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Theodore Weesner, Author of ‘The Car Thief,’ Dies at 79 [01 Jul 2015|12:09am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/books/theodore-weesner-author-of-the-car-thief-dies-at-79.html

Mr. Weesner, whose celebrated first novel was inspired in part by his wayward youth, earned plaudits for his patient, realistic narratives and humanely considered characters.
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Ben Wattenberg, Neoconservative Author and PBS Host, Is Dead at 81 [01 Jul 2015|01:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/us/ben-wattenberg-author-and-commentator-dies-at-81.html

Mr. Wattenberg was a self-professed neoconservative and PBS commentator who was wary of a Democratic move to the left.
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William Styron’s ‘My Generation: Collected Nonfiction’ [01 Jul 2015|09:00am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/books/review/william-styrons-my-generation-collected-nonfiction.html

Essays by the author of “Sophie’s Choice” consider an era of American literature shaped by global catastrophe.
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‘Skyfaring,’ by Mark Vanhoenacker [01 Jul 2015|09:00am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/books/review/skyfaring-by-mark-vanhoenacker.html

An ode to the wonder of air travel, from the cockpit of a 747.
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ArtsBeat: ‘Absolute Transmetropolitan’ and ‘Melody': A Squalid City and a Stripper Memoir [01 Jul 2015|04:13pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/absolute-transmetropolitan-and-melody-a-squalid-city-and-a-stripper-memoir/

Two new reprint collections, “Absolute Transmetropolitan: Volume 1” and “Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer,” take on social injustice.
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Books of The Times: Review: Evan Thomas’s ‘Being Nixon: A Man Divided,’ a Glossy Biography [01 Jul 2015|10:16pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/books/review-evan-thomass-being-nixon-a-man-divided-a-glossy-biography.html

Mr. Thomas compresses a sprawling life that encompassed great triumphs, acute internal contradictions and public shaming on a grand scale.
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