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'The Only Plane In The Sky' Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of 9/11

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 09/11/2019 - 9:48am

When today's children someday ask "What was 9/11 really like?," Garrett Graff's book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others.

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When an Ancient Slander Against Jews Came to America

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:26pm

Edward Berenson’s “The Accusation” recounts how rumors that Jews were killing children for their blood spread in a small New York town.

The Forces That Are Killing the American Dream

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 1:36pm

Nicholas Lemann’s “Transaction Man” traces the national deterioration from a more equitable country to a more unjust one.

The Secret to Success Academy’s Top-Notch Test Scores

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Robert Pondiscio spent a year embedded in one of the charter network’s controversial, high-performing schools. “How the Other Half Learns” is his account of what he learned.

What Samantha Power Learned on the Job

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

“The Education of an Idealist,” by Samantha Power, describes how her years with the Obama administration forced her to alter her thinking on foreign policy.

Dr. Livingstone, We Presume?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Petina Gappah’s novel “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is narrated by the Africans who carried the explorer’s corpse to the coast, a journey of 1,500 miles.

Is Meritocracy to Blame for Our Yawning Class Divide?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

“The Meritocracy Trap,” by the Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits, argues that far from being fair or merit-based, our social system perpetuates inequality.

Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice When ‘Talking to Strangers’: Be Careful

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

His latest book looks at society’s long history of getting it wrong when it comes to judging people.

Is Global Warming the 21st Century’s Black Death?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

In his novel “Gun Island,” Amitav Ghosh challenges readers to deploy all their powers, rational and magical, to confront the demons of climate change.

Contemporary American Angst, in a Single, Thousand-Word Sentence

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Lucy Ellmann’s “Ducks, Newburyport” is the only American novel longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

The Great Art Stolen by Hitler

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Mary M. Lane’s “Hitler’s Last Hostages” reports on an art collection, including work by Picasso, Matisse and Degas, that the Nazis had seized from their victims.

Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Azadeh Moaveni’s “Guest House for Young Widows” tries to understand why middle-class girls and women would join a jihadist movement.

‘The Institute’ Might Be Stephen King’s Scariest Novel Yet

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

The terror doesn’t come from ghosts or fiends or clowns — it’s ordinary people, folks just like you and me, who are the evil ones.

From the Author of ‘Room,’ Another Bittersweet Family Novel

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

In Emma Donoghue’s “Akin,” a cranky retired professor unexpectedly becomes the guardian of an 11-year-old great-nephew he’s never met.

Was Michael Bloomberg New York City’s Greatest Mayor?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Eleanor Randolph’s “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg” offers a careful assessment of Bloomberg’s life and times.

The Persistence of the Oldest Hatred

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

In “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” Bari Weiss examines the various abuses Jews have suffered simply for being Jews, including a recent flaring on the left.

While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Miller’s latest historical novel, “Now We Shall Be Entirely Free,” plunges readers deep into the 18th-century England of the Peninsular War.

The Obsession That Inspired Great Poetry, if Not Great Romance

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

Martin Walser’s novel “A Man in Love” depicts the elderly Goethe’s infatuation with a young woman, which led him to compose the “Marienbad Elegy.”

New & Noteworthy, From Immigrant Writing to a New ‘Darkness at Noon’

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:00am

A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

When the C.I.A. Was Into Mind Control

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:00am

Stephen Kinzer’s “Poisoner in Chief” describes the C.I.A. in the Cold War years, when it was testing LSD and other drugs on citizens, often without their knowledge.

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