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Newsbook: Read These 3 Books About Putin and Russian Interference in the 2016 Elections

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 5:05pm

By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

Comments by President Trump last week cast doubt on his faith in American intelligence agencies. These books explain what’s at stake.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 3:00pm

By RICH COHEN

Mark Kurlansky’s latest history, “Milk!,” ranges wide, from breast-feeding to crème vichyssoise glacée.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: How Sweet It Is. And How Malignant.

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 3:00pm

By SVEN BECKERT

James Walvin’s “Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity” describes the problems with an all-too-familiar commodity.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Essay: How Does a Novelist Write About a School Shooting?

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 5:00am

By RICHARD RUSSO

Richard Russo reflects on readers’ reactions to “Empire Falls,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was published in 2001, when school shootings were not so common.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Children’s Books: Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 5:00am

By RIVKA GALCHEN

Dancing bees, ruthless hawks, sensitive whales and an eternal forest in picture books by Evan Turk, Isabelle Arsenault, Brian Floca and more.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Territory: This Bookstore Is Stuffed With Just One Thing: Cookbooks

Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 5:00pm

By JULIA MOSKIN

A small storefront in Manhattan houses a very deep knowledge of a very narrow subject: books about food.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Muscle And Bone Meet Machinery In 'Hullmetal Girls'

Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 7:00am

By Caitlyn Paxson

In Emily Skrutskie's new book, two girls make the choice to give up part of their humanity and become bionic super-soldiers in service to the great fleet of spaceships they live among.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

The Book Review Podcast: True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Friday, July 20, 2018 - 2:19pm

Margalit Fox talks about “Conan Doyle for the Defense,” and Tina Jordan discusses this season’s thrillers.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

New in Paperback: ‘Who Is Rich?,’ ‘The Stars in Our Eyes’

Friday, July 20, 2018 - 5:00am

By JOUMANA KHATIB

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Children’s Books: Y.A. Thrillers to Give You Chills This Summer

Friday, July 20, 2018 - 5:00am

By ELISABETH EGAN

Teenagers stranded in the Alaska forest, trapped in a creepy mansion, and stuck aboard the Titanic in novels from Kate Alice Marshall, Marisha Pessl and Sarah Jane.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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