NYT > Books' Journal -- Day [entries|friends|calendar] NYT > Books [ website | NYT > Books ] [ userinfo | scribbld userinfo ] [ calendar | scribbld calendar ]

The Shortlist: Bernard Wasserstein’s ‘Ambiguity of Virtue,’ and More [06 Jun 2014|02:38pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f763f/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cbernard0Ewassersteins0Eambiguity0Eof0Evirtue0Eand0Emore0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/bernard-wassersteins-ambiguity-of-virtue-and-more.html New books by Götz Aly, Elisabeth Sifton and Fritz Stern, Bernard Wasserstein, and Nicholas Kulish and Souad Mekhennet. post comment

Open Book: The Top Shelf of Journalism Books [06 Jun 2014|02:39pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f763e/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cthe0Etop0Eshelf0Eof0Ejournalism0Ebooks0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/the-top-shelf-of-journalism-books.html David Carr and others share their favorite books by and about journalists. post comment

‘Euphoria,’ by Lily King [06 Jun 2014|02:39pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f762e/sc/19/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Ceuphoria0Eby0Elily0Eking0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/euphoria-by-lily-king.html Lily King’s novel “Euphoria,” inspired by the life of Margaret Mead, is about a love triangle in New Guinea. post comment

Crime: Michael Koryta’s ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead,’ and More [06 Jun 2014|02:41pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7635/sc/8/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cmichael0Ekorytas0Ethose0Ewho0Ewish0Eme0Edead0Eand0Emore0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/michael-korytas-those-who-wish-me-dead-and-more.html In Michael Koryta’s “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” two killers start a forest fire to flush out the only witness to their crimes. post comment

Paperback Row [06 Jun 2014|02:41pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7641/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cpaperback0Erow0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/paperback-row.html Paperback books of particular interest. post comment

‘Beasts,’ by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson [06 Jun 2014|02:41pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7639/sc/40/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cbeasts0Eby0Ejeffrey0Emoussaieff0Emasson0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/beasts-by-jeffrey-moussaieff-masson.html Jeffrey Masson examines the human propensity for violence and cruelty. post comment

‘The Other Language,’ by Francesca Marciano [06 Jun 2014|02:41pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7638/sc/10/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cthe0Eother0Elanguage0Eby0Efrancesca0Emarciano0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/the-other-language-by-francesca-marciano.html The women in these stories seek new passions and geographies, from Italy to India. post comment

Editors’ Choice [06 Jun 2014|02:42pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7642/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Ceditors0Echoice0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/editors-choice.html Recently reviewed books of particular interest. post comment

‘The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair,’ by Joel Dicker [06 Jun 2014|02:46pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7633/sc/39/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cthe0Etruth0Eabout0Ethe0Eharry0Equebert0Eaffair0Eby0Ejoel0Edicker0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/the-truth-about-the-harry-quebert-affair-by-joel-dicker.html Seeking inspiration, a blocked novelist embroils himself in an unsolved murder. post comment

‘Revertigo,’ a Memoir by Floyd Skloot [06 Jun 2014|02:46pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f763d/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Crevertigo0Ea0Ememoir0Eby0Efloyd0Eskloot0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/revertigo-a-memoir-by-floyd-skloot.html Floyd Skloot describes his experience with vertigo. post comment

‘Degrees of Inequality,’ by Suzanne Mettler [06 Jun 2014|02:46pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f763c/sc/1/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cdegrees0Eof0Einequality0Eby0Esuzanne0Emettler0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/degrees-of-inequality-by-suzanne-mettler.html A political scientist assesses the climbing costs of higher education and the rise of for-profit universities. post comment

‘Sedition,’ by Katharine Grant [06 Jun 2014|02:48pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f762f/sc/17/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Csedition0Eby0Ekatharine0Egrant0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/sedition-by-katharine-grant.html In Georgian London, a tale of seduction, sex, love, death and the pianoforte. post comment

‘American Romantic,’ by Ward Just [06 Jun 2014|02:49pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7630/sc/10/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Camerican0Eromantic0Eby0Eward0Ejust0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/american-romantic-by-ward-just.html Ward Just’s novel, set largely before the American escalation in Vietnam, evokes “Lord Jim” and other works. post comment

‘My Salinger Year,’ by Joanna Rakoff [06 Jun 2014|02:50pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7631/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A80Cbooks0Creview0Cmy0Esalinger0Eyear0Eby0Ejoanna0Erakoff0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/books/review/my-salinger-year-by-joanna-rakoff.html A novelist recalls a post-college year working for an old-fashioned literary agency. post comment

Inside the List [06 Jun 2014|03:00pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3f7640/sc/36/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C150Cbooks0Creview0Cinside0Ethe0Elist0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/books/review/inside-the-list.html The “Glee” star Lea Michele, whose “Brunette Ambition” is No. 13 on the advice, how-to and miscellaneous list, once tried to cover up acne using a strategy she’d seen on “Sex and the City.” post comment

ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘The Invention of News’ [06 Jun 2014|05:27pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3e7024/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A60Cbook0Ereview0Epodcast0Ethe0Einvention0Eof0Enews0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/book-review-podcast-the-invention-of-news/ David Carr talks about Andrew Pettegree’s “The Invention of News,” and Molly Worthen discusses new books by and about Jimmy Carter. post comment

ArtsBeat: Harvard Confirms Book Is Bound in Human Skin [06 Jun 2014|05:33pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b35cd5c/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A50Charvard0Econfirms0Ebook0Eis0Ebound0Ein0Ehuman0Eskin0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/harvard-confirms-book-is-bound-in-human-skin/ A 19th-century French treatise in the university’s libraries is almost surely bound in human skin, according to scientists who tested it. post comment

ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘The Invention of News’ [06 Jun 2014|06:13pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b3e7024/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A60Cbook0Ereview0Epodcast0Ethe0Einvention0Eof0Enews0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/book-review-podcast-the-invention-of-news/ David Carr talks about Andrew Pettegree’s “The Invention of News,” and Molly Worthen discusses new books by and about Jimmy Carter. post comment

Giving a Satirist of the Third Reich the Last Laugh [06 Jun 2014|09:50pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b400fb1/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A70Cbooks0Cgiving0Ea0Esatirist0Eof0Ethe0Ethird0Ereich0Ethe0Elast0Elaugh0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/books/giving-a-satirist-of-the-third-reich-the-last-laugh.html The work of Kurt Tucholsky, a left-wing German satirist, is becoming available in English-language editions, thanks to a tiny publishing house. post comment

ArtsBeat: Knausgaard Tour Arrives in Manhattan [06 Jun 2014|10:03pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3b400fb2/sc/8/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C0A60Cknausgaard0Etour0Earrives0Ein0Emanhattan0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/knausgaard-tour-arrives-in-manhattan/ Karl Ove Knausgaard spoke to Zadie Smith on Thursday night at the bookstore McNally Jackson. post comment

navigation [ viewing | June 6th, 2014 ] [ go | previous day|next day ]