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Reviews: 'Emil & the Detectives,' 'So Much Nonsense'
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES, by Erich Kästner, translatedfrom the German by W. Martin with illustrations by Walter Trier. Overlook, 160 pp., $17.95.Read more : 20.01.2008 05:00:00
Tamyra Gray plugs 'American Idol' book at Borders
Not every contestant on "American Idol" becomes asuperstar, but this week, two past finalists will get to be "Soup"-er stars.Read more : 21.01.2008 05:00:00
Read Worthy: Review of 'Better Breastfeeding'
TITLE: "Better Breastfeeding: A Mother's Guide to Feedingand Nutrition"Read more : 21.01.2008 05:00:00
Poetry sparked the marathon passion
Feats of sport and physical activity have inspired poetsand writers from Walt Whitman to Norman Mailer. But rarely has a work of literature ignited or inspired a new sporting event.Read more : 22.01.2008 05:00:00
'Things Fall Apart' turns 50
The odds are that this title appeared on the "required texts" list of at least one of your college-course syllabi and likely appeared on several in a variety of disciplines.Read more : 22.01.2008 21:06:00
Judith Regan Lawsuit Settled Is Settled
The war is over: Judith Regan, the publisher fired in the wake of her efforts to release O.J. Simpson's hypothetical "confession," has settled her $100 million lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.Read more : 25.01.2008 19:53:00
Review: 'Fidel Castro: My Life'
FIDEL CASTRO: MY LIFE - A Spoken Autobiography, by FidelCastro and Ignacio Ramonet. Scribner, 724 pp., $40.Read more : 27.01.2008 05:00:00
Talking with: Michael Pollan
Until a few years ago, Michael Pollan was known as agifted writer who had carved out a somewhat improbable career producing lyrical books and essays on botany and agriculture. In 2002, the Berkeley, Calif.-based author-journalism professor veered off into food.Read more : 27.01.2008 05:00:00
This manuscript should be history
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, by Geraldine Brooks. Viking, 372 pp.,$25.95.Read more : 27.01.2008 05:00:00
Review: 'The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps'
THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF PULPS, edited by Otto Penzler. Vintage, 1,150 pp., $25 paper.Read more : 27.01.2008 05:00:00
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