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Abuse of Power (06 January 07:48) |
| The dangers of a demogogue who is too often depicted as a savior of the poor. |
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Diet Books for the New Year (06 January 05:44) |
| The latest crop of diet books now hitting stores has a few twists on the typical weight-loss formula. The skinny on some of the top new diet books for 2009. |
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Blockbuster or Bust (03 January 06:07) |
| Why struggling publishers will keep placing outrageous bids on new books. |
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Collaborative Artists (03 January 06:07) |
| With "The Shameful Peace," author Frederic Spotts lifts the lid on the role of artists and intellectuals in occupied France. |
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Mao and Me (03 January 06:07) |
| With "Mao and Me," young readers get a child's-eye view of the Cultural Revolution that raged in China from 1966 until Mao's death a decade later. |
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Will Big Names Lure Readers? (02 January 07:25) |
| Publishers hope John Grisham and other bestselling authors will pump up sales. |
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Mapping Out a Novel (02 January 07:25) |
| Author Colson Whitehead offers a visual tour of his new book, "Sag Harbor." |
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Asia's Best Books of 2008 (02 January 07:17) |
| Like the stock market, English-language books about Asia had a down year. Nevertheless, here are our top picks. |
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Playing the Fool (31 December 10:24) |
| How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost position in the videogame market. |
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Books: Shelf of Standouts (30 December 08:32) |
| The dozen books that Journal reviewers found most memorable this year, including Richard Price's "Lush Life," a history of Pixar and Jackie Wullschlager's biography of Marc Chagall. |
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From Combat to Captivity (30 December 09:29) |
| A strong religious faith and a love of country and family helped him survive six years of torture, isolation and neglect. |
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The Ingredients of His Success (29 December 08:41) |
| A memoir from the man behind Sterling Software, Bonanza Steakhouse and a host of other businesses. |
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Another Exceptional Year of Reading (29 December 03:46) |
| From short stories to a murder mystery, Cynthia Crossen runs down the best books she read in 2008. |
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Gastropolis: Food and New York City (27 December 09:09) |
| In "Gastropolis," what should be a book about the food melting pot in New York City sometimes morphs into an academic pot luck. |
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The Making of a Mogul (27 December 08:10) |
| "The Uncrowned King" offers a sympathetic account of William Randolph Hearst as someone far different from the megalomaniacal Citizen Kane-esque brute of legend. |
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Secret Agents Featured in Series (27 December 07:09) |
| Indelible portraits of secret agents are found in these titles from memorable fiction series, says Jeffrey T. Richelson |
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Chronicle of a Council (26 December 08:07) |
| The debates, controversies and effects of one of the 20th century's most significant religious events. |
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Dear Book Lover: Book Club Questions (26 December 05:36) |
| Cynthia Crossen answers two questions on picking out good book club reads. |
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The Year's Books: Shelf of Standouts (26 December 05:29) |
| The dozen books that Journal reviewers found most memorable this year, including Richard Price's "Lush Life," a history of animation studio Pixar and Jackie Wullschlager's biography of Marc ... |
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On Misdirected Workplace Worry (24 December 08:22) |
| What's a bigger employment threat, outsourcing or improved technology? |
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Health Books You'll Want to Read (24 December 07:57) |
| The best books that came across Laura Landro's desk in 2008 were those that illuminated the experience of being ill in America today. |
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God Is a Problem, Sources Say (23 December 08:51) |
| How secular newsrooms handle stories with a religious component. |
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The Good Book Is the Best Seller (23 December 07:09) |
| Year after year, the Bible is the best-selling book in America. The tremendous sales volume is largely driven by the ultimate niche marketing. |
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A Sarajevo Exile Finds a Home and Voice (23 December 05:04) |
| Writer Aleksandar Hemon talks about his craft and his cities by birth and adoption. |
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A New Land of Opportunity (22 December 07:39) |
| One way to recapture the frontier spirit and relearn the value of hard work, self-reliance and risk-taking. |
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The Poetry of Politics (20 December 08:44) |
| Elizabeth Alexander is writing the most important poem of her life, a work she'll read Jan. 20 at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. |
