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Binary Breakthrough
A biography of John Atanasoff, the little-known creator of the first digital computer.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Only Collect
Steve Martin’s novel, set in the world of high-stakes art dealers and collectors, is a paean to New York City.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa allowed novels to be censored in Spain
Peruvian novelist admits to editing sections of his 1963 classic City and the Dogs after meeting General Franco's chief censorHe may now be a Nobel laureate and one of the world's most respected novelists, but when Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 26 November, 2010
Up Front: Geoffrey C. Ward
Geoffrey C. Ward is probably best known as the principal writer on the Ken Burns series about the Civil War, for which he won an Emmy, the first of six.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
A Headlong Life
The third and concluding volume of Edmund Morris’s monumental biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers the nine eventful years after he departed from office.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: On William Trevor
Featuring Charles McGrath on William Trevor's short stories, Patricia Cohen on the digital humanities and Alexandra Jacobs on Steve Martin's new novel.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Book Review Podcast: On William Trevor
Featuring Charles McGrath on William Trevor's short stories; Patricia Cohen on the digital humanities; and Alexandra Jacobs on Steve Martin's new novel.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
The Oft-Examined Life
Some of the material in these essays, a follow-up to “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” is familiar, but it gets spicier in each iteration.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Cash Registers Will Ring Before Wedding Bells: The First William-Kate Book Is Out
And it won't be the last.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Built to Last
William Trevor’s story collection is frequently melancholy, concerned with loss and disappointment, but warmed with radiant moments of grace or acceptance.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: A Camp Classic of 19th-Century Ballet
If the notion of camp had existed in late-19th-century Italy, the wildly successful ballet "Excelsior" would have been a prime example.... More...
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Friday, 26 November, 2010
Norwegian publishers offer reward to solve William Nygaard case
Investigation into attack on the man behind the Norwegian edition of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses reopens 17 years laterNorwegian publishers have offered a 500,000 krone (£50,000) reward for new information to help solve the case of the attempted assassination in... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 26 November, 2010
Dame Stella Rimington to chair Man Booker prize
Former head of MI5 turned crime writer joins 2011 judging panel for Britain's best known literary awardDame Stella Rimington, a former director general of MI5, is to chair the Man Booker prize next year.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 November, 2010
Hari Kunzru criticises Turkey over VS Naipaul Islam row
British writer attacks Turkish record on free speech as he steps in to replace VS Naipaul at opening of literary event in IstanbulBritish novelist Hari Kunzru has attacked Turkey's record on free speech at the Istanbul literary event the European... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 November, 2010
Palin’s Publisher and Gawker Settle Case
Gawker was not afraid to cross the publisher of Sarah Palin’s book, “America by Heart.” But when a judge ordered excerpts removed, Gawker changed its mind.... More...
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Thursday, 25 November, 2010
Selling History With ’50s Pulp Pow and Punch
“Pulp History,” a new book series, uses the style of razzle-dazzle fiction and comic books to interest youngsters in history.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Enticing Readers to a Long Road With Sudden Shocks of Self-Recognition
Damon Galgut’s taut, mesmerizing novel follows an isolated South African traveler far more adept at crossing geographical boundaries than emotional ones.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: 100 Notable Books of 2010
The Book Review’s annual list of outstanding works.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Dwight Garner’s Top 10 Books of 2010
Favorite books of the year from one of The Times’s book critics.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Domains: On Location With Nora Ephron
The writer and film director, whose book “I Remember Nothing” was released this month, lives with her husband, Nicholas Pileggi, in a “not huge” Upper East Side apartment.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Choosing the 100 Notable Books of 2010
Today, we published our 100 Notable Books of the Year online.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Jonathan Safran Foer's Book as Art Object
An interview with Jonathan Safran Foer about his new book, "Tree of Codes," which features cutout pages, with text peeking through windows as the tale unfolds.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
VS Naipaul withdraws from Turkish event after row over Islam comments
Turkish writers expressed outrage at Nobel laureate's invitation to European Writers' Parliament, after comments he made about Islam in 2001The Nobel laureate VS Naipaul has pulled out of a literary event opening in Istanbul tomorrow, after Turkish writers threatened a... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
'Big society' chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2010
David Cameron's policy idea comes out narrowly on top after close contest with vuvuzela and Boris bikeIt may make some people gag – and others feel a flush of enthusiasm – but the term "big society" has made its mark... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Minority publisher celebrates 40th birthday
Black and minority ethnic publisher Hansib brings out new collection based on black family life in Britain to mark its 40th anniversaryIt is 40 years since book-loving businessman Arif Ali sold his Caribbean food store in north London and founded... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Chalmers Johnson Dies at 79; Criticized U.S. Role in World
The Asian studies scholar believed that the United States was using its military to try to control the world economy.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Power Struggles and Riddles, in Romance and Political Intrigue
The Albanian author Ismail Kadare’s new novel begins like a thriller and then turns into something else entirely.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
The Palins Ensure They Stay in the News
Sarah Palin embarks on a book tour while her daughter Bristol performs on “Dancing With the Stars” and “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” continues on TLC.... More...
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Wednesday, 24 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Theater Books
A handful of new theater-related books make fine gift choices for a footlight addict.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Michiko Kakutani’s Top 10 Books of 2010
Favorite books of the year from one of The Times’s book critics.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Janet Maslin’s Top 10 Books of 2010
Favorite books of the year from one of The Times’s book critics.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Amy Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize for The Still Point
Judges call novel 'breathtaking', predicting a future littered with international awards for the first-time authorFirst-time novelist Amy Sackville was hailed as "a writer of seemingly limitless promise" this evening, as her book The Still Point took the John Llewellyn Rhys... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Portrait of the Author as a Very, Very, Very Young Man
A work of experimental fiction written by David Foster Wallace, age 9.... More...
