Displaying articles for: December 2011

The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food

Following "the simple path between eating well and feeling happy."

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Next Up: Coming in 2012

Twenty forthcoming works that augur happy reading in the new year.

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The Death of King Arthur and Seeing Stars

The poet's new translation of a medieval Arthurian epic -- and some new enchantments of his own.

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End Times

Cruelty and consolation in the last days of the Roman Empire.

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The Truth about Marie

Mysteries of identity and the shadow of madness haunt the new novel from the author of Running Away.

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Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports

The voice! The ego! The drama!

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Year's Best Reading 2011: Editors' Picks

Our favorite books of the year -- in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Beyond Category.

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The Art-Architecture Complex

Where image-making and space-shaping meet.

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Getting Real: Best Young Adult Fiction of 2011

Ten great books for younger readers.

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Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

A Hollywood star's inventive legacy.

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The Third Reich

A study in slow-burning suspense from the author of 2666.

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The Cult of LEGO

How the blocks and "minifigs" have leapt the gap from toy to obsession.

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Death Comes to Pemberley

A murder mystery set in the world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism

The author who believed that "the humanities and arts need repeated injections of amateurism" delivers another shot in the arm.

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War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team

How an NFL coach scouted a path to victory.

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May 24: Carson McCullers's The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Works was published on this day in 1951. Included in this omnibus edition were most of the pieces upon which her reputation now stands, putting her in a rank…

Do you recall the tagline from the very first Superman movie? "You'll believe a man can fly!" Well, I'm tempted to craft such a hyperbolic assertion for China Miéville's…

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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

When a job at a French ad agency landed in his lap, novelist Rosecrans Baldwin had the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream of living la vie Parisienne. And though cold réalité intruded -- in the form of financial struggles and the limits of his rudimentary Français -- the result was a more mature take on the city of his fantasies, flaws included.

Why Cats Land on Their Feet

The feline acrobatics and other mysteries of everyday physics that Mark Levi explores in this charming book are just the beginning. A fun and enlightening workout for your gray matter.

Dead Men

Scott's doomed Antartic expedition and the haunting mysteries surrounding its failure lead to obsession in Richard Pierce's debut novel. As painter Birdie Bowers pursues her fascination with the explorer and his death, she risks both her body and her heart for answers.