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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Niall Ferguson’s ‘Kissinger’ [05 Oct 2015|12:44am]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/book-review-podcast-niall-fergusons-kissinger/

Mr. Ferguson discusses his new biography of Henry Kissinger, and Sloane Crosley talks about her first novel, “The Clasp.”
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‘The Conquering Tide,’ by Ian W. Toll [05 Oct 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/books/review/the-conquering-tide-by-ian-w-toll.html

The second volume of a trilogy on America’s naval war highlights the development of strategy in the central Pacific.
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‘Strangers Drowning,’ by Larissa MacFarquhar [05 Oct 2015|09:30am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/books/review/strangers-drowning-by-larissa-macfarquhar.html

MacFarquhar looks at the lives and psychology of extreme altruists.
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Henning Mankell, Dean of Scandinavian Noir Writers, Dies at 67 [05 Oct 2015|10:53am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/world/europe/henning-mankell-swedish-novelist-playwright-dies.html

The Swedish novelist and playwright gained global prominence with 10 mystery novels featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander, a gruff but humane detective.
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Henning Mankell, Writer Whose Wallander Patrolled a Gritty Sweden, Dies at 67 [05 Oct 2015|10:53am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/world/europe/henning-mankell-swedish-novelist-playwright-dies.html

Mr. Mankell was considered the dean of the so-called Scandinavian noir writers who gained fame for novels that mixed suspense with flawed, compelling protagonists and strong social themes.
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A Literary Agency’s Future Is Uncertain After Its Founder’s Death [05 Oct 2015|05:01pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/books/a-literary-agencys-future-is-uncertain-after-its-founders-death.html

Carmen Balcells, whose agency represents, among others, the estate of Gabriel García Márquez, died while negotiating with potential buyers.
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A Literary Agency’s Future Is Uncertain After Its Founder’s Death [05 Oct 2015|05:01pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/books/a-literary-agencys-future-is-uncertain-after-its-founders-death.html

Carmen Balcells, whose agency represents, among others, the estate of Gabriel García Márquez, died while negotiating with potential buyers of her company.
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One-Thing Shops: One-Thing Shops: Food Books, Brooklyn [05 Oct 2015|07:29pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/05/t-magazine/food-bookstore-brooklyn.html

Archestratus, a new cafe and bookstore in Greenpoint, features a Mediterranean-inflected menu and more than 4,000 new and used food-focused titles.
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Review: ‘City on Fire,’ Garth Risk Hallberg’s Novel of New York in the Bad Old Days [05 Oct 2015|09:21pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/books/review-city-on-fire-garth-risk-hallbergs-novel-of-new-york-in-the-bad-old-days.html

This stunning first novel captures 1970s New York and its magnetic, dangerous allure with swagger and style.
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Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare’s Plays [05 Oct 2015|09:50pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/books/novelists-reimagine-and-update-shakespeares-plays.html

The project’s roster of stylistically diverse writers includes Jeanette Winterson, Gillian Flynn, Jo Nesbo, Edward St. Aubyn and Tracy Chevalier.
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