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Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Tom Waits to publish book of poetry
Singer teams up with photographer Michael O'Brien on Hard Ground, a collection of poems and images about homelessnessTom Waits is to publish his first book of poetry, in collaboration with photographer Michael O'Brien. Hard Ground is described as a portrait... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
James Howson to be first black actor to play Heathcliff in film
Unknown actor from Leeds to play brooding lead in a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights directed by Andrea ArnoldEmily Brontë described him as a "dark-skinned gypsy in aspect and a little lascar" in her classic 1847 novel. Now Heathcliff is... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Lara Marlowe's nine lives on the frontline
One of the ornaments of the Irish Times is its foreign correspondent Lara Marlowe. Now billeted in Washington, she spent many years in Paris and before that, Beirut. She also roamed the globe on assignments.She wrote in Saturday's Irish Times... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Book trade dreams of a fairy-tale Christmas
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Tuesday, 23 November, 2010
Philip K. Dick’s Masterpiece Years
Anne R. Dick, the third wife of the science-fiction novelist Philip K. Dick, has written a book about him.... More...
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Monday, 22 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Jay-Z Deconstructs Himself
“Decoded” is less a conventional memoir than an elliptical collage.... More...
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Monday, 22 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Michael Savage to Write Two Thrillers
A move from nonfiction to fiction.... More...
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Monday, 22 November, 2010
French authors' body warns over GooXgle-Hachette deal
La Sociéte des Gens de Lettres de France advises writers to scrutinise contracts carefully in the wake of groundbreaking digitisation agreementLast week's deal between Google and the publisher Hachette Livre should put authors on high alert, according to the French... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 22 November, 2010
Library cuts and job losses condemned by leading authors
Councils are expected to look to volunteers in attempt to balance budgets hit by the government's spending reviewWriters Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse and Will Self have criticised government cuts that could see up to a quarter of librarians lose their... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 22 November, 2010
Norris Church Mailer, Artist and Ally, Dies at 61
Ms. Mailer, bred in the rural poverty of Arkansas, married Norman Mailer and managed his career and family life over three decades while carving out her own niche as a writer.... More...
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Monday, 22 November, 2010
Television Review: Opinions You Won’t Find on Twitter: Fran Lebowitz Talks
Fran Lebowitz speaks her mind in Martin Scorsese’s documentary “Public Speaking,” on HBO.... More...
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Lawrence: Fresh Look at Warrior of Desert
The strength of Michael Korda’s new biography of T. E. Lawrence, “Hero,” lies in its ability to analyze its subject’s accomplishments and to add something to the body of Lawrence lore.... More...
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Sunday, 21 November, 2010
James Frey forced to defend literary ethics, four years after Oprah attack
Following Oprah reprimand over first book, the controversial US writer is now accused of exploitation for group writing projectJames Frey, the bad boy of American letters who was given a very public dressing-down by Oprah Winfrey over his first book... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 21 November, 2010
Off the Shelf: The Pain of Change at Boeing
“Turbulence,” a new book by four authors, uses employee surveys to examine a stressful period of change at the Boeing Company.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Indianapolis Honors Its Literary Native Son
The author Kurt Vonnegut’s friends and family agree that his museum belongs in Indianapolis, the hometown with which he had a complicated relationship.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Saul Bellow’s Quest for the Vernacular Sublime
Only two-fifths of Saul Bellow’s “epistling” is represented in this magnificent book, but the riches are immense.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Crime: An Eye for an Eye
Crime novels by Walter Mosley, Stuart Neville, Joseph Wambaugh and William G. Tapply.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Shaking the Family Tree
The daughter of Lady Caroline Blackwood and stepdaughter of Robert Lowell takes stock of the emotional wounds that shaped her.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
The Missing Piece
A novelist sets out to see what can be found of her grandmother, who died when her father was still a small boy.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Up Front: John Adams
Does the composer John Adams listen to John Cage very often these days?... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Essay: Obama and the Book of Job
The connection between Job’s trials and Obama’s midterm rebuke came to mind as I read a new translation.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Zamperini’s War
The author of “Seabiscuit” chronicles the ordeal of an Olympic runner turned World War II airman whose bomber crashed in the South Pacific.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
An Affair to Remember
An entertaining, touching memoir of Antonia Fraser’s life with Harold Pinter, which began in their 40s when they met and fell madly in love.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Daddy’s Little Protagonist
The protagonist of this novel struggles in a world that knows him as the hero of his father’s children’s books.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
The ‘O’ Word
The history of that most American of expressions, O.K.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
The Zen of Silence
A new biography of the composer John Cage, who prodded listeners to re-evaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Ann Beattie, Distilling Her Generation
Ann Beattie’s collection, assembling tales dating back to 1974, lets readers imagine their way into a New Yorker fiction editor’s moment of discovery.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Cynthia Ozick’s Homage to Henry James
This nimble homage to Henry James’s “Ambassadors” brilliantly upends the theme, meaning and manner of its precursor.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
The New Great Game
Robert D. Kaplan examines the Indian Ocean, where the interests of America, China and India are starting to intersect.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Welcome to the Casino
Two business journalists examine the toxic marriage between the housing market and Wall Street.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Mark Twain’s Autobiography Flying Off the Shelves
The book’s publisher cannot print copies quickly enough, leaving bookstores stranded as holiday shopping begins.... More...
