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TBR: Inside the List

New York Times Book Reviews - Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:35pm
Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw” enters at No. 3, while Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner land at No. 2 with “SuperFreakonomics.”
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The Dossier

New York Times Book Reviews - Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:56pm
Kati Marton read her parents’ secret police files to research this powerful narrative of their imprisonment in Stalinist Hungary.
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'The Humbling': Philip Roth at his rawest

USAToday Books - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 7:21pm
Philip Roth remains prolific, unlike the main character in Roth's 30th. novel, a famous actor who has suddenly and inexplicably ...


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Agassi says he did meth for 'a year or so'

USAToday Books - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:35am
Andre Agassi tells People magazine he used crystal meth periodically for "a year or so."


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Wilderness Warriors

New York Times Book Reviews - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:17am
Theodore Roosevelt and his eccentric chief forester make a very odd couple in this account of the founding of the United States Forest Service.
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Brutal Terrain

New York Times Book Reviews - Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:16am
This military history of the Civil War emphasizes geography’s role in shaping strategy.
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Ayn Rand’s Revenge

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 5:18pm
Anne C. Heller’s biography conveys the conviction and odd charisma of Ayn Rand, whose individualist message is still resonant for American conservatives.
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Raising the Dead

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 5:07pm
This novel’s Frankenstein hobnobs with Byron and the Shelleys.
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In the Long Run

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 3:43pm
Brief introductions to the life and theories of the economist John Maynard Keynes from Peter Clarke and Robert Skidelsky.
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Letters: Wild Things: Still Here

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:14pm
To the Editor:.
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Letters: When Dusk Is Only Dusk

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:13pm
To the Editor:.
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Letters: Stumped by ‘Wasp’

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:11pm
To the Editor:.
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Letters: ‘The Lost Symbol’

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:10pm
To the Editor:.
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One for the Good Guys

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:07pm
It’s hard to say why these early stories — polished, fun to read, neatly ended — went unpublished in the age of the “slicks.”
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Up Front: Dave Eggers

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 2:07pm
Dave Eggers once read all of Kurt Vonnegut’s books in a month for the online magazine Salon.
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A New York Forkful

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 1:58pm
A former Times restaurant critic offers a vivid, entertaining culinary history of New York City.
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Essay: What to Write Next

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 1:48pm
If you’re anything like me, figuring out what to write next can be a real hassle. Here’s a guide to picking a genre for your next novel.
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Lolita on the Bosporus

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 12:32pm
The city of Istanbul is on exhibit in this novel of first love painfully sustained over a lifetime.
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I, Banker

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:51am
An admiring biography of Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, who the author believes can point Wall Street in a new direction.
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Closed Circles

New York Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:45am
In this novel, a loner obsessed with ancient Sparta is drawn to a mysterious clique at an archaeological dig.
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