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A Period Is Questioned in the Declaration of Independence [03 Jul 2014|02:25am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/us/politics/a-period-is-questioned-in-the-declaration-of-independence.html

The official transcript of the Declaration of Independence may contain an errant period that contributes to what one scholar calls a “routine but serious misunderstanding” of the document.
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Walter Dean Myers Dies at 76; Author’s Gritty Tales Spoke to Youths [03 Jul 2014|04:11am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/nyregion/walter-dean-myers-author-whose-gritty-tales-spoke-to-youths-in-cities-is-dead-at-76.html

Mr. Myers, who had a wide following among middle-school boys, wrote realistic and accessible stories about crime, war and life in the streets.
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ArtsBeat: The Words, and Works, of Walter Dean Myers [03 Jul 2014|01:55pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/the-words-and-works-of-walter-dean-myers/

A collection of coverage of Mr. Myers’s work and his contributions in The Times.
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The Shortlist: Peter Eichstaedt’s ‘The Dangerous Divide,’ and More [03 Jul 2014|03:03pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/peter-eichstaedts-the-dangerous-divide-and-more.html

New books by Peter Eichstaedt, Aviva Chomsky, and Lou Dobbs and James O. Born.
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Open Book: The State of the Union’s Books [03 Jul 2014|03:04pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/the-state-of-the-unions-books.html

Prominent political figures who have assumed the critic’s role for the Book Review include Henry Kissinger and Bill Clinton.
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Paperback Row [03 Jul 2014|03:06pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Editors’ Choice [03 Jul 2014|03:06pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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‘Fridays at Enrico’s,’ by Don Carpenter [03 Jul 2014|03:31pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/fridays-at-enricos-by-don-carpenter.html

Don Carpenter’s posthumous novel follows four aspiring writers during the early, heady days of the Beat scene.
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‘Big Money,’ by Kenneth P. Vogel [03 Jul 2014|03:31pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/big-money-by-kenneth-p-vogel.html

With no cap on campaign contributions, political organizations target elite donors seeking insider access.
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Smith Henderson’s ‘Fourth of July Creek’ [03 Jul 2014|03:31pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/smith-hendersons-fourth-of-july-creek.html

An overburdened social worker becomes involved with a nearly feral boy and his survivalist father in 1980 Montana.
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‘Whistler,’ by Daniel E. Sutherland [03 Jul 2014|03:32pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/whistler-by-daniel-e-sutherland.html

A portrait of the complex, quarrelsome, distinctive artist James McNeill Whistler.
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Edan Lepucki’s ‘California’ [03 Jul 2014|03:35pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/edan-lepuckis-california.html

In an apocalyptic future, a couple seek a stable community as they prepare for the birth of their baby.
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‘American Crucifixion,’ by Alex Beam [03 Jul 2014|03:35pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/american-crucifixion-by-alex-beam.html

The life, and death by lynch mob, of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.
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Crime: Tom Bouman’s ‘Dry Bones in the Valley,’ and More [03 Jul 2014|03:36pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/tom-boumans-dry-bones-in-the-valley-and-more.html

In Tom Bouman’s “Dry Bones in the Valley,” an elderly recluse finds a stranger dead on his property in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ by Ilan Stavans [03 Jul 2014|03:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/a-most-imperfect-union-by-ilan-stavans.html

America’s true story lies with “its most overlooked and marginalized peoples,” this book argues.
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A. J. Baime’s ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ [03 Jul 2014|03:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/a-j-baimes-arsenal-of-democracy.html

Gearing up for World War II at Ford.
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Cristina Henríquez’s ‘Book of Unknown Americans’ [03 Jul 2014|03:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/cristina-henriquezs-book-of-unknown-americans.html

A group of Latino immigrants face the challenges of assimilation in Cristina Henríquez’s novel.
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Cristina Henríquez’s ‘Book of Unknown Americans’ [03 Jul 2014|03:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/books/review/cristina-henriquezs-book-of-unknown-americans.html

A group of Latino immigrants faces the challenges of assimilation in Cristina Henríquez’s novel.
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Inside the List [03 Jul 2014|06:13pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/inside-the-list.html

Jordan Ellenberg, whose “How Not to Be Wrong” is No. 15 on the hardcover nonfiction list, recently said about math: “We know nothing. Right now we are standing in a tiny circle of light around our feet.”
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Exhibition Review: Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline Celebrates a Milestone [03 Jul 2014|07:51pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/arts/design/ludwig-bemelmanss-madeline-celebrates-a-milestone.html

A show at the New-York Historical Society celebrating Ludwig Bemelmans’s classic book “Madeline” is as much a tribute to its schoolgirl heroine as it is to her creator.
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Night Out : A Night Out With Lee Grant, Author of ‘I Said Yes to Everything’ [03 Jul 2014|08:06pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/fashion/a-night-out-with-lee-grant-author-of-i-said-yes-to-everything.html

Lee Grant discusses her new memoir, “I Said Yes to Everything”
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Night Out : A Night Out With Lee Grant, Author of ‘I Said Yes to Everything’ [03 Jul 2014|08:06pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/fashion/a-night-out-with-lee-grant-author-of-i-said-yes-to-everything.html

Lee Grant discusses her new memoir, “I Said Yes to Everything.”
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Books of The Times: ‘Echo’s Bones,’ a Beckett Short Story Rediscovered [03 Jul 2014|08:36pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/books/echos-bones-a-beckett-short-story-rediscovered.html

Samuel Beckett’s “Echo’s Bones,” a short story, is being published eight decades after his editor rejected it.
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