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Down the Up Escalator
Barbara Garson tells the stories of Americans who have lost jobs – and hope – during the Great Recession.
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Boston marathon bombing: how it connects Tolstoy, David Foster Wallace
Echoes of one of Tolstoy's great works, inspired by the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, can be found in the final novel by David Foster Wallace.
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'The Great Gatsby' movie tie-in cover rankles some fans
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' is experiencing huge sales in advance of Baz Luhrmann's cinematic take on the novel, but a cover featuring Luhrmann's leads doesn't appeal to some.
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Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' gets a new trailer (+video)
Joss Whedon's take on Shakespeare's classic keeps the original language but updates the plot to a modern setting.
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Don DeLillo becomes first writer to receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Don DeLillo, who has been called 'chief shaman of the paranoid school of American fiction,' is the author of works that include 'White Noise' and 'Underworld.'
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5 memoirs to add to your 2013 reading list
A new crop of memoirs takes readers to the worlds authors once knew.
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Reader recommendation: Double Feature
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Saul Bellow's Heart
Greg Bellow's memoir of life as Saul Bellow's son offers unique insights into the author and the man.
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Jason Segel will pen series for kids
The first part of the middle-grade trilogy, titled 'Nightmares!,' will come out in fall 2014.
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Are you as well read as a college sophomore?
Here are 60 books the experts believe you should have read by sophomore year of college. How does your own literary experience stack up? Take our quiz and find out!
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Let's Talk Diabetes with Owls
David Sedaris proves as quick-witted as ever in this new collection of essays.
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Reader recommendation: Dancing Dogs
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10 reasons NOT to love books (compliments of H.L. Mencken)
Books may seem universally beloved, but these historical persons, from Martin Luther to Woodrow Wilson, weren't such big fans.
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Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology
The collected writings of American naturalist Aldo Leopold appear in a beautiful new edition from the Library of America.
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Reader recommendation: Canzoniere
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Bestselling books the week of 4/22/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Margaret Thatcher authorized biography gets a US release date
The authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore will come to America next month.
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'Top of the Morning': great word-of-mouth, but not such good reviews
Brian Stelter's exposé on TV's morning news shows has gotten lots of publicity.
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World Book Night: the most popular books and which Broadway show is getting involved
World Book Night, the celebration of reading which includes the distribution of free books, has arrived.
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Return of a King
William Dalrymple looks for contemporary lessons in the story of Britain's disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.
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