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The Life of a Mind (20 December 08:13) |
| In his last years, philosopher George Santayana continued studying, thinking -- and mailing. |
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The Lump of Coal (20 December 08:13) |
| There is no reason that a sweet holiday story can't also have a bit of citrusy zing. This year, in his droll fashion, Lemony Snicket shows how it's done in "The Lump of Coal." |
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Books on Christmas Traditions (20 December 08:13) |
| These books display a gift for exploring Christmas traditions, says Penne Restad. |
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Literary Noisemakers (20 December 05:12) |
| Self-help books tend to be released in January for the New Year's-resolution crowd. But this season, high-profile books will hit stores on Dec. 30 and Jan 6. to capitalize on gift-card purch... |
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The Long Road to Infinity (19 December 07:25) |
| A poet, theologian, proto-scientist and speculative thinker who defied the church's authority and paid the price. |
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Dear Book Lover: Precocious Readers (19 December 05:57) |
| If you're looking to keep up with hungry young readers, consider the books you once loved, and the stories you remember for decades. |
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A Wedding of Skill and Style (19 December 05:14) |
| Several books out this season display the alchemy of style, skill and inspiration found in buildings, interiors, embroidery and even cars. |
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How Charles Dickens Rescued His Career and Remade Christmas (18 December 01:02) |
| This holiday season, Charles Dickens is more relevant than ever, says Les Standiford, author of "The Man Who Invented Christmas." |
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Atoms to the Rescue (16 December 07:44) |
| The environmental case for nuclear power is strong; its political support still weak. |
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You Have Too Much Mail (15 December 06:54) |
| Our brains, overloaded and distracted now, evolved in a simpler environment. |
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Rereading an Old Favorite (15 December 04:24) |
| Books can seem less powerful on a second read, but John le Carré's "A Perfect Spy" holds up to Cynthia Crossen's fond memories. |
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Windows on a Wide World (13 December 07:48) |
| Books of photographs can help to soothe or instruct, a process that begins every time you pull one down from the shelf and hold it in your hands. |
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Journeys for Every Wallet (13 December 07:41) |
| There's a special appeal right now for books that offer travel advice, or just inspiring images of faraway places. |
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Rare Reads of the Green (13 December 04:28) |
| The next best thing to playing golf is reading about it. A look at some of the most rare golf books published in the U.S. over the last century. |
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Pictures at a Private Exhibition (12 December 07:55) |
| Between covers of a book, great art comes close -- and commentary can bring it even closer. |
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Travel Photo Books for Holiday Giving (11 December 10:33) |
| Stuck at home for the holidays? A bookstore buyer picks travel photo books that bring the world home. |
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Selling Products of Churchill's Toil and Sweat (11 December 11:08) |
| The largest dealer in Winston Churchill materials is not in London. Manhattan's Chartwell Booksellers, a store that caters to Winnie's most loyal -- and ravenous -- fans, is celebrating its ... |
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A Film Career Pulled Into Focus (11 December 07:19) |
| A director for 'Gone With the Wind' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' but 'Captains Courageous' was truly his own. |
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Their Way With Words (09 December 06:36) |
| Gossip, personal reflection and writerly advice, 'You know, you have a beautiful sentence -- cut it,' Georges Simenon said. |
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Arianna Huffington: Battle of the Blogs (09 December 02:52) |
| The Huffington Post founder talks about the nature of blogging and competition on the Web. |
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Decline Without a Fall (08 December 07:48) |
| Yorktown meant American victory, of course, but also a crisis for the British Empire. |
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Boston When It Was British and Bawdy (06 December 09:21) |
| In "Blindspot," two academic historians and long-time friends paint a portrait of pre-Revolutionary Boston that is true to the spirit of the time while inventing some witty, larger-than-life... |
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The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009 (06 December 08:13) |
| "The Best of America's Test Kitchen" is a lucidly written and beautifully illustrated volume with 200 of the editors' top annual recipe picks. |
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Books That Emphatically Debunk Pseudohistory (06 December 08:07) |
| These books emphatically debunk pseudohistory and spurious 'knowledge,' says Damian Thompson |
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