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"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings."

—Helen Hayes (b. 1900) American actress, Academy Award winner

 

New York Times Book News



Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 00:24:28 GMT 
    Visitors from mainland China turn to Hong Kong bookstores for forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposés about their Communist Party masters.
        




Bookshelf: Books on New York History and Sweet-Tooth Outlets 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 06:50:10 GMT 
    In “City of Ambition,” Mason B. Williams explores what drove a patrician Democrat and a street-smart Republican to revive New York City from the Great Depression.
        




Noted: Making a Word Meme 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:38 GMT 
    The title of Sheryl Sandberg’s manifesto, “Lean In,” quickly became ubiquitous.
        




ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Unusual Immigrants in New York 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:03 GMT 
    Helene Wecker discusses her debut novel, “The Golem and the Jinni.”
        




ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Humans and Mutants Working Together 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:29 GMT 
    “Uncanny Avengers” is No. 2 on the hardcover list.
        




ArtsBeat: Anthologies That (Mostly) Stand the Test of Time 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 16:55:53 GMT 
    Reading collections of fiction from the 1940s and 1990s for classics and rediscovered gems.
        




Essay: Beautiful Creatures 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:35:08 GMT 
    Charles Kingsley’s 150-year-old morality fable reflects the contradictory impulses of the Victorian era.
        


‘The Humanity Project,’ by Jean Thompson 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:03 GMT 
    At the center of the plot lines in Jean Thompson’s novel is a philanthropist who wants to bribe people into virtue.
        


Inside the List 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:24 GMT 
    “Happy, Happy, Happy” by Phil Robertson is No. 1 on the hardcover nonfiction list — the second best seller spawned by the reality show “Duck Dynasty.”
        


Paperback Row 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:10 GMT 
    Paperback books of particular interest.
        
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