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Dickens house finds generous benefactor in Heritage Lottery Fund
Property in central London receives £2m grant to renovate in time for bicentenary of author's birth in 2012In true Dickensian style, a magnificent gift has arrived at the doorstep of Charles Dickens's only surviving London home, just as volunteers were... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Saturday, 20 November, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
“Decision Points,” George W. Bush’s new memoir, enters in the top nonfiction spot, just as his wife’s “Spoken From the Heart” did last spring.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
This Ballerina Found History In Her Footsteps
Jennifer Homans, a dancer turned historian and critic, published a history of classical ballet, “Apollo’s Angels,” that has been received with praise and pique.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Keith Richards
Featuring Keith Richards on his memoir, "Life"; and the composer John Adams on a new biography of John Cage.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Winfrey and Franzen in New Interview
Jonathan Franzen, the author of "Freedom," taped his first appearance for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" since a previous invitation to the program was rescinded in 2001.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Book Review Podcast: Keith Richards
Featuring Keith Richards on his memoir, "Life"; and the composer John Adams on a new biography of John Cage.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Absolute Morrison
The hardcover list has a double dose of Grant Morrison this week.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
Currents | Built: Alain de Botton’s First Effort to Bring Modern Architecture to the British
The first of the five homes Mr. de Botton’s group has commissioned — all of which will be available year-round for vacation rentals — recently opened to the public.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation
A first-rate history of the extraordinary economic transformation of the United States in the 35 years that followed the Civil War.... More...
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Friday, 19 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: An Underdog Takes the Book Award
Jaimy Gordon's victory last night at the National Book Awards was a classic underdog moment, about a little-known writer with a little-seen book who overcame long odds to capture the prize and, at least for one night, revel in the... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: 'Lighthead,' by Terrance Hayes: A.D.D. Poet Wins N.B.A. Poetry Award
I was pleased to see that the poetry award went to Terrance Hayes for his fourth collection, "Lighthead," which Stephen Burt reviewed for us in April.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Patti Smith, godmother of punk, wins award for her first book – at 65
Memoir of her bohemian days with artist Robert Mapplethorpe earns acclaimed musician National Book Award in USFor a musician who virtually dropped out of public life for almost two decades, Patti Smith has become remarkably ubiquitous. Barely a month passes... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: 'Gatz' vs. 'Gatsby': To Read or Not to Read?
Is it better to read (or more likely, re-read) "The Great Gatsby" before settling into your seat at "Gatz," or to go in cold?... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Alastair Campbell outlasts Tony Blair in Bad sex awards
Former spin doctor beats off stiff competition from ex-PM to reach shortlist for prize honouring clumsy prose about coitusAlastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spin doctor, has put one over on his old boss by joining literary big-hitters Jonathan Franzen and... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Moths, Chiggers and Amorous Cats
The theme was the 1930s, but the vibe was very early-21st-century hipster eclectic when devotees of the Moth gathered in Manhattan on Tuesday night for the storytelling organization's annual Moth Ball.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Alastair Campbell book in line for an unwelcome award
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Anatomy of a Scene: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'
In this scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1," the director David Yates turns a coffee shop into a battlefield.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Andrew Morton working on Prince William and Kate Middleton book
Biographer who wrote explosive book about royal marriage Diana: Her True Story plans another about princess's sonBiographer Andrew Morton, who with Princess Diana's covert assistance revealed the inside story of her marriage in the explosive book Diana: Her True Story... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Women are their own worst enemies, study finds
The Twisted Sisterhood book says 90% of women surveyed have felt mean and negative 'undercurrents' from other womenGirls can be mean to other girls, but it is adult women who vie to destroy each other, according to a new book... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Patti Smith wins National Book Award with Robert Mapplethorpe story
Singer-songwriter's memoir of life with photographer and within 1960s New York scene wins prestigious US prizePatti Smith's bitter-sweet memoir of a youthful affair with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe won her a prestigious National Book Award in the US last night.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 18 November, 2010
French deal may break deadlock between Google and publishers
Agreement for digitising out-of-print works could be template for relations between publishers and internet search giantA new agreement between Hachette Livre and Google could offer a way forward in the ongoing dispute between authors, publishers and the search engine over... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Living With Music: A Playlist by Dana Jennings
Dana Jennings's book "What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing From a Small Pooch" has just been published. He is the assistant editor of the Times's Arts & Leisure section.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
National Book Award for Patti Smith
The rock musician Patti Smith won the National Book Award for nonfiction last night for “Just Kids,” a memoir.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Final Scenes From a Life of Bully Adventure
Edmund Morris’s biography of Theodore Roosevelt deserves to stand as the definitive study of its restless, mutable, ever-boyish, erudite and tirelessly energetic subject.... More...
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
Steve Martin’s Sketch of the Art World
Steve Martin’s new novel, “An Object of Beauty,” is a tale set in the Manhattan art world that draws from decades of personal observation.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Newly Released Books
New fiction by Paul Auster, Anita Shreve, Armistead Maupin, Kathleen Kent, Adrienne Sharp and E. C. Osondu.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Google Strikes Deal With French Publisher
The deal will allow Hachette Livre to decide which out-of-print books Google has the right to scan. The agreement follows a landmark settlement with American publishers last year.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: An E-Book Bonanza: 12 Saramago Novels
And a novella, too.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: New Director for Schomburg Center Named
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a history professor at Indiana University, has been named the new director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in July, 2011.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Louise Rennison has last laugh by winning Roald Dahl funny prize
Queen of Teen author's Withering Tights beats entries from David Walliams and Quentin Blake in 7-14 categoryLouise Rennison's tale of a gawky teenager called Tallulah has taken this year's Roald Dahl funny prize. The Queen of Teen author beat Mr... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Franzen and Moore on the Midwest
When Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore met Monday night at the 92nd Street Y, the vibe among the sold-out crowd was a bit like that at the Margarito v. Pacquiao bout at Cowboys Stadium. Nobody got hurt, but that didn't... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
No more Harry Potter, JK Rowling 'promises' Daniel Radcliffe
Star of Harry Potter films says author JK Rowling told him by text she would write no more stories about the schoolboy wizardWill she or won't she? Author JK Rowling appears to have ruled out writing another Harry Potter novel... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches
Digitally savvy scholars are exploring how technology can enhance understanding of the liberal arts.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Explaining the Modern World and Keeping It Short
the fiscal prophet and self-appointed flâneur Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers scornful aphorisms to explain the modern world.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
An Israeli Novelist Writes of Pain, Private and Public
A visit with the Israeli novelist David Grossman, whose book “To the End of the Land” was nearly finished just before his son died in battle.... More...
