Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute
By DAVID STREITFELD
The accord allows the publisher to set prices on its e-books, a major issue in a battle that led Amazon to discourage sales of Hachette books.
“Preparation for the Next Life,” Atticus Lish’s first novel, is a slow-building, unsentimental love story depicting blinkered lives at the American margins.
The accord allows the publisher to set prices on its e-books, a major issue in a battle that led Amazon to discourage sales of Hachette books.
The author of “Hiding in Plain Sight” wasn’t much of a reader as a child: “Books were hard to come by . . . where I grew up, but also because there were no books for children in those days.”
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In “41,” former President George W. Bush draws an affectionate portrait of his father, George H. W. Bush.
Two new books show how photography can bring a picture book to life.
Mary Berg wrote a diary about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto that was published in English long before Anne Frank’s diary. Then she disappeared.
Liu Cixin’s “The Three-Body Problem,” a science-fiction trilogy whose first book comes out Tuesday in the United States, has attracted a diverse Chinese audience.
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Senator Marco Rubio is not sure if he will run for president, but he is planning a national book tour that just happens to coincide with the start of the presidential election cycle.
Four years later, Adam Mansbach is following up “Go the _ to Sleep” with “You Have to _ Eat.” In the interim, other writers have gotten in on on the act.
“A Voice Still Heard,” a collection of essays by Irving Howe, seems to make the case that he was an insightful literary critic, but its content suggests that he was more of a sociologist.
The public broadcaster plans to live-stream three days of events at the fair and make the video available later on demand.
Edward O. Wilson thinks we should set aside half the planet as wilderness, and he believes we can do it. In a new book, he tells the story of a nature preserve in Mozambique to make his case.
Lynn Barber recounts her life as an interviewer of celebrities in her memoir “A Curious Career.”
In ‘The Stranger,” Chuck Todd, moderator of “Meet the Press,” dissects President Obama’s record.
Amy Poehler’s new book, “Yes Please,” includes backstage “Saturday Night Live” stories, lists, old photos and guest essays from both her parents.
Twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall came down, a picture book finds hope in one family’s escape from the East.
“All the Truth Is Out,” by Matt Bai, makes the case that the Gary Hart scandal of 1987 left a lasting scar on America’s political life.
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The writer David Ritz reflects on his career of helping celebrities, often recording artists, put their lives on the page.
The latest Norton anthology takes on major world religions, in 4,000-plus pages.
Clive James, 75, who has leukemia, continues to publish poetry and work on other projects in a career that has defied definition.
Product placement in a novel might strike some as unseemly, but “Find Me I’m Yours” — an e-book that also makes room for sponsored content from companies — is not like most novels.
In Denis Johnson’s new novel, set in Africa, a spy and his ne’er-do-well friend plan to become rich by exploiting post-9/11 politics.
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Nicholas Carr argues that becoming dependent on our technologies turns us into their slaves.
The status quo is no longer an option, Naomi Klein warns in this analysis of the climate crisis.
Edward Hirsch’s book-length elegy on the death of his 22-year-old son.
Atul Gawande believes that the medical profession’s job is to “enable well-being,” not just strive for survival.
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Jane Smiley’s novel, the first in a planned trilogy, follows an Iowa family over three transformative decades in America.
Bob Herbert documents the struggles of ordinary Americans and issues a political call to action.
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The older generation guides the youngest and inspires creativity in these picture books.
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Latino characters take readers on a journey into the cosmos in these middle-grade books.
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A teenager joins an all-female online group and is given a troubling assignment with real-world repercussions.
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Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti reinvent “Hansel and Gretel.”
Children (and a cat) struggle for survival in the midst of conflict in Sudan, Kenya and the West Bank.
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For Eugene Yelchin’s young hero, athletic prowess becomes a means of surviving Stalinist oppression.
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These teenagers risk alienation, and worse, when they diverge from the religious beliefs of those around them.
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A girl develops special powers after she survives a plague in this young adult novel.
Two technology executives explain the business methods behind Google’s groundbreaking success.
Alan Wolfe explores the challenges facing secular American Jews, while Joseph Berger studies the Hasidim.
Horribly disfigured, Peter Stamm’s heroine reassesses her life.
A fantasy role-playing game ends in death.
The author’s mother remained in Germany through World War II.
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Robert Darnton probes the history of censorship and finds it isn’t always what we think it is.
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The author credits the official guide of the Boy Scouts of America for his secondary education.
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Daniel Mendelsohn and Mohsin Hamid debate whether the United States should follow the French government’s lead.
Ed Park, a novelist who shaped Amazon’s sole literary fiction imprint with his taste and connections, is leaving, raising questions about the program’s future.
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2014, with sample artwork from each.
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Thomas Mallon and James Parker discuss what influences their work — aside from other books.
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New picture books include Lisa Charrier’s “Oh My, Oh No!” and Steve Antony’s “Betty Goes Bananas.”
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Next month, Christie’s will auction off 75 first editions to benefit PEN American Center. Each has been annotated by its respective author or artist.
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