Books of the Times: Sin in the Second City
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Karen Abbott writes with frankness about the particulars of prostitution in Chicago back in 1900, in a book that is assiduously researched and well put together.
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John Ruskin, a British art critic and author, said this about books: "All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time."
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Opinion: Bruce A. Stewart espouses a second set of books for IT departments that want to see where the budget-changing opportunities lie.
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Arts & entertainment: Guardian foreign correspondents explore the hottest night scenes in their adopted home cities.
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At its heart, âLost in Beijingâ is a sturdy morality tale about innocence and corruption, wealth and want, sex and power.
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JERUSALEM -- Matt Beynon Rees despaired of finding a compelling way to write the true-life stories he covered during a decade as a news journalist in the Middle East, including six years as Time magazine's bureau chief in Jerusalem.
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&quot;Bridget Jones&#39;s Diary&quot; merited a sequel for two pretty solid reasons. The author of the source material, Helen Fielding, wrote one, and even if she hadn&#39;t, you could never be sure our sassy London lass would live happily ever after.
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Ed Levine writes a remembrance of the newest deli to open in NYC, with the same cast and food, at a new location, uptown (on 33rd St) and not on Second Ave.  New York sighs in relief. So does every deli fan in the rest of the U.S. and the world. That seals it. I'm headed back to NYC before the end of the year. PS: A funny thing happened when I entered Second Avenue Deli into Google Maps.
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The author of âFlower Confidential,â a book that is part confession, part exposÃ©, tours the cityâs flower district.
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1. "Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
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It is considered by some to be the world's most widely distributed book after the Bible.
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As the author of a series about a Baltimore-based private investigator, Laura Lippman gives the city a much-appreciated picture of itself.
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Arts & entertainment: US bookshops see salvoes exchanged between new versions of Tolstoy's epic.
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The Front Row column last Thursday, about John Bartlettâs new clothing store at 143 Seventh Avenue South, referred incorrectly to the siteâs previous occupant. O Mistress Mine, which has moved, sells vintage clothing and jewelry; it does not sell lingerie only.
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It's a hot tourist destination. But the trial of a man accused of murdering dozens of prostitutes is exposing the picturesque city's dark side
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The familiar story of the innocent soul who travels from the country to the big, bad city receives a thorough workout in this crude attempt at a cinematic bildungsroman.
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A bestselling novel offers surprising critiques of Egyptian society and government through the voices of taxi drivers.