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Obama tells daughters of his heroes in new children's book
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Battle to save George Eliot's unspoilt vista
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Costa judge laments a weak year for fiction
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010
Movie Review | 'William S. Burroughs: A Man Within': Naked Lusts and Natural Painkillers: Portrait of a Literary Outlaw
“A Man Within” is a sort of genealogy of hip that connects William S. Burroughs with many currents of America’s outlaw cultural tradition.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies
Costa book award judges announce contenders in all five groups – but fail to find enough biographies to fill out the categoryEyebrows were raised tonight when judges for one of the UK's most important book prizes failed to find enough... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
Carey Mulligan is Baz Luhrmann's Daisy in remake of The Great Gatsby
British actor Oscar nominated for An Education beats Natalie Portman and others to role opposite Leonardo DiCaprioCarey Mulligan has won the role of F Scott Fitzgerald's manipulative jazz-age socialite Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming remake of The Great Gatsby.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Alec Baldwin Is Mark Twain: Reports of His Depth Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
The quintessential American humorist and the "30 Rock" star apparently bore a striking resemblance to each other.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
Barack Obama writes home about US history in children's book
Barack Obama's first work of children's literature is addressed to his daughters and focuses on 13 inspirational AmericansJackie Robinson, the first black Major League baseball player, Sitting Bull, the Sioux chief, and singer Billie Holiday are among the inspirational Americans... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
What Barack did next
Are you sitting comfortably? Obama isn't. Maybe that's why he has decided writing a children's book is a good use of his time... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
British author jailed for contempt by Singapore court
Alan Shadrake was sentenced to six weeks in prison and fined US$15,400 for contempt over claims in his book about city-state's application of the death penaltyA court in Singapore today sentenced the British author Alan Shadrake to six weeks in... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
A Jamesian Pays Tribute in a Retelling
Cynthia Ozick’s sixth novel, “Foreign Bodies,” shows she is still in the thrall of Henry James. This time, she retells the story of his novel “The Ambassadors” from a very un-Jamesian point of view.... More...
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Colorless, Tasteless but Not Dangerous
Christian Lander’s “Whiter Shades of Pale,” a sequel to “Stuff White People Like,” has more fun at the expense of a certain class of modern society.... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
Colin Farrell offered Schwarzenegger role in Total Recall remake
Irish star of In Bruges and Alexander beats actors including Michael Fassbender to lead in update directed by Len WisemanMove over Arnie. According to Variety, Colin Farrell could be set for a trip to mutant-ridden Mars in Hollywood's forthcoming remake... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
Language is no barrier as Impac Dublin prize longlist takes on the world
The 162 novels up for this year's librarian-nominated award come from 43 countries, with 42 novels in translationThe Impac Dublin literary award continues its ever-widening mission to encompass the globe, with a record-breaking 42 novels in translation among the books... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
McCanns to use book earnings to continue search for Madeleine
Advance and royalties from account of disappearance will boost depleted fund to find daughter, four years onKate and Gerry McCann plan to use money from a book about the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine to help continue their search.... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
Carnival shows enterprising spirit for mainstream TV drama
Carnival, producer of C4's Any Human Heart and ITV's Downton Abbey, is backing a different funding approachAny Human Heart, Channel 4's imminent adaptation of William Boyd's sprawling novel of the rollercoaster life of Logan Mountstuart, shares a common provenance with... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
Great Holiday Expectations for E-Readers
Not many book buyers have an e-reader, but publishers and booksellers expect this holiday season to change that.... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Enduring All Tests, Time Included
Laura Hillenbrand, the author of “Seabiscuit,” wrote a biography of Louis Zamperini, Olympic athlete and World War II hero.... More...
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Monday, 15 November, 2010
George Bush accused of borrowing from other books in his memoirs
Former US president's Decision Points contains anecdotes seemingly lifted from books by several authorsGeorge Bush's memoirs were billed as offering "gripping, never before heard detail" of his time in the White House.... More...
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010
Philip Carlo, Who Wrote About Killers, Dies at 61
Mr. Carlo produced novels and nonfiction accounts of serial killers and hit men before writing about his own struggles with disease.... More...
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010
Cat and Mouse
The life of the 80-year-old father in Günter Grass’s soul-searching novel parallels the author’s own career.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
The Ancestral Home
In this novel, a woman looks back on generations of her Irish-American forebears.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Original Sins
A. J. Langguth connects Indian removal and the Civil War.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Essay: The Hipster in the Mirror
Why do people get so agitated when discussing hipsterism? Pierre Bourdieu’s “Distinction” provides some clues.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
A Good Day to Die
Thomas Powers’s textured account tells much that is revealing, and often moving, about the Great Plains Sioux in their last days as free warriors.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Mean Girls and Bad Mommies
Two books examine women’s ambivalent feelings as friends and as mothers.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Back to the City
Armistead Maupin reunites scattered “Tales of the City” characters in San Francisco after decades apart.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Spy vs. Spy
The back story of the 2003 C.I.A. kidnapping of an imam off an Italian street in broad daylight.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Spheres of Influence
Timothy Garton Ash’s latest “history of the present,” from 9/11 to Obama, examines life in a post-Western world.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Potluck
Mark Kurlansky presents a selection of small-plate fiction.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
The Resilient Brain
Oliver Sacks examines how the visual cortex makes sense of what we see and what we don’t.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
The Mind of a Disease
A powerful and ambitious history of cancer and its treatment.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Up Front: Liz Phair
Liz Phair’s classic first album, “Exile in Guyville” (1993), was “a direct song-by-song response to the Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile on Main Street.’ ”... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
The Cerebral Set Picks Up a Paddle
Writers and other literary types compete at Ping-Pong to support a cause and promote a new book about the game of table tennis.... More...
