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Kelly Ripa Wrote for So Long, She Wore Out Her Chair

Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
The morning show veteran did not mince words when she described her journey to become a first-time author.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Sassoons’ by Joseph Sassoon

Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 5:00am
By Adam Rathe
In “The Sassoons,” Joseph Sassoon charts his family’s triumphs and tragedies across continents and centuries.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ken Burns By the Book Interview

Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 5:00am
“What about ‘O Pioneers!’ or ‘My Ántonia’?” asks the documentarian and author of the forthcoming photo book “Our America.” “For that matter, what about Gabriel García Márquez? We do not have a copyright on the word ‘American.’”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Review: ‘The Passenger,’ by Cormac McCarthy

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 11:33am
By John Jeremiah Sullivan
In “The Passenger,” a pair of siblings contend with the world’s enigmas and their own demons.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Seduced by Story,’ by Peter Brooks

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Szalai
In “Seduced by Story,” the literary critic Peter Brooks argues that a “mindless valorization of storytelling” has crept into every aspect of public discourse, from politics to cookie packages, with alarming results.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Murder in the Mosque

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
In “Blackwater Falls,” Ausma Zehanat Khan introduces a Muslim police detective bent on bringing justice to marginalized communities.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Recent Books of Military History

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 5:00am
By Thomas E. Ricks
Historians rethink North America before colonization, American racial divisions over two centuries and a Persian Empire under steady duress.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Newly Published, From Homecoming Queens to Visual Thinking

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 5:00am
A selection of books published this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Escape Artist,’ by Jonathan Freedland

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 2:22pm
By Ruth Franklin
Jonathan Freedland’s “The Escape Artist” tells the story of Auschwitz’s horrors — and the multitudes who refused to listen.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'In the Mouth of the Wolf' examines the murder of a Mexican investigative reporter

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 8:00am
By Marcela Davison Avilés

Since 2000, more than 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Among them is Regina Martinez, a veteran journalist reporting on government corruption and human rights abuses in Veracruz state.

(Image credit: Bloomsbury Publishing)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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