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Also of interest ... cultural heroes
feature The Beckham Experiment by Grant Wahl; How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll by Elijah Wald;
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Book of the week: The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
feature Richard Holmes upends current notions of the Romantic Era in his "hugely enjoyable” new book about the enthusiasm for scientific discovery during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
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My Father’s Tears and Other Stories by John Updike
feature My Father’s Tears and Other Stories completes the task John Updike set for himself, said Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times—mapping “a narrow but fertile slice of Ame
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Novel of the week: Trouble by Kate Christensen
feature In Trouble, Kate Christensen directs her wit and “subversive” edge at two 40-something women who indulge in flings with much-younger men.
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Also of interest ... in new short fiction
feature Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon; Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson; Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga; The Thing Around Your Neck
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Also of interest ... in war stories
feature The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans; Soldier From the War Returning by Thomas Childers; Gallipoli by Robin Prior; Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
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The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
feature "Would you please pass the fried beaver tail?" Mark Kurlansky's book on the eating habits of earlier Americans is based on a project commissioned by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression.
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Also of interest ... in new memoirs
feature Guts by Robert Nylen; I’m Down by Mishna Wolff; Home Game by Michael Lewis; Red and Me by Bill Russell
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Also of interest ... in American history reconsidered
feature The Ascent of George Washington by John Ferling; Rebirth of a Nation by Jackson Lears; American Passage by Vincent J. Cannato; The State of Jone
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Author of the week: Gloria Vanderbilt
feature The 85-year-old heiress and onetime jeans-hawker has just published Obsession, a 143-page erotic novel whose character, Bee, is a stand-in for Vanderbilt herself.
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Also of interest ... in outsize characters
feature Satchel by Larry Tye; The Bolter by Frances Osborne; Lowside of the Road
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Also of interest ... in new thrills from true pros
feature The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly; Dark Places by Gillian Flynn; Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child; The Way Home by George Pelecanos
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Author of the week: Claire Shipman
feature In Womenomics ABC News’ Claire Shipman and co-author Katty Kay argue that women are better served when they sometimes turn down promotions and the 60-hour workweeks that can go with them.
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