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010
Film: A Screenwriter’s Hogwarts Decade
The screenwriter Steve Kloves has been adapting J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels since the late 1990s.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Film of Paul Bowles Short Story Rediscovered
A film by the director Sara Driver that was believed to be lost was found in a dusty Moroccan house.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Coffee Table Books
A roundup of coffee table and gift books.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Art Books
A roundup of art books selected by The Times critics Holland Cotter, Roberta Smith, Ken Johnson and Karen Rosenberg.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Antiques Books
A roundup of gift books about antiques.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Holiday Gift Guide: Graphic Books
A roundup of graphic novels and comics.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: 'The Emperor of All Maladies'
Featuring Charles McGrath on Siddhartha Mukherjee's "Emperor of All Maladies"; and Pamela Paul on two new books about mean girls and mean moms.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
How Osborne's small, select team helped Cameron do the unthinkable
Extracts from Tory ex-whip Rob Wilson's book Five Days to Power, The Journey To Coalition Britain, which gives vivid account of five dramatic days of coalition talksBritain's first peacetime coalition in 70 years, which celebrates its six-month anniversary today, was... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 12 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: 'Garfield' Creator Apologizes for 'National Stupid Day' Cartoon
The comic strip, which was published on Thursday, was criticized by some readers who thought it was insensitive to the Veterans Day holiday.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Book Review Podcast: 'The Emperor of All Maladies'
Featuring Charles McGrath on Siddhartha Mukherjee's "Emperor of All Maladies"; and Pamela Paul on two new books about mean girls and mean moms.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
“Cleopatra,” Stacy Schiff’s biography of the Ptolemaic tabloid queen, joins a hardcover nonfiction list full of celebrity memoirs.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson4. SOUTHERN LIGHTS, by Danielle Steel5. DEEPER THAN THE DEAD, by Tami... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
BBC National Short Story award nominees have a long history of success
Three of the five authors on a heavyweight shortlist have already received major literary prize attention for longer pieces of fictionFive tales dissecting the complexities of human relationships are in the running for this year's BBC National Short Story award.... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 12 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best-Sellers: Midtown Goes Downtown
The New York comics retailer Midtown Comics opens a third location as it grows to become a formidable comics industry presence.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
A Slice of Life. Or Three!
The second annual Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off Benefit; the New Literature From Europe festival; the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America hosts its Whodunit Slam event.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Movie Review | 'Cool It': Global Warming and Common Sense
Ondi Timoner’s documentary about the Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg, who earned the ire of the green movement.... More...
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Friday, 12 November, 2010
Books of The Times: For Eloise’s Mother, Life Wasn’t All Dandelions
A biography of Kay Thompson, the eccentric entertainer and author of “Eloise,” written by Sam Irvin.... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox2. BROKE, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe3. UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS, by Portia de Rossi4. EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others5. ME, by Ricky Martin... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert2. INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz3. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls4. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin5. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. HAPPY EVER AFTER, by Nora Roberts2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson4. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave5. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson2. THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham3. INDULGENCE IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb4. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson5. AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Amazon removes 'paedophile's guide' ebook after protests
An ebook for sale on Amazon's website called The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure has been taken down after protests from customers and children's charitiesThe internet retailer Amazon has created a storm of protest with customers and children's charities... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
King Arthur medieval manuscript to fetch up to £2m at auction
Three huge volumes of Rochefoucauld Grail tell tales of Arthur, Merlin, the Round Table, Guinevere and Lancelot, and the quest for the Holy GrailOne of the most romantic manuscripts of the medieval ages, the stories of chivalry, treachery and passion... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Domestic Lives: The Hazel Effect
A novelist learns what it means to be at home from a young child, and the strangers along the way.... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Times Will Rank E-Book Best Sellers
The New York Times will publish e-book best-seller lists in fiction and nonfiction beginning early next year, a reflection of the growing sales and influence of digital publishing.... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
No Bridge Too Far: Literary Agents Move to Brooklyn
Manhattan literary agencies are doing the previously unthinkable: moving to Brooklyn.... More...
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Thursday, 11 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Cancer as Old Foe and Goad to Science
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee writes a “biography” of cancer and of those who have fought it throughout history.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Book Review: Jet Age — The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World
Sam Howe Verhovek writes of the dawn of the jet age and of those who designed and flew the planes.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: 'Catch Me If You Can' Nabs Its Broadway Cast
Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit will assume the lead roles of an FBI agent and a charming scoundrel who were played by Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 movie.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Richard Nixon: Zombie Hunter
Last spring, Seth Grahame-Smith scored a best seller with "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." Now, another president is apparently enjoying some hot paranormal action, this time in the coming video game release "Call of Duty: Black Ops."... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
George Bush's memoir set for sales success
Decision Points, by former president George Bush, has seen strong early salesGeorge Bush's memoir looks set to become a UK bestseller according to book trade experts, who feel that confirmation of the former president's authorisation of waterboarding – not to... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: The Idiots' Guide to Publishing
A Q. and A. with Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, founders of the independent press Idiots' Books, who recently signed a contract to create an installment of the children's series "Marvel Super Hero Squad."... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Emotional Johanna Skibsrud scoops Scotiabank Giller prize
Debut novelist wins Canada's top literary award with The Sentimentalists, a book about a Vietnam war veteran father that has sold just a few hundred copiesThe young Montreal writer Johanna Skibsrud, whose debut novel The Sentimentalists looked set to languish... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Harry Potter revival idea fails to grab Daniel Radcliffe
Actor 'very doubtful' about playing Harry Potter beyond Deathly Hallows, despite J K Rowling's hint about writing more booksWhen author JK Rowling revealed last month that she had not ruled out writing more Harry Potter books, it was the news... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
RNIB celebrates 75 years of Talking Books
Some 75m books on vinyl, cassette and now special compressed CD, have been issued free to more than 2 million people with sight problemsIt was soldiers who lost their sight during the first world war and complained that learning to... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Marilyn Monroe’s Stuffing Recipe Stars in a Remake
A new book includes a recipe in the starlet’s handwriting that suggests that she not only cooked, but cooked confidently and with flair.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Books of The Times: How a Little Man Became a Big, Big Marine in World War II and Beyond
Robert Coram recounts the life of “Brute,” Gen. Victor Krulak of the Marines.... More...
