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  Books - The New York Times
Children's Books: Picture-Book Politics
Campaign biographies for kids are a sunny, upbeat lot, unlike the grown-up versions.

10/11/2008 12:39:00 PM
Essay: My Parrot, My Self
From Apsethos the Libyan to Perry Mason, the talking parrot has made its literary mark.

10/11/2008 12:31:39 PM
Big Country
Fifty states, 50 essays, from the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri, Anthony Doerr and Heidi Julavits.

10/11/2008 12:24:11 PM
Torch Song for Afghanistan
A Pakistani author portrays a complex political situation in a novel that contains both savagery and tenderness.

10/11/2008 1:47:33 AM
Decades on the Trail of a Shadowy Agency
The latest book by James Bamford, an expert on the National Security Agency, reconstructs the agency’s recent history.

10/11/2008 12:05:47 AM
Twisted Sisters
Julia Glass’s new novel focuses on the complicated emotions — love, hate, envy, grief — that form between female siblings.

10/10/2008 11:26:05 PM
O, Brother
In Per Petterson’s novel, a woman remembers the bold, reckless, politically committed boy who taught her how to live.

10/10/2008 11:19:27 PM
Crucibles
The Inquisition, the Salem trials, the Red Scare: a survey of witch hunts over the past two millenniums.

10/10/2008 8:26:00 PM
Children’s Books: Monster Management
Two new picture books, one trick and one treat, cut children's primal fears down to size.

10/10/2008 8:17:53 PM
Archive: Book Review Podcast
This Week: Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey lead a tour of all 50 states; Motoko Rich with news on the book world; Bruce Handy on campaign biographies for kids; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news.

10/10/2008 4:05:36 PM
French Writer Wins Nobel Prize
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was praised by the Swedish Academy as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”

10/10/2008 2:11:14 PM
The Shadow President
Barton Gellman’s biography paints Dick Cheney as the master manipulator of the Bush administration.

10/9/2008 6:08:28 PM
Children’s Books: Death by Squirt Gun
This parody of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett is a young adult version of a rain-soaked noir.

10/9/2008 6:04:31 PM
I Is Another
Edmund White's capsule biography of Rimbaud, poetry's enfant terrible.

10/9/2008 5:55:36 PM
Out in the Cold
In John le Carré’s latest novel, a young fugitive, half Chechen, half Russian, shows up in the German port city of Hamburg in the aftermath of 9/11.

10/9/2008 5:36:06 PM
Suffering Suffragist
A novel about an admiral, his unfaithful wife and her activist friend.

10/9/2008 2:54:06 AM
Bookshelf
More children’s books reviewed.

10/9/2008 2:53:52 AM
Current | Books: For Very Big, Very Dark Coffee Tables
Christian Liaigre, the French interior designer, is profiled in a grimly majestic coffee table book called “Liaigre.”

10/9/2008 1:13:49 AM
Putting a Modest Price on a Storied Literary Life
In the end the fate of the life’s work of Marshall Frady came down to 15 minutes in a windowless room in Midtown.

10/9/2008 12:56:50 AM
Books of The Times: Musical Odyssey: Circus Marches as a Boy, Grand, Topical Operas as a Man
John Adams’s absorbing new book at times reads like a quest narrative that travels through the whole landscape of 20th-century music.

10/8/2008 3:26:47 PM
Editor of Note, Perched Online
Tina Brown’s new Web site, The Daily Beast, is aiming to be a smaller, less chaotic version of the World Wide Web itself.

10/8/2008 2:25:01 PM
Charles Wright, Novelist, Dies at 76
Mr. Wright wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City that seemed to herald the rise of an important literary talent, then vanished into alcoholism and despair.

10/8/2008 2:08:28 AM
Rich Bank, Poor Bank
Why has Goldman Sachs survived as its peers crumble around it? In this corporate history, Charles D. Ellis credits its culture.

10/8/2008 2:05:28 AM
The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.

10/7/2008 12:54:59 AM
Foraging: Manhattan: Idlewild Books
The bookstore groups guidebooks and phrasebooks with literary fiction and memoirs -- books that, at first glance, might not be what the average traveler would think to pack in her suitcase.

10/6/2008 10:37:31 AM
Ideas & Trends: Lost in Translation? A Swede’s Snub of U.S. Lit
The Nobel Prize has eluded America’s writers. Insularity is one unflattering explanation.

10/5/2008 2:31:38 AM
The Arts | Books: Writing as Vicarious Experience
Jonathan Tropper, author of “The Book of Joe,” understands if you feel disappointed upon meeting him. His quiet suburban life is nothing like that of his characters.

