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‘We Are Not Ourselves,’ by Matthew Thomas [05 Sep 2014|02:48pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e1d/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cwe0Eare0Enot0Eourselves0Eby0Ematthew0Ethomas0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/we-are-not-ourselves-by-matthew-thomas.html This first novel probes the lives of three generations of an Irish-American family in the 20th century. post comment

Paperback Row [05 Sep 2014|02:50pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e25/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cpaperback0Erow0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/paperback-row.html Paperback books of particular interest. post comment

Editors’ Choice [05 Sep 2014|02:50pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e26/sc/36/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Ceditors0Echoice0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/editors-choice.html Recently reviewed books of particular interest. post comment

Inside the List [05 Sep 2014|02:51pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e24/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C140Cbooks0Creview0Cinside0Ethe0Elist0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/inside-the-list.html With Ebola back in the news, readers are returning to Richard Preston’s scientific adventure story “The Hot Zone,” which is No. 17 on the paperback nonfiction list. post comment

Elena Ferrante’s ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’ [05 Sep 2014|02:52pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e09/sc/13/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Celena0Eferrantes0Ethose0Ewho0Eleave0Eand0Ethose0Ewho0Estay0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/elena-ferrantes-those-who-leave-and-those-who-stay.html The third novel in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series tracks a long and complicated friendship. post comment

‘The Human Age,’ by Diane Ackerman [05 Sep 2014|02:53pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e0a/sc/7/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cthe0Ehuman0Eage0Eby0Ediane0Eackerman0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/the-human-age-by-diane-ackerman.html Diane Ackerman surveys the technology and innovations that define our human-dominated epoch. post comment

‘10:04,’ by Ben Lerner [05 Sep 2014|02:54pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e0c/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0C10A0A40Eby0Eben0Elerner0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/1004-by-ben-lerner.html A Brooklyn-based narrator preoccupied with identity decides to help his best friend have a child. post comment

‘Rainey Royal,’ by Dylan Landis [05 Sep 2014|02:54pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e0f/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Crainey0Eroyal0Eby0Edylan0Elandis0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/rainey-royal-by-dylan-landis.html Sex and cruelty are tools a 14-year-old uses to cope with a devastatingly irresponsible father in 1970s Greenwich Village. post comment

‘The Moor’s Account,’ by Laila Lalami [05 Sep 2014|02:55pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e12/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cthe0Emoors0Eaccount0Eby0Elaila0Elalami0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/the-moors-account-by-laila-lalami.html A fictional memoir narrated by Estebanico, a Moroccan slave and the first black explorer of America. post comment

‘Friendswood,’ by René Steinke [05 Sep 2014|02:55pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e16/sc/22/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cfriendswood0Eby0Erene0Esteinke0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/friendswood-by-rene-steinke.html A small town falters after an industrial disaster. post comment

‘Sweetness #9,’ by Stephan Eirik Clark [05 Sep 2014|02:56pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e18/sc/14/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Csweetness0E90Eby0Estephan0Eeirik0Eclark0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/sweetness-9-by-stephan-eirik-clark.html A flavor chemist lands a job as an animal tester and is disturbed by the effects a new sweetener appears to have on his rats. post comment

‘Hold the Dark,’ by William Giraldi [05 Sep 2014|02:56pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e13/sc/10/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Chold0Ethe0Edark0Eby0Ewilliam0Egiraldi0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/hold-the-dark-by-william-giraldi.html Grief and cold dominate this novel set in remote Alaska. post comment

‘Big Little Man,’ by Alex Tizon [05 Sep 2014|02:57pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e1b/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cbig0Elittle0Eman0Eby0Ealex0Etizon0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/big-little-man-by-alex-tizon.html A journalist examines Asian-American manhood and the cultural stereotypes that shaped his coming-of-age. post comment

‘Fractured Times,’ by Eric Hobsbawm [05 Sep 2014|02:58pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e20/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Cfractured0Etimes0Eby0Eeric0Ehobsbawm0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/fractured-times-by-eric-hobsbawm.html This collection of reviews and lectures, posthumously published, mourns the end of European high culture. post comment

‘Time Present and Time Past,’ by Deirdre Madden [05 Sep 2014|02:58pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e1f/sc/13/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Ctime0Epresent0Eand0Etime0Epast0Eby0Edeirdre0Emadden0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/time-present-and-time-past-by-deirdre-madden.html A series of challenges unsettles an extended family’s comfortable existence. post comment

Crime: Louise Penny’s ‘The Long Way Home,’ and More [05 Sep 2014|02:59pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e315e21/sc/36/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cbooks0Creview0Clouise0Epennys0Ethe0Elong0Eway0Ehome0Eand0Emore0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/louise-pennys-the-long-way-home-and-more.html In Louise Penny’s “The Long Way Home,” Chief Inspector Armand Gamache follows a lost artist’s perilous journey to find himself. post comment

ArtsBeat: George R. R. Martin to Appear at 92nd St Y [05 Sep 2014|05:02pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e2fa622/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A50Cgeorge0Er0Er0Emartin0Eto0Eappear0Eat0E92nd0Est0Ey0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/george-r-r-martin-to-appear-at-92nd-st-y/ George Martin, author of the “Song of Ice and Fire” series, will be promoting his new book at the 92nd St. Y. post comment

ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘Eichmann Before Jerusalem’ [05 Sep 2014|06:57pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e305915/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A50Cbook0Ereview0Epodcast0Eeichmann0Ebefore0Ejerusalem0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/book-review-podcast-eichmann-before-jerusalem/ This week’s Book Review Podcast. post comment

‘Station Eleven’ Joins Fall’s Crop of Dystopian Novels [05 Sep 2014|08:14pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e30eebe/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A60Cbooks0Cstation0Eeleven0Ejoins0Efalls0Ecrop0Eof0Edystopian0Enovels0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/books/station-eleven-joins-falls-crop-of-dystopian-novels.html Just when it seemed that enthusiasm for dystopian novels might have peaked, a new crop of such books is stirring excitement. post comment

Bookshelf: Lessons in Brooklyn, Harlem and Whimsy [05 Sep 2014|11:48pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/3e31fa7e/sc/8/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A90C0A70Cnyregion0Clessons0Ein0Ebrooklyn0Eharlem0Eand0Ewhimsy0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/nyregion/lessons-in-brooklyn-harlem-and-whimsy.html A look at two books on education issues in New York City and a newly reissued 1964 guidebook. post comment

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