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Bush is back – and he has 1.5 million books to shift
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Do Bush's claims stand up under interrogation?
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Bush is back – and he has 1.5 million books to shift
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
Life and afterlife of a woman who will live for ever
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Wednesday, 10 November, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director lashes out at US remake
Neils Arden Oplev criticises casting of American actor in lead role of Lisbeth Salander in American version of Swedish filmThe director of the original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has questioned the need for the upcoming... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Henrietta Lacks's legacy lives on as Rebecca Skloot wins medical book prize
True story of African-American woman whose cancer cells transformed modern research wins Wellcome Trust awardListen to the Science Weekly podcast starring Rebecca SklootReview: The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksThe true story of an American woman who died in obscurity 60... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions Manual goes on sale
Cracking manual, Gromit: creators team up with Haynes for guide to duo's inventionsIt may just be the perfect Christmas present for the Wallace and Gromit aficionado who thought they knew everything about the odd couple. The creators of the man-and-dog... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Fela! musical is sued by biographer
Show based on life of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti faces $5m lawsuitHailed as the Muhammad Ali, James Brown and Bob Dylan of Africa all wrapped into one, modern hip-hop wouldn't exist without Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late Afrobeat star.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Edinburgh's Hogmanay hopes star haiku writers provide the fireworks
Top Scottish writers commissioned to write poems as organisers play up festival's artistic sideIt has become famous around the globe for seeing in the New Year with open-air rock concerts, kilts, kissing and a spectacular fireworks display above the spotlit... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Dune rights holders set to desert Paramount
Film adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction bestseller could be shelved as pressure builds for production to beginA new film adaptation of Dune, the book often cited as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, looks likely to be... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
George Bush's memoir turns to crime
US activists, inspired by British campaign against Tony Blair's book, vow to move George Bush's memoir into bookshop crime sectionsThe special relationship is being turned on its head, with US peace activists following the lead of their British counterparts to... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director attacks Hollywood remake
Niels Arden Oplev says that Noomi Rapace, star of his original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, should not be overlooked as Stieg Larsson's heroine hacker Lisbeth SalanderThe director of the original Swedish adaptation of the bestselling novel The Girl With... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Waterboarding is torture, Downing Street confirms
No 10 dismisses George Bush's claim in his memoirs that interrogation technique is legal and helped foil attacks on Heathrow and Canary WharfDowning Street today dismissed George Bush's claim that waterboarding is not torture after the former president used his... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
The TV Watch: A New Bush, a Lot Like the Old One
There was something jarring about suddenly seeing George W. Bush on screen again, and it wasn’t déjà vu.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Amazon Increases Kindle Royalties to Publishers
By making the royalty rate more attractive, Amazon is trying to encourage publishers to sell digital versions of their periodicals in the Kindle Store.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Dispatches and Details From a Life in Literature
Although Saul Bellow repeatedly apologizes for being a lousy correspondent in this volume of his collected letters, he shows himself to be a gifted and emotionally voluble letter writer.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
How Cancer Acquired Its Own Biographer
Once a patient asked Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee to tell her what she was up against. Answering that question led him to write a book.... More...
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Controversial writer wins top French award
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
With Book, Bush Is Back in Spotlight
George W. Bush will end a self-imposed silence about his presidency in an NBC special with Matt Lauer on Monday.... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Spalding Gray Archives to U. of Texas
The archives include more than 90 performance notebooks and more than 100 diaries that chronicle the development of Gray’s performance pieces, including “Swimming to Cambodia,” “It’s a Slippery Slope,” “Morning, Noon and Night” and “Monster in a Box.”... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
George Bush's memoirs reveal how he considered attacks on Iran and Syria
• Bush admits: Tony Blair was my closest foreign ally• Waterboarding 'helped to break up terror plots in UK'• Iraq was the right thing to do, says former presidentGeorge Bush ordered the Pentagon to plan an attack on Iran's nuclear... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Michel Houellebecq wins Prix Goncourt
Controversial author wins France's top literary prize for novel in which character who shares his name is brutally killedFrance's most controversial novelist Michel Houellebecq has received what could be perceived as a backhanded compliment, winning the country's leading literary prize,... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Rupert Bear turns 90 – but it's just another day at the office
Cartoon character becomes a nonagenarian, leaving young ursine rivals Winnie the Pooh and Paddington Bear in the shadeWith the stoical can-do attitude which has carried him through the decades, Rupert Bear is back at work today without a mention of... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Zac Efron 'to play lead in Akira remake'
High School Musical star Zac Efron lined up to play Shotaro Kaneda in Hollywood version of classic Japanese anime based on manga comic, reports sayHe is the blue-eyed star of the High School Musical series and dream date for teenage... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Dan Hind on the crisis of 'the public'
One of the best books I've read in the past month is The Return of the Public by Dan Hind. It is a superb analysis of the way in which citizens have lost power in a political and economic system... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Morality Tales as Horror and Suspense
John Grisham’s “Confession” is about a man wrongly convicted of murder and the man who claims to be the killer; Stephen King’s “Full Dark, No Stars” contains four short stories.... More...
