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Books of The Times: ‘Bringing Up Bébé,’ a French-Influenced Guide by Pamela Druckerman

a shared story    19 hours 30 minutes ago
In “Bringing Up Bébé,” Pamela Druckerman shares the wisdom of French child rearing that she gleaned from her own experiences as an American mother in Paris.  



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Adam Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job of the Year award

a shared story    1 day 30 minutes ago
LONDON (AP) -- A critic who accused a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of scattering literary allusions like "tin cans tied to a tricycle" has won a prize for the year's most lacerating book review.... 



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Books of The Times: ‘Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom’ by Stephen R. Platt

a shared story    1 day 18 hours 30 minutes ago
In his new book, Stephen R. Platt recounts the 19th-century Taiping conflict in China, perhaps the bloodiest civil war of all time.  



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John H. Davis, Chronicler of Kennedys and Others, Dies at 82

a shared story    2 days 15 hours 30 minutes ago
Mr. Davis’s eight books included tomes on the Kennedys, the Guggenheims, the Gambinos and the Bouviers, to whom he was related.  




Worried publishers put hopes on Barnes & Noble

a shared story    3 days 16 hours 30 minutes ago
In March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones...  



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ArtsBeat: Notable Authors Give Snail Mail a Boost

a shared story    5 days 3 hours 30 minutes ago
Stephen Elliott, Dave Eggers and Mary Robinette Kowal are among the authors looking to revive the art of writing letters.  



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Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens

a shared story    5 days 6 hours 30 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth is throwing a star-studded party for him at Buckingham Palace and in Buenos Aires, leading cultural figures will gather in an old orphanage to read from his works.  



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Books of The Times: Christopher Bram’s ‘Eminent Outlaws,’ on American Gay Writers

a shared story    5 days 17 hours 30 minutes ago
Christopher Bram’s book is a critical and biographical survey of America’s gay writers in the second half of the 20th century.  




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