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Short Story: Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ [19 Sep 2014|12:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/books/review/the-assassination-of-margaret-thatcher-august-6th-1983.html

A story from Hilary Mantel’s forthcoming collection. Her most recent novels, “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” both won the Man Booker Prize.
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Short Story: Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ [19 Sep 2014|12:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/books/review/the-assassination-of-margaret-thatcher-august-6th-1983.html

The title story from Hilary Mantel’s forthcoming collection. Her most recent novels, “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” both won the Man Booker Prize.
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Open Book: Civil War (and Family) History [19 Sep 2014|03:42pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/civil-war-and-family-history.html

Laird Hunt learned about his Civil War-era ancestors while doing research for his novel “Neverhome.”
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The Shortlist: Raffaella Barker's 'From a Distance,' and More [19 Sep 2014|03:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/raffaella-barkers-from-a-distance-and-more.html

New books by Raffaella Barker, Elizabeth Gaffney, Jennie Rooney and Jacqueline Winspear.
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‘A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing,’ by Eimear McBride [19 Sep 2014|03:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing-by-eimear-mcbride.html

An Irish woman leaves behind a sick brother and an abusive home life in this coming-of-age novel.
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‘Stone Mattress,’ by Margaret Atwood [19 Sep 2014|03:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/stone-mattress-by-margaret-atwood.html

There’s plenty of life left in the aging protagonists of Margaret Atwood’s “tales.”
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Deborah Levy’s ‘Black Vodka’ and ‘Things I Don’t Want to Know’ [19 Sep 2014|03:48pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/deborah-levys-black-vodka-and-things-i-dont-want-to-know.html

In two books, Deborah Levy explores exile, estrangement and the deferral of desire.
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‘The Paying Guests,’ by Sarah Waters [19 Sep 2014|03:48pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/the-paying-guests-by-sarah-waters.html

In Sarah Waters’s novel of illicit love in 1920s London, a widow and her spinster daughter take a young couple into their home.
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Inside the List [19 Sep 2014|03:51pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/books/review/inside-the-list.html

Ian McEwan, whose novel “The Children Act” is No. 4 on the hardcover fiction list, keeps a tally on his website of academic dissertations and theses discussing his work.
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Editors’ Choice [19 Sep 2014|03:52pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Paperback Row [19 Sep 2014|03:52pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Author's Note: Be Polite With Your Books [19 Sep 2014|03:52pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/be-polite-with-your-books.html

The etiquette of borrowing, recommending and reshelving books.
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‘Neverhome,’ by Laird Hunt [19 Sep 2014|03:53pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/neverhome-by-laird-hunt.html

Disguised as a man, Laird Hunt’s heroine joins the Union Army.
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Margaret Forster’s ‘Unknown Bridesmaid’ [19 Sep 2014|03:53pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/margaret-forsters-unknown-bridesmaid.html

A child psychologist is troubled by her own adolescence.
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Children's Books: Anthony Browne’s ‘What If . . . ?’ and More [19 Sep 2014|03:58pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/anthony-brownes-what-if-and-more.html

Swallowing their fears, these adventuresome characters set off down unfamiliar streets and explore unknown worlds.
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Children's Books: ‘Belzhar,’ by Meg Wolitzer [19 Sep 2014|03:58pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/belzhar-by-meg-wolitzer.html

Students at a therapeutic boarding school discover a way to return to the past, before their personal traumas.
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Children's Books: ‘Harlem Hellfighters,’ by J. Patrick Lewis and Gary Kelley [19 Sep 2014|03:59pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/harlem-hellfighters-by-j-patrick-lewis-and-gary-kelley.html

A picture book about an African-American regiment in World War I that confronted racists as well as the German Army.
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Children's Books: ‘Nest,’ by Esther Ehrlich [19 Sep 2014|03:59pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/books/review/nest-by-esther-ehrlich.html

In this middle-grade novel, a girl finds a way forward after the loss of her mother.
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ArtsBeat: The Bradbury Chronicles: Hundreds of Items Owned by Author Going to Auction [19 Sep 2014|04:56pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/the-bradbury-chronicles-hundreds-of-items-owned-by-author-going-to-auction/

Items including awards and even bottles of wine owned by Bradbury are to be auctioned this month.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘Cosby: His Life and Times’ [19 Sep 2014|05:33pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/book-review-podcast-cosby-his-life-and-times/

Mark Whitaker discusses his new biography of Bill Cosby, and Jeff Hobbs talks about “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace.”
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Bookshelf: A Look at Our Love Affair With Air-Conditioning [19 Sep 2014|08:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/nyregion/a-look-at-our-love-affair-with-air-conditioning.html

New books trace the changes air-conditioning brought; politics and change in Newark; and idiosyncracies of the five boroughs of New York City.
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William Deresiewicz Tours the Colleges of ‘Excellent Sheep’ [19 Sep 2014|09:12pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/books/william-deresiewicz-tours-the-colleges-of-excellent-sheep.html

William Deresiewicz, who’s caused a stir in Ivy League circles with his book “Excellent Sheep,” is on a tour of those colleges to discuss his critique of them and his advice.
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