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Literary lion of the lens
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Monday, 8 November, 2010
Alan Shadrake faces Singapore jail term for criticising use of death penalty
Contempt of court conviction for British author whose book fiercely criticises Singaporean justice systemWhen his head hit the pillow in his Singapore hotel room in the early hours of 18 July, Alan Shadrake must have believed his gamble had paid... More...
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Sunday, 7 November, 2010
Adrian Paunescu, Poet Who Praised a Dictator, Dies at 67
Mr. Paunescu, Romania’s most famous poet, remained popular among his countrymen despite his praise for the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.... More...
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Sunday, 7 November, 2010
V&A museum pleads for cash to save Charles Dickens's manuscripts
Handwritten drafts of David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and The Mystery of Edwin Drood are suffering from acid paper rotWhen Charles Dickens picked up his quill in 1859 to write the words, "It was the best of times,... More...
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Sunday, 7 November, 2010
Sales soar as talking books mark 75 years
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Sunday, 7 November, 2010
Off the Shelf: Working (and Living) the Company Way
Hardy Green provides an account of the rise and fall of company towns across the last 180 years of industrialization.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
A World Unto Themselves
Joseph J. Ellis explores the exceptional partnership of John and Abigail Adams.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children's Books: Reading Dogs and Untrained Boys
Stories about zoo animals who visit their caregiver when he calls in sick; a dog who learns to read; a bear cub who keeps a human pet; and a parade of pigs.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: Just Over the Page, a Parallel Universe
A girl’s shadow play comes to life in “Shadows”; and the stories of families living in Australia and Morocco unfold on facing pages in “Mirror.”... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: How We Learned to Recycle
The story of a barge carrying 3,168 tons of garbage that couldn’t find a home — and how its ill-fated journey helped usher in the recycling era.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: A Life Preserved in Clay
A picture book about a South Carolina slave, born about 1800, who made a name for himself as a potter and a poet.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: A Star to Steer By
The pilot in this graphic novel adapted from the classic parable is a ringer for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry himself.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: A Beautiful Relationship
A picture book about two friends, one cheerful, fearless and messy; the other skinny, precise and arrogant.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
The Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Rubina’s little sister spoils the first American birthday party she’s ever attended in “Big Red Lollipop”; and black siblings are bussed to a new school in the early 1970s in “Busing Brewster.”... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children's Books: Interactive Books (‘E’ Not Included)
A new genre of books for children tries to tweak narrative norms by using the Internet to expand beyond print.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children's Books: Angels, Demons and Blockbusters
A teenage guitar prodigy from Brooklyn goes on a supernatural adventure in France in “Revolution”; and “Halo” aims to be “Twilight” with angels.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: Spellbound
In Salman Rushdie’s new children’s novel, a sequel to “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” his hero must enter a magical realm to protect the very existence of storytelling.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children's Books: When a City Feels Like Home
“Popville” encourages children to think like urban planners and “The Lonely Phone Booth” and “Subway” are unfettered tributes to New York.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Children’s Books: When Stories Had Sharp Teeth
Three novels that jump off from the creepily delicious fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
Femme Fatale
Stacy Schiff penetrates an ancient thicket of personalities and propaganda to reconstruct the Macedonian-Egyptian queen Cleopatra in all her ambition, audacity and formidable intelligence.... More...
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Saturday, 6 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Stacy Schiff on the Life of Cleopatra
Featuring Stacy Schiff on her new biography, "Cleopatra: A Life"; and Julie Just on her five years as the Book Review's children's books editor.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Better All the Time
For the former editor of Wired magazine, technology is like a living organism, animated by the same evolutionary forces that shaped the human brain.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
The Lay of the Land
Two decades after “Spartina,” John Casey revisits his fictional seaside town in Rhode Island’s South County.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Wasting Away
Four Parisians argue and philosophize their way through the AIDS epidemic in this debut novel.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Jousting Justices
A group portrait of Felix Frankfurter, Robert Jackson, Hugo Black and William O. Douglas.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Get Me Out of Here
The editor of Foreign Affairs on why Americans have never really figured out how to disentangle themselves from wars.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Lost in Juárez
A journalist studies narco-violence on the United States-Mexico border.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Holy Warrior
In this 1,000 page novel, part theologico-political tract and mostly a chronicle of four days in the life of a junior high schooler, a 10-year-old Jewish rebel takes hostages, and Philip Roth calls to talk him down.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Neighborhood Watch
The heroine of Gish Jen’s novel, a Chinese-American woman mourning her husband and best friend, helps a Cambodian family who have lost even more.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Beyond Tourism
Tony Hiss’s meditation on travel centers on its power to awaken a latent, childlike sense of wonder at the world around us.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
The Nobelist and the Pygmies
In his look at indigenous African religion, V. S. Naipaul is newly willing to acknowledge human frailty, starting with his own.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Book Review Podcast: Stacy Schiff on 'Cleopatra'
Featuring Stacy Schiff on her new biography, "Cleopatra: A Life"; and Julie Just on her five years as the Book Review's children's books editor.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Christian Campbell takes Aldeburgh first collection prize for poetry
Caribbean poet Christian Campbell collects Aldeburgh poetry prize for his book Running the Dusk, a 'bravura performance'Caribbean poet Christian Campbell has won the best first collection prize at the Aldeburgh poetry festival for his book Running the Dusk, described by... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Crime: Hard Times
Mystery novels by Dennis Lehane, Reggie Nadelson, Jeffery Deaver and Andrea Camilleri.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Essay: All the President’s Memories
When it comes to protests against political books, few can match the furor surrounding Richard Nixon’s “RN.”... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Toni Morrison receives France's Legion of Honour | Benedicte Page
Beloved author awarded highest French accolade as minister calls her 'the greatest American woman novelist of her time'American novelist Toni Morrison has added France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, to her collection of awards. In a nod to her... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Questions for Sophie Crumb: A Life in Pictures
The comics artist talks about her new book and how her father played with Barbies.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Up Front: Eliza Griswold
Eliza Griswold, whose new book is about clashes between Islam and Christianity, is the daughter of the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
TBR: Inside the List
Keith Richards’s autobiography, “Life,” hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1, unsurprisingly.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best-Sellers: It's … Superman?
