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Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 [13 May 2015|12:02am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/arts/peter-gay-historian-who-explored-social-history-of-ideas-dies-at-91.html

Mr. Gay wrote groundbreaking books on the Enlightenment, Sigmund Freud and the cultural situation of Jews in Germany.
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The Shortlist: Waterloo [13 May 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/waterloo.html

Four new books are among the many written to mark this year’s bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo.
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‘Goebbels: A Biography,’ by Peter Longerich [13 May 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/goebbels-a-biography-by-peter-longerich.html

The implausible career of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief, who followed the Führer even in death.
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Disruptions: In a Mother’s Library, Bound in Spirit and in Print [13 May 2015|09:45am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/style/in-a-mothers-library-bound-in-spirit-and-in-print.html

A death in the family settles an internal argument on the value of print books in the modern world.
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ArtsBeat: Sheri Fink and Joshua Horwitz Are Among PEN Award Winners [13 May 2015|02:14pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/sheri-fink-joshua-horwitz-among-pen-prize-winners/

Ms. Fink’s “Five Days at Memorial” won the John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction.
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Books of The Times: ‘Elon Musk,’ a Biography by Ashlee Vance, Paints a Driven Portrait [13 May 2015|04:40pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/books/elon-musk-a-biography-by-ashlee-vance-paints-a-driven-portrait.html

Mr. Vance’s biography of Mr. Musk, the man behind Tesla Motors, is smart and thorough.
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Books of The Times: ‘Lurid & Cute,’ a Novel by Adam Thirlwell [13 May 2015|08:20pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/books/lurid-cute-a-novel-by-adam-thirlwell.html

Mr. Thirlwell’s third novel features a garrulous, neurotic and unreliable narrator who becomes preoccupied with the causes of fear and the consequences of violence.
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Sally Mann on Her History, Frame by Frame [13 May 2015|08:58pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/books/sally-mann-on-her-history-frame-by-frame.html

The photographer discusses her new memoir, “Hold Still,” and her concerns about writing it.
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Columbia Examines Its Long-Ago Links to Slavery [13 May 2015|10:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/books/columbia-examines-its-long-ago-links-to-slavery.html

Student researchers found that the college, despite its progressive history, had a checkered past regarding slaves and slave owners.
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