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4 New Crime Novels Thrumming With Menace

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - 5:03am

By Sarah Weinman

Our mystery columnist reviews books by Scott Phillips, Morgan Richter, Snowden Wright and Jamie Harrison.

Helen Fisher, Who Researched the Brain’s Love Circuitry, Dies at 79

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - 8:34am

By Richard Sandomir

A biological anthropologist, she worked with colleagues to confirm for the first time that love is hard-wired in the brain.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘At War With Ourselves,’ by H.R. McMaster

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - 5:03am

By Nicolas Niarchos

A new memoir by the onetime national security adviser shows how the former president’s insecurities and weaknesses harmed U.S. foreign policy.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Tom Brown Jr., World-Renowned Survivalist, Is Dead at 74

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 3:27pm

By Clay Risen

For decades, he ran a school in the New Jersey wilderness that taught thousands of students how to survive and even thrive in the great outdoors.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Isabel Wilkerson Looks Back at ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 2:50pm

The fifth in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

He Raps About Kids’ Books and Grammar, and He Has Fans

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 2:14pm

By Elisabeth Egan

Faced with a roomful of bored students, Jacob Mitchell found a way to make adverbs fun. Now his classroom is global.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Orange Blossom Trail,’ by Joshua Lutz and George Saunders

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 10:33am

By Walker Mimms

In “Orange Blossom Trail,” the photographer Joshua Lutz and the author George Saunders pay tribute to the hard living across one stretch of American highway.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Colored Television,’ by Danzy Senna

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 5:01am

By Dwight Garner

In “Colored Television,” by Danzy Senna, a struggling writer in a mixed-race family is seduced by the taste of luxury that comes with house-sitting.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Love Them or Hate Them, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Dominate Russian Literature

Monday, August 26, 2024 - 5:01am

By Joshua Barone

For Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, translating together extended naturally from their relationship as husband and wife. Now, it is their life’s work.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Where Tyranny Begins,’ by David Rohde

Sunday, August 25, 2024 - 3:50pm

By David Greenberg

In “Where Tyranny Begins,” the journalist David Rohde reveals how former President Donald Trump tried to use the federal law enforcement agency to help himself and punish his foes.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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