A new version of the Man of Steel, re-imagined for the present day, has comics readers talking.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Bush/Nixon
George Bush may have left office with rock-bottom approval ratings. But if the experience of another unpopular ex-president is any guide, both editions of his book - the plain old hardcover and a "deluxe" version - may do surprisingly well.... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert2. INSIDE OF A DOG, by Alexandra Horowitz3. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls5. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson3. THE RECKLESS BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson5. 61 HOURS, by Lee Child... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson3. THE FINKLER QUESTION, by Howard Jacobson4. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave5. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. LIFE, by Keith Richards with James Fox2. BROKE, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe3. EARTH (THE BOOK), by Jon Stewart and others4. THE LAST BOY, by Jane Leavy5. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN, VOL. 1, by... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance1. THE CONFESSION, by John Grisham2. WORTH DYING FOR, by Lee Child3. AMERICAN ASSASSIN, by Vince Flynn4. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson5. SIDE JOBS, by Jim Butcher... More...
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Jagger: Keith's new book is 'a bit bitchy'
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Friday, 5 November, 2010
Window-Dressing Warriors
David Hoey and Linda Fargo, the brains behind Bergdorf’s windows, are being honored in a coffee table book from Assouline.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Books of The Times: I Feel Bad About My Memory
Nora Ephron worries about a failing memory in her new collection of essays.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Living With Music: A Playlist by Bill Peschel
Bill Peschel's new book "Writers Gone Wild," has just been published.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Rescue of Chilean Miners Will Be Recounted in Book
Jonathan Franklin, a reporter for The Guardian who spent a month living at the site of the rescue operation, will write a book for G. P. Putnam's Sons.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Miffy biffs Cathy in Kitty copycat case
Dutch court imposes ban after ruling Hello Kitty sidekick Cathy the rabbit infringes the copyright of Dick Bruna's MiffySanrio, the Japanese maker of the children's character Hello Kitty, has vowed to fight a court ruling that its rabbit character Cathy,... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Stray Cat Blues
How a former Boy Scout and choirboy became the heart and soul of the Rolling Stones.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Woman’s Best, but Not Only, Friend
The author of “You Had Me at Woof” describes her fears of being pegged as a dog person and how she defied the stereotype.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Arts Council funding changes threaten literary organisations
Arts Council England scraps regularly funded organisation status, raising fears for publishers and campaigning bodiesSome literature organisations may "find their days numbered" following major changes to Arts Council England's funding system, according to some industry insiders.... More...
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Thursday, 4 November, 2010
Books of The Times: In Bush Memoir, Policy Intersects With Personality
President George W. Bush looks back on his years in office in a new memoir.... More...
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Wednesday, 3 November, 2010
Stars fall in Amazon protest about ebook prices
Readers give authors including Stephen King one-star reviews in concerted campaign against price rises for Kindle digital editionsAuthors found themselves in the firing line this week as fans furious at sudden rises in Amazon's Kindle prices protested by giving their... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 3 November, 2010
British author faces prison sentence in Singapore
Alan Shadrake convicted of challenging integrity of Singapore judiciary in book on state's use of death penaltyThe British author Alan Shadrake is today facing a possible prison sentence after a court in Singapore convicted him of challenging the integrity of... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 3 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Literary Tree-Spotting
Among the fall season's several new book releases with an arboreal bent is a 30th-anniversary edition of "The Tree," John Fowles's beautiful meditation on art, nature, individualism and mortality.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 November, 2010
Paper Cuts: Literary Tree-Spotting
Among the fall season's several new book releases with an arboreal bent is a 30th-anniversary edition of "The Tree," John Fowles's beautiful meditation on art, nature, individualism and mortality.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 November, 2010
Manu Joseph's controversial tale of caste wins Indian literary prize
Hindu Best Fiction award panel praises 'panache' of Serious Men, the divisive story of a Dalit who spins lies about his sonManu Joseph has won the Hindu Best Fiction award 2010 with his first novel, Serious Men, a groundbreaking examination... More...
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 2 November, 2010
Books of The Times: Engagements With History Punctuate a Lifetime in Books
A memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and critic.... More...
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Tuesday, 2 November, 2010
Books on Science: Wrapped in Data and Diplomas, It’s Still Snake Oil
“Bad Science” by Ben Goldacre skewers quack health claims and other deliberate deceptions perpetrated in the name of science.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
Revered Writer Becomes Girl Detective
“Zora and Me” is a new children’s novel featuring a young, fictionalized Zora Neale Hurston as a girl detective in central Florida.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: It's Alive: Big Audience for Debut of 'The Walking Dead'
The first episode of the show, adapted from Robert Kirkman's comic books, drew the largest audience for any original series on AMC.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
ArtsBeat: Prize Is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers
Tthe Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, for a book "of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience," will be given by the American Library Association, which also awards the Newbery and Caldecott prizes.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
Books of The Times: The Woman Who Had the World Enthralled
Stacy Schiff gives us a cinematic portrait of Cleopatra that is far more compelling than any fictional creation.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
Gregory Hughes wins Booktrust teenage prize for Unhooking the Moon
Author's first novel, about two orphaned siblings' road trip to New York, hailed as marking 'the beginning of a great career'An "astonishing" debut novel has won the Booktrust teenage prize, beating past winners and established names in children's fiction.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
Harry Mulisch, Dutch Novelist, Dies at 83
Mr. Mulisch’s gift for writing with clarity about moral and philosophical themes made him an enormously influential figure in the Netherlands and earned him recognition abroad.... More...
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Monday, 1 November, 2010
