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‘Blood Feud’ vs. ‘Hard Choices’ in Hillary Clinton Book Battle [11 Jul 2014|01:46am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/business/a-provocateurs-book-on-hillary-clinton-overtakes-her-memoir-in-sales.html

Edward Klein’s “Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas,” a 320-page unauthorized and barely sourced account, has toppled “Hard Choices” from its spot on the best-seller list.
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The Shortlist: Max Watman’s ‘Harvest,’ and More [11 Jul 2014|02:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/max-watmans-harvest-and-more.html

New books by Max Watman, Michael Gibney, Ava Chin and Colman Andrews.
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Paperback Row [11 Jul 2014|02:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Editors’ Choice [11 Jul 2014|02:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Children’s Books: ‘Guy in Real Life,’ by Steve Brezenoff [11 Jul 2014|02:44pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/guy-in-real-life-by-steve-brezenoff.html

In this young adult novel, a teenager takes on an identity much like his girlfriend’s for an online role-playing game.
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Children’s Books: ‘The Young World,’ by Chris Weitz [11 Jul 2014|02:44pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/the-young-world-by-chris-weitz.html

Social order breaks down when a mysterious illness spreads worldwide, sparing only adolescents.
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Children’s Books: ‘From There to Here,’ ‘The Good-Pie Party’ and ‘Bad Bye, Good Bye’ [11 Jul 2014|02:44pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/from-there-to-here-the-good-pie-party-and-bad-bye-good-bye.html

Three picture books feature children struggling with displacement and new surroundings.
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Children’s Books: ‘Like No Other,’ by Una LaMarche [11 Jul 2014|02:45pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/like-no-other-by-una-lamarche.html

A Hasidic girl and a West Indian boy fall in love and face the consequences in this young adult novel.
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‘Preparing the Ghost,’ by Matthew Gavin Frank [11 Jul 2014|02:45pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/preparing-the-ghost-by-matthew-gavin-frank.html

Matthew Gavin Frank’s wide-ranging book explores an amateur naturalist’s compulsion to understand the mystery of the giant squid.
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‘The Year She Left Us,’ by Kathryn Ma [11 Jul 2014|02:46pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/the-year-she-left-us-by-kathryn-ma.html

In this first novel, a girl adopted from China finds it difficult to situate herself in American life.
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‘Astonish Me,’ by Maggie Shipstead [11 Jul 2014|02:46pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/astonish-me-by-maggie-shipstead.html

A New York ballerina helps a Russian dancer defect, but her own desires are thwarted.
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Herman Koch’s ‘Summer House With Swimming Pool’ [11 Jul 2014|02:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/herman-kochs-summer-house-with-swimming-pool.html

A holiday near the Mediterranean leads to disaster for a doctor and his celebrity patient in this novel by the author of “The Dinner.”
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‘Dying Every Day,’ by James Romm [11 Jul 2014|02:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/dying-every-day-by-james-romm.html

A classicist tries to unravel the enigma of Seneca, the Stoic philosopher who tutored the emperor Nero.
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Inside the List [11 Jul 2014|02:48pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/books/review/inside-the-list.html

Joan Rivers’s “Diary of a Mad Diva,” No. 7 on the hardcover nonfiction list, is filled with the author’s brand of rapid-fire politically incorrect jokes.
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‘The Painter,’ by Peter Heller [11 Jul 2014|02:48pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/the-painter-by-peter-heller.html

A painter with violent impulses tries to start over, but his past catches up with him.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘Elephant Company’ [11 Jul 2014|05:01pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/book-review-podcast-elephant-company/

Vicki Constantine Croke discusses her new book, about the role of elephants in World War II.
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ArtsBeat: ‘The Escape Artist’: Thomas Beller Talks About J. D. Salinger [11 Jul 2014|05:10pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/the-escape-artist-thomas-beller-talks-about-j-d-salinger/

Mr. Beller’s new book is part biography of the reclusive Salinger and part memoir.
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ArtsBeat: Digital Humanists to Catalog Notes Scrawled in Books [11 Jul 2014|06:07pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/digital-humanists-to-catalog-notes-scrawled-in-books/

A new project will analyze handwritten notes scrawled in the margins of centuries-old books.
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Bookshelf: Chronicling the Monumental [11 Jul 2014|07:03pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/nyregion/chronicling-the-monumental.html

A look at the books “Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York,” “Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty,” and “Carving a Niche for Himself: The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco.”
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ArtsBeat: ‘The Escape Artist’: Thomas Beller Talks About J. D. Salinger [11 Jul 2014|07:27pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/the-escape-artist-thomas-beller-talks-about-j-d-salinger/

Mr. Beller’s new book is part biography of the reclusive Salinger and part memoir.
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John Seigenthaler, Editor and Aide to Politicians, Dies at 86 [11 Jul 2014|10:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/business/media/john-seigenthaler-editor-and-aide-to-politicians-dies-at-86.html

The longtime editor of The Tennessean also worked on John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1960 and at the Justice Department.
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