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A Reading Life

Graven with Diamonds

Henry VIII's diplomat (and Anne Boleyn's lover) as seen through his vivid poetry. 

 

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Crime and Punishment

Revenge

Pungent new stories of reprisal form a labyrinth of gruesome delights.

 

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A Reading Life

P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters

The blithe soul of Bertie Wooster can be spotted in his creator's correspondence.

 

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Reading Romance

The Rules of the Road

New historical love affairs built on classic Romance commandments.

 

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Crime and Punishment

The Uninvited

A detective with Asperger's syndrome grapples with a wave of uncanny violence.

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Library Without Walls

The Purple Cloud

A chilling Arctic expedition, fueled by horrific magic.

 

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The Speculator

The Fractal Prince

A postmodern SF adventure melds twelfth-century folktales with twenty-first-century science.

 

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A Reading Life

The Best of Youth

A star actor and his harried ghostwriter wage a war of words.

 

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Crime and Punishment

Standing in Another Man's Grave

A beloved Scottish sleuth steps out of retirement.

 

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University Presses

Declaring His Genius

One of literature’s greatest wits crosses the pond, in search of exceptionalism abroad and within.

 

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Reading in Common

The Inventor and the Tycoon

Two unlikely collaborators project the dawn of film technology.

 

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Rock & Roll &

May the Consensus Have Consequences

From Channel Orange to a Syrian wedding party.

 

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Rock & Roll &

The Dean's List 2012

A year's worth of essential listening.

 

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Reader's Diary

Thornton Wilder: A Life

The intensely private life of an artist who married the quotidian and the revolutionary.

 

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A Reading Life

Ashenden

A tale of an English estate -- and those who cherish, neglect, and covet it.

 

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