10/5/2008 1:13:06 AM
The Funny Pages: Ii: Sunday Serial: The Girl in the Green Raincoat: Chapter 4: All the Man’s Wives
Last chapter: While trawling the Internet, Tess discovered a photograph of the missing woman Carole Epstein, nee Massinger, taken a few years back, while toasting the bride and groom at a wedding.

10/3/2008 7:50:50 PM
Books: Cloak, Dagger and Abuses of a New Era
John le Carré’s new novel examines spying in the post-9/11 era.

10/3/2008 4:36:17 PM
Up Front
Germaine Greer’s most recent book, “Shakespeare’s Wife,” is the latest of 17.

10/11/2008 3:55:26 PM
Children's Books: Picture-Book Politics
Campaign biographies for kids are a sunny, upbeat lot, unlike the grown-up versions.

10/11/2008 12:39:00 PM
Essay: My Parrot, My Self
From Apsethos the Libyan to Perry Mason, the talking parrot has made its literary mark.

10/11/2008 12:31:39 PM
TBR: Inside the List
Fifty years ago this week, Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” was the No. 1 book on the New York Times fiction list. The daily Times called it “dull, dull, dull.”

10/11/2008 12:25:09 PM
Big Country
Fifty states, 50 essays, from the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri, Anthony Doerr and Heidi Julavits.

10/11/2008 12:24:11 PM
Torch Song for Afghanistan
A Pakistani author portrays a complex political situation in a novel that contains both savagery and tenderness.

10/11/2008 1:47:33 AM
Differently Abled
A memoir from one of the great bass baritones of our age.

10/11/2008 1:36:53 AM
Despot Watch
Trying to salvage the idea of promoting democracy from what it has meant under George W. Bush.

10/11/2008 1:28:03 AM
Sniff Test
A “smell scientist and entrepreneur” examines the culture of olfaction.

10/10/2008 11:28:59 PM
Twisted Sisters
Julia Glass’s new novel focuses on the complicated emotions — love, hate, envy, grief — that form between female siblings.

10/10/2008 11:26:05 PM
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A country murder, a train crash, a missing mother: everything collides in Kate Atkinson’s latest Jackson Brodie mystery.

10/10/2008 11:20:47 PM
O, Brother
In Per Petterson’s novel, a woman remembers the bold, reckless, politically committed boy who taught her how to live.

10/10/2008 11:19:27 PM
Crucibles
The Inquisition, the Salem trials, the Red Scare: a survey of witch hunts over the past two millenniums.

10/10/2008 8:26:00 PM
Children’s Books: Monster Management
Two new picture books, one trick and one treat, cut children's primal fears down to size.

10/10/2008 8:17:53 PM
They That Were Lost
The author’s father has devoted his life to preserving the vanished culture of the community where he grew up.

10/10/2008 6:48:09 PM
The Nanny
The Siamese king’s historical governess was far more than she seemed.

10/10/2008 6:45:39 PM
Archive: Book Review Podcast
This Week: Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey lead a tour of all 50 states; Motoko Rich with news on the book world; Bruce Handy on campaign biographies for kids; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news.

10/10/2008 4:05:36 PM
Browsing Books: Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

10/10/2008 2:14:20 PM
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest.

10/10/2008 2:01:32 PM
The Shadow President
Barton Gellman’s biography paints Dick Cheney as the master manipulator of the Bush administration.

10/9/2008 6:08:28 PM
Children’s Books: Death by Squirt Gun
This parody of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett is a young adult version of a rain-soaked noir.

10/9/2008 6:04:31 PM
I Is Another
Edmund White's capsule biography of Rimbaud, poetry's enfant terrible.

10/9/2008 5:55:36 PM
Out in the Cold
In John le Carré’s latest novel, a young fugitive, half Chechen, half Russian, shows up in the German port city of Hamburg in the aftermath of 9/11.

10/9/2008 5:36:06 PM
Letters: Save the Middle Class
To the Editor:.

10/9/2008 2:56:37 AM
Letters: Hitler and Palestine
To the Editor:.

10/9/2008 2:54:59 AM
Suffering Suffragist
A novel about an admiral, his unfaithful wife and her activist friend.

10/9/2008 2:54:06 AM
Bookshelf
More children’s books reviewed.

10/9/2008 2:53:52 AM
Letters: Pain and Suffering
To the Editor:.

10/9/2008 2:52:23 AM
Letters: The War Without
To the Editor:.

10/9/2008 2:52:13 AM
Letters: Break on Through
To the Editor:.

10/9/2008 2:51:53 AM
Rich Bank, Poor Bank
Why has Goldman Sachs survived as its peers crumble around it? In this corporate history, Charles D. Ellis credits its culture.

