Fiction: The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’
Karen Shepard’s short story collection “Kiss Me Someone” vividly demonstrates that a woman can be another woman’s worst enemy.
Profile: In an Age of Fake News, a Historian of the Hoax
Every era gets the chronicler it deserves. Kevin Young, the poetry editor of The New Yorker, tracks the progression of bunk through the ages.
Open Book: New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
#10: Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell (Author)
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'Spineless' Dives Deep Into The World Of Jellyfish
Part memoir, part travelogue, part science tome, Juli Berwald's book is thoroughly entertaining, and makes the case for the jellyfish as both fascinating animal and a bellwether for climate change.
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#10: Milk and Vine: Inspirational Quotes From Classic Vines
Milk and Vine: Inspirational Quotes From Classic Vines
Adam Gasiewski (Author), Emily Beck (Author)
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Alan Bennett's Inimitable Voice Just Keeps 'Keeping On'
His new 700-page omnibus of collected bits and pieces shouldn't be read all at once — but taken in careful sips, it's a cheeky, crotchety, sometimes serious, sometimes satirical delight.
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Alan Bennett's Inimitable Voice Just Keeps 'Keeping On'
His new 700-page omnibus of collected bits and pieces shouldn't be read all at once — but taken in careful sips, it's a cheeky, crotchety, sometimes serious, sometimes satirical delight.
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Joe Biden Talks About His New Memoir, ‘Promise Me, Dad’
The former vice president writes about facing the death of his son Beau, deciding not to pursue a presidential run and dealing with foreign crises.
Children’s Books: Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories
Tales of sailing the high seas, rescuing a whale, and emulating Robinson Crusoe from Mordecai Gerstein, Peter Sis, the Fan brothers, and more
Children’s Books: Two New Wonderlands, Richly Imagined and Full of Peril
These tales deliver enchantment and suspense: A creature who’s half boy, half fox is in grave danger. A mystical alligator controls people’s fates.
Nonfiction: An Acclaimed Biographer Takes On Her Grandfather, the Atomic Scientist James B. Conant
Jennet Conant’s “Man of the Hour” explores the life of James B. Conant, Cold Warrior scientist and administrator of the Manhattan Project.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: In Search of Works That Will Inspire the Artist in Me
Biographies, memoirs, novels and conversations about the creative process, by some of the world’s most daring artists.
#10: Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit
Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit
Mark Hasara (Author), Rush Limbaugh (Foreword)
Release Date: November 7, 2017
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Mark Hasara (Author), Rush Limbaugh (Foreword)
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Profile: A Novelist Confronts the Complex Relationship Between Japan and Korea
Min Jin Lee, the author of “Pachinko,” discusses her book and the remnants of discrimination against Koreans by the Japanese.
#8: The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Gayatri Devi MD (Author)
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Children’s Books: Love and Other Ties That Bind in This Fall’s Y.A. Novels
A pregnant 16-year-old finds her own birth family, a high school senior is roughed up by the police, a brother and sister fall for the same girl, and more.
Books of The Times: A Frisky Debate Between Friends About Growing Old
In “Aging Thoughtfully,” Martha C. Nussbaum and Saul Levmore discuss the merits of planned retirement communities, cosmetic surgical procedures and more.
Nonfiction: The Women Who Helped America Crack Axis Codes
Liza Mundy’s “Code Girls” goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus in World War II, and finds it was heavily populated by women.
Fiction: A Novel of the French Revolution, Enacted in British Parlors
Helen Dunmore’s “Birdcage Walk” imagines the turbulent life of an 18th-century British woman whose political writings have vanished from history.
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