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Letters: The Rediscovered Manuscript [07 Aug 2015|12:46am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/letters-the-rediscovered-manuscript.html

Readers respond to a recent review of Dr. Seuss’ “What Pet Should I Get?” and more.
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‘Kitchens of the Great Midwest,’ by J. Ryan Stradal [07 Aug 2015|12:57pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/kitchens-of-the-great-midwest-by-j-ryan-stradal.html

This debut novel centers on an outsize food prodigy.
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‘Folk City: New York and the American Folk Music Revival’ [07 Aug 2015|01:12pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/folk-city-new-york-and-the-american-folk-music-revival.html

New York City’s folk revival in pictures and interviews.
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Hugh Thomas’s ‘World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire’ [07 Aug 2015|01:14pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/hugh-thomass-world-without-end-spain-philip-ii-and-the-first-global-empire.html

King Philip II extends and consolidates his empire in the final volume of a trilogy that began with Columbus.
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Open Book: Since Katrina [07 Aug 2015|01:16pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/since-katrina.html

“The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City” collects photos by David G. Spielman.
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‘Sea Lovers: Selected Stories,’ by Valerie Martin [07 Aug 2015|01:45pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/sea-lovers-selected-stories-by-valerie-martin.html

Many of the stories in Valerie Martin’s collection — which looks at artists, nature and transition — are set in New Orleans.
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Inside the List [07 Aug 2015|01:45pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/books/review/inside-the-list.html

C.J. Box is known for his thrillers set in Wyoming, but in “Badlands,” No. 5 on the hardcover fiction list, he shifts his attention to North Dakota and the fracking boom.
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‘All That Followed,’ by Gabriel Urza [07 Aug 2015|01:46pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/all-that-followed-by-gabriel-urza.html

In Gabriel Urza’s debut novel, characters’ memories are prompted by the Madrid train bombing of 2004.
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‘Crooked Heart,’ by Lissa Evans [07 Aug 2015|01:53pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/crooked-heart-by-lissa-evans.html

A young orphan and a widow run a charity scam amid the corruption of World War II London.
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‘Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis’ [07 Aug 2015|01:54pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/joy-poet-seeker-and-the-woman-who-captivated-cs-lewis.html

A biography of the woman who married C.S. Lewis.
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Children’s Books: Don Brown’s ‘Drowned City,’ and More [07 Aug 2015|03:14pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/don-browns-drowned-city-and-more.html

Property is not all that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, as these three books for young readers demonstrate.
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‘The Little Brother,’ by Victoria Patterson [07 Aug 2015|03:15pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/the-little-brother-by-victoria-patterson.html

After their parents split, siblings pursue vastly different paths.
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Lauren Fox’s ‘Days of Awe’ [07 Aug 2015|03:16pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/lauren-foxs-days-of-awe.html

A woman faces sudden singlehood and the loss of a confidante.
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Paperback Row [07 Aug 2015|03:17pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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Editors’ Choice [07 Aug 2015|03:23pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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The Shortlist: After the Storm [07 Aug 2015|03:24pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/after-the-storm.html

Three new books about life in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’ [07 Aug 2015|04:28pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/book-review-podcast-katrina-after-the-flood/

Gary Rivlin discusses “Katrina: After the Flood,” and Joe Domanick talks about “Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing.”
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New York Review Books Fills a Niche by Reviving Forgotten Works [07 Aug 2015|09:14pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/books/new-york-review-books-fills-a-niche-by-reviving-forgotten-works.html

Founded in 1999, the publishing arm of the renowned book review journal has reissued everything from ancient Chinese poems to a never-released Chekhov story collection to the literary sleeper “Stoner.”
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New York Review Books Fills a Niche by Reviving Forgotten Works [07 Aug 2015|09:14pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/books/new-york-review-books-fills-a-niche-by-reviving-forgotten-works.html

Founded in 1999, the publishing arm of the renowned review journal has reissued everything from ancient Chinese poems to a never-released Chekhov story collection to the literary sleeper “Stoner.”
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Bookshelf: The Clash of New York’s Irish and Italians, and the City’s First Black Firefighter [07 Aug 2015|10:12pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/the-clash-of-new-yorks-irish-and-italians-and-the-citys-first-black-firefighter.html

A book explores how the Irish and Italians assimilated from separate tracks and on occasion inevitably collided. Another book profiles Wesley Williams, who enlisted with the Fire Department in 1919.
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Hugh Thomas’s ‘World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire’ [07 Aug 2015|11:49pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/books/review/hugh-thomass-world-without-end-spain-philip-ii-and-the-first-global-empire.html

King Philip II extends and consolidates his empire in the final volume of a trilogy that began with Columbus.
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