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A Novel and Essay Collection by Elinor Lipman
A novel and essay collection by Elinor Lipman showcase her urbanity and optimism. ...
‘All the Great Prizes,’ by John Taliaferro
From the birth of the Republican Party to the Spanish-American War, John Hay was a seminal 19th-century figure. ...
Audiobooks: ‘The Ernest Hemingway Audiobook Library’
A comprehensive collection of Ernest Hemingway’s novels, nonfiction and short stories. ...
Audiobooks: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,’ by David Sedaris
Stuck in traffic with David Sedaris. ...
Audiobooks: When Words Sing
Recording an audiobook requires talent, discipline and a lot of coffee. ...
‘Woke Up Lonely,’ by Fiona Maazel
Fiona Maazel’s antic new novel examines the contradictory but concurrent urges for solitude and intimacy. ...
Tom Drury’s ‘Pacific’
The troubles of Tom Drury’s characters seem to stretch back into the inscrutable past, and out into an equally murky future. ...
‘Top of the Morning,’ by Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter recounts the intrigue, infighting and personal crises in the morning TV shows’ ratings wars. ...
‘Constance,’ by Patrick McGrath
An unhappy woman discovers a distressing secret in Patrick McGrath’s novel. ...
Open Book: New in the Review
Changes to the best-seller lists and this column, Open Book, are new to the Book Review. ...
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Yahoo’s Tumblr Deal Is a Bet on a Shift in Social Media
New services are providing a stage or pulpit for people, instead of making them passive users of social media. ...