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#4: A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living

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A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living
Emily Ley (Author)
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A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/23/2017 - 6:00am

Nigeria has become a major exporter of literary talent, and now one publisher, Cassava Republic, is expanding to the United States.

Inside the List: Your Favorite Authors Recommend Their Favorite Books

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 2:32pm

Four books to read now, as suggested by Jacqueline Woodson, Celeste Ng, Kurt Andersen and Neil de Grasse Tyson.

Nonfiction: An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

In his first essay collection, “True Stories,” the English writer Francis Spufford weighs in on Antarctica, science fiction and those annoying atheists.

Nonfiction: An Ecstatic, Troubled Poet Comes to Life in a New Biography

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

In “James Wright: A Life in Poetry,” Jonathan Blunk traces the great writer’s inspirations, obsessions and friendships.

Nonfiction: Little Farm on the Prairie

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

In “This Blessed Earth,” Ted Genoways writes about a Nebraskan farmer and his family as they try to adapt to changing times.

The Shortlist: First Novels Tackle Sexism and Prejudice, Past and Present

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

Four debut novelists take readers from 19th-century China to the present-day Middle East and Australia, with stops in Rio and the American Midwest.

Open Shelves: Making “Manhattan Beach”

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan gives a tour of the private book stacks from which she drew inspiration for her latest novel.

Paperback Row

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Fiction: A Form of Literary Alchemy That Resurrects the Past

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

“Swallowing Mercury,” a novella by Wioletta Greg that was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, is set in rural Poland during the Cold War.

Nonfiction: The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

Leslie Peirce’s “Empress of the East” tells the story of the slave girl who rose to become Queen of the Ottomans.

Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

Readers respond to “Draft No. 4,” “Schlesinger” and more.

Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00pm

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Eleanor Cameron on the import of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

100 Notable Books of 2017

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 11:30am

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

Nonfiction: The Cookbook Addict

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 10:00am

Jane Kramer’s “The Reporter’s Kitchen” explains how she approaches life through food and food through life.

Nonfiction: Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 10:00am

Justin Spring’s “The Gourmands’ Way” offers a critical group portrait of the Americans who introduced French food to post-World War II America.

By the Book: Anthony Bourdain: By the Book

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 10:00am

The author of “Kitchen Confidential” says one of the benchmarks of great food writing is to be very knowledgeable, but never a snob.

Nonfiction: A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father and His Taste for Bordeaux

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 10:00am

In “The Wine Lover’s Daughter,” Anne Fadiman weaves her own memoir with a biography of her father, Clifton Fadiman, and the compendium of wine knowledge he instilled in her.

'Creatures Of Will And Temper' Is A Slow-Burn Slide Into Deviltry

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 7:00am

Molly Tanzer gives us a seductive, alternate version of Victorian England in her new novel — by turns smoky and smutty, wondrous and louche. And then, embedded carefully in that world, demons.

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From 'Inky's Great Escape' To Singing Seahorses: Animal Books For The Holidays

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 6:01am

From real-life, seaweed-carrying dolphins to fictional singing seahorses, animals in these new books can excite the mind, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

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