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Books of The Times: ‘Lonelyhearts’ by Marion Meade: Lives of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 13:40
A grating dual biography of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney, a defiantly odd couple with literary, Hollywood and Broadway connections, who died young in a car crash in 1940.

TBR: Inside the List

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 04:13
Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 4.

Jeff Sheng’s Photos of Gay Military Personnel

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:57
A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.

Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 06:41
How the Internet and mash-up culture change everything we know about reading.

Miguel Delibes, Prolific Spanish Writer, Dies at 89

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 05:38
Mr. Delibes was a prolific and much-honored Spanish novelist who explored human nature through the lives of common folk living in the rich Castilian countryside.

New Books by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jo Nesbo and Chloë Schama

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 04:12
Books by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jo Nesbo, Carol Goodman, Simon Lelic, Marina Endicott and Chloë Schama.

Books of The Times: ‘Backing Into Forward’: Jules Feiffer’s Ink-Stained Memoir

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 04:11
The cartoonist Jules Feiffer traces the roots of his subversive stance in this funny, revealing and often biting memoir.

Book Review | 'Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent Into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death,' by Jim Frederick

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 03:41
A riveting account of the flawed leadership, bad luck and virulent personalities that led to the 2006 murder of an entire Iraqi family by American soldiers.

Books of The Times: A Call for the Commonweal: Tony Judt’s ‘Ill Fares the Land’

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 02:34
Tony Judt’s new book is a dying man’s sense of a dying idea: the notion that the state can play a significant role in its citizens’ lives without imperiling their liberties.

Emory University Saves Rushdie’s Digital Data

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 23:11
As research libraries and archives are discovering, “born-digital” materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated.

Books of The Times: Michael Lewis’s ‘Big Short’: Investors Foresaw Meltdown

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 21:35
Michael Lewis’s book does not attempt a macro view of the financial crisis, but instead proposes to open a small window on the calamities.

Books of The Times: Lisa Grunwald’s ‘Irresistible Henry House’: A Charmer’s Tale

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 06:26
Ms. Grunwald’s book is pragmatic and plain-spoken, yet it manages to be steadily baffling about its overall intent.

Books on Science: “Insectopedia,” by Hugh Raffles

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 04:39
A new book is as inventive, wide ranging and full of astonishing surprises as the insect world itself.

Sales of ‘The Coming Insurrection’ Helped by Glenn Beck

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 16:39
Sales of “The Coming Insurrection,” which first appeared in France in 2005, surged after Glenn Beck talked about it on his Fox TV show.

Comics: The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek - Complete Peanuts - Bloom County Library - Popeye - Plunder Island

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 16:10
New collections of classic comics, including “Peanuts,” “Bloom County” and “Popeye.”

Fiction Chronicle - Novels by Dominick Dunne, Sadie Jones, Melanie Benjamin, Brian Hart and Elizabeth Kostova

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 15:11
Novels by Dominick Dunne, Sadie Jones, Melanie Benjamin, Brian Hart and Elizabeth Kostova.

Arts, Briefly: Judi Dench Memoir Is Set for October

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:43
St. Martin’s Press said it had acquired a memoir from Ms. Dench, called “And Furthermore,” that described her professional and private lives.

Book Review | 'Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience,' by Stephen S. Hall

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 03:21
A science writer addresses the question: What makes a sage?

Book Review | 'Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy,' by Melissa Milgrom

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 03:21
A journalist’s adventures in the world of taxidermy, where she observes the art of incising, skinning, sculpturing and reassembling.

Kenneth Dover, a Scholar of Ancient Greek Literature, Dies at 89

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 03:19
Mr. Dover became known for his willingness to break taboos, from his frank descriptions of sexual behavior to his baldly stated desire to bring about the death of a vexing Oxford colleague.