Revisiting the Past in Vincentâs Book
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âWe Would Have Played for Nothing,â volume 2 of Fay Vincentâs oral-history project, has 11 stars from the 1950s and â60s talking about their careers and their competitors.
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Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine.
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Let the past put current conditions in perspective.
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And recent history repeats itself.
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NEWRY, Northern Ireland -- From the windows of a 19th-century textile mill that long lay derelict, Feargal McCormack looked past the Catholic row houses that once seethed with poverty and anger to the road along the Newry canal, where car bombs went off and snipers lurked for 30 years of sectarian violence.
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More than just a repository of dying trades, the museum of tools and its associated library in the French town of Troyes are home to a vast collection of books about the craftsmanship of the past.
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Grand lessons from grand larceny: An inspiring tale for today's youth.
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Jeffrey Toobinâs new book âThe Nineâ not only provides a vivid narrative history of the Supreme courtâs recent history but also gives the reader an intimate look at individual court justices.
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Whether they are old-fashioned narratives, playful improvisations or comic-strip-like tales told in pictures, the stories in this collection, edited by Zadie Smith, force us to re-evaluate that old chestnut âCharacter is destiny.â
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Kitty Kelley&#39;s catty new book about the Bush family is a perfect artifact of our current political culture in which unsubstantiated attacks on Sen. John Kerry&#39;s Vietnam War record and old
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Was it the fog of a late-40's brain or something more serious? The author's scientific journey in pursuit of her memory.
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New this week is the Ukranian romance âShadows of Forgotten Ancestorsâ and a revised version of Douglas Sirkâs 1959 âImitation of Life.â
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1. "Dark Celebration: A Carpathian Reunion" by Christine Feehan
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A taste of the latest in food memoirs, a thriving literary genre
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The author of a new book talks about recent battles in court over church and state
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Reader Suchet Bal sends us his experiences.
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William KeeganÂs new novel, ÂClosure,Â is a reminder of every individualÂs need to re-establish some kind of internal peace, or wholeness, after something or someone has ripped it apart.