10/8/2008 2:05:28 AM
By the Rivers of Georgia
A history of a Southern rice region, from the mirage of Sherman’s 40 acres to segregation.

10/8/2008 2:04:55 AM
  Audio Books - New Releases
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Alan Menken
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Alan Menken
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Randy Newman
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Randy Newman
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) - Michael Giacchino
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) by Michael Giacchino
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Reistu Þig Við, Sólin Er Komin Á Loft... - For A Minor Reflection
Reistu Þig Við, Sólin Er Komin Á Loft... by For A Minor Reflection
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Alan Menken
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Alan Menken
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Randy Newman
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Randy Newman
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) - Michael Giacchino
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) by Michael Giacchino
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) - Michael Giacchino
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) by Michael Giacchino
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Alan Menken
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Alan Menken
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Randy Newman
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Randy Newman
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) - Michael Giacchino
The Incredibles (Soundtrack from Motion Picture) by Michael Giacchino
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Princess Power - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP - Various Artists
Princess Tunes: Heart of a Princess - EP by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Alan Menken
Pocahontas (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Alan Menken
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
Featured Album/Exclusive
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] - Randy Newman
Toy Story (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] by Randy Newman
10/12/2008 7:24:33 PM
New Release
Nina Simone - Tribute to Billie Holiday - Nina Simone
Nina Simone - Tribute to Billie Holiday by Nina Simone
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 - Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 by Bob Dylan
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
12 Best Children's Sing-a-long Favorites - Countdown Kids
12 Best Children's Sing-a-long Favorites by Countdown Kids
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
12 Best of Pop for Kids - Countdown Kids
12 Best of Pop for Kids by Countdown Kids
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Forever More - Tesla
Forever More by Tesla
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
I Can Only Imagine - EP - MercyMe
I Can Only Imagine - EP by MercyMe
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne & Brian Eno
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by David Byrne & Brian Eno
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter - I Set My Friends On Fire
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter by I Set My Friends On Fire
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
iTunes Originals - Goldfrapp - Goldfrapp
iTunes Originals - Goldfrapp by Goldfrapp
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, 2 & 3 - Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, 2 & 3 by Tim McGraw
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
The Living and the Dead - Jolie Holland
The Living and the Dead by Jolie Holland
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
In Ear Park - Department of Eagles
In Ear Park by Department of Eagles
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Fall of the American Empire - Single - State Radio
Fall of the American Empire - Single by State Radio
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
The Beach Boys / Jan & Dean (Remastered) - The Beach Boys & Jan & Dean
The Beach Boys / Jan & Dean (Remastered) by The Beach Boys & Jan & Dean
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Acoustics - Minus the Bear
Acoustics by Minus the Bear
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Happy the Man - The Guggenheim Grotto
Happy the Man by The Guggenheim Grotto
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Next Plane Home - Single - Daniel Powter
Next Plane Home - Single by Daniel Powter
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Dig Out Your Soul (Deluxe Version) - Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul (Deluxe Version) by Oasis
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Everything Is Borrowed - The Streets
Everything Is Borrowed by The Streets
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Another World - EP - Antony & The Johnsons
Another World - EP by Antony & The Johnsons
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Matthew Good - Live At Massey Hall - Matthew Good
Matthew Good - Live At Massey Hall by Matthew Good
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 - Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 by Tim McGraw
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Life Is Not a Waiting Room - Senses Fail
Life Is Not a Waiting Room by Senses Fail
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
New Release
Break Up the Concrete (Bonus Track Version) - The Pretenders
Break Up the Concrete (Bonus Track Version) by The Pretenders
10/12/2008 7:24:37 PM
   
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  Complete Review
The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez
A review of The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Three Eritrean Plays by Solomon Dirar, Esaias Tseggai, and Mesgun Zerai
A review of Three Eritrean Plays by Solomon Dirar, Esaias Tseggai, and Mesgun Zerai at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
The Hitler Salute by Tilman Allert
A review of The Hitler Salute by Tilman Allert at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
A review of De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel by William Goldbloom Bloch
A review of The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel by William Goldbloom Bloch at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Report on Myself by Gregoire Bouillier
A review of Report on Myself by Gregoire Bouillier at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
The Pets by Bragi Olafsson
A review of The Pets by Bragi Olafsson at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
The Bathroom by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
A review of The Bathroom by Jean-Philippe Toussaint at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides
A review of Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Remix by Lawrence Lessig
A review of Remix by Lawrence Lessig at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli
A review of Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal
A review of Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
Camera by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
A review of Camera by Jean-Philippe Toussaint at the Complete Review
10/12/2008 6:24:42 PM
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