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Richard Bausch’s ‘Before, During, After’ [15 Aug 2014|02:39pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/richard-bauschs-before-during-after.html

Richard Bausch’s novel, about a relationship under strain, mixes personal and public horrors.
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‘Factory Man,’ by Beth Macy [15 Aug 2014|02:39pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/factory-man-by-beth-macy.html

The American furniture maker who battled Wall Street, Chinese competition and his own relatives to keep his company going.
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‘One Kick,’ by Chelsea Cain [15 Aug 2014|02:39pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/one-kick-by-chelsea-cain.html

Chelsea Cain’s new heroine can’t escape her past.
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Lydia Netzer’s ‘How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky’ [15 Aug 2014|02:40pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/lydia-netzers-how-to-tell-toledo-from-the-night-sky.html

Children are raised to become soul mates in this novel.
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‘Everything I Never Told You,’ by Celeste Ng [15 Aug 2014|02:40pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/everything-i-never-told-you-by-celeste-ng.html

A tragedy tears away at a mixed-race family in 1970s Ohio.
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‘Wayfaring Stranger,’ by James Lee Burke [15 Aug 2014|02:40pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/wayfaring-stranger-by-james-lee-burke.html

James Lee Burke’s sprawling novel connects an encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to the Battle of the Bulge and the oil boom.
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‘The Life of the Automobile,’ by Steven Parissien [15 Aug 2014|02:41pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/the-life-of-the-automobile-by-steven-parissien.html

A history of the automobile and the boom-and-bust industry it fostered.
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‘O, Africa!’ by Andrew Lewis Conn [15 Aug 2014|02:58pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/o-africa-by-andrew-lewis-conn.html

In 1928, two brothers head to Africa to collect film footage.
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Courtney Maum’s ‘I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You’ [15 Aug 2014|02:58pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/courtney-maums-i-am-having-so-much-fun-here-without-you.html

An unfaithful artist attempts to win back his wife’s affection.
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‘Churchill and Empire,’ by Lawrence James [15 Aug 2014|02:59pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/churchill-and-empire-by-lawrence-james.html

A study of Winston Churchill’s contradictions and passions and his long relationship with empire.
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‘Life Drawing,’ by Robin Black [15 Aug 2014|02:59pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/life-drawing-by-robin-black.html

An attempt to save a marriage proves fatal.
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‘Panic in a Suitcase,’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya [15 Aug 2014|03:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/panic-in-a-suitcase-by-yelena-akhtiorskaya.html

As a Ukrainian family adapts to life in Brooklyn, memories of the old country linger.
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‘Season to Taste,’ by Natalie Young [15 Aug 2014|03:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/season-to-taste-by-natalie-young.html

A British housewife kills her husband. Then she eats him.
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‘Road Ends,’ by Mary Lawson [15 Aug 2014|03:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/road-ends-by-mary-lawson.html

A family struggles to cope after its take-charge daughter flees.
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Crime: Rennie Airth’s ‘The Reckoning,’ and More [15 Aug 2014|03:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/rennie-airths-the-reckoning-and-more.html

In Rennie Airth’s “The Reckoning,” a former Scotland Yard detective comes out of retirement to assist in the investigation of killings committed with the same pistol.
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Paperback Row [15 Aug 2014|03:01pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Editors’ Choice [15 Aug 2014|03:02pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Inside the List [15 Aug 2014|03:02pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/books/review/inside-the-list.html

Lev Grossman’s “The Magician’s Land,” which debuts at No. 1 on the hardcover fiction list, owes a debt to “Brideshead Revisited.”
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ArtsBeat: Oxford Dictionary Recognizes: YOLO, Amazeballs and Hot Mess [15 Aug 2014|07:03pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/oxford-dictionary-recognizes-yolo-amazeballs-and-hot-mess/

The online dictionary added new terms inspired by popular culture and online usage.
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