"The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them."
—Jackie Collins best selling author
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Luke Janklow: Not Exactly Bookish
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:57:36 GMT
The agent Luke Janklow may be the last man having fun in the industry. You may have read about some of it in the tabloids.
 
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ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: A New Spin on the Hulk
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:40:51 GMT
“Indestructible Hulk,” written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu, is at No. 9 on the hardcover list.
 
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The Science of Female Desire
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:25:46 GMT
Daniel Bergner talks about his new book, “What Do Women Want?”
 
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ArtsBeat: The Sweet Spot Video: The Books of Summer
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:47:12 GMT
In this week’s video, A. O. Scott, David Carr and others discuss what they will be reading this summer.
 
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Children’s Books: ‘Octopus Alone,’ by Divya Srinivasan, and More
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:46:36 GMT
New picture books about a fish and a snail that live in a book, the creator of a submarine, and more.
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Children’s Books: ‘Giant Dance Party,’ by Betsy Bird, and More
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:53:36 GMT
New picture books about parties include pirates, blue furry giants and a birthday feast.
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Crime: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey,’ and More
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:29:57 GMT
Carl Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey” is another misadventure in the annals of greed and corruption in South Florida, “the Medicare-fraud capital of America.”
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Benjamin Percy’s ‘Red Moon’
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:29:45 GMT
In Benjamin Percy’s novel, the misunderstood lycanthrope population is being persecuted. And they’re not going to take it anymore.
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‘The Dispensable Nation’ and ‘Foreign Policy Begins at Home’
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:26:04 GMT
Two foreign policy figures criticize, from differing directions, President Obama’s program.
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Children’s Books: ‘The Servant’ and ‘The Wall’
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:39 GMT
Two teenage protagonists strain against expectations in the Middle East.
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Children’s Books: ‘The Favorite Daughter’ and ‘The Thing About Luck’
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:28 GMT
First- and second-generation American girls make their own way in these tales.
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Inside the List
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:31 GMT
Colum McCann says that in writing about Frederick Douglass for his novel “TransAtlantic” (at No. 13 on the hardcover fiction list), he saw surprising parallels to President Obama.
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Paperback Row
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:13 GMT
Paperback books of particular interest.
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Editors’ Choice
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:07 GMT
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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‘In the Body of the World,’ by Eve Ensler
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:23:15 GMT
Eve Ensler describes her personal and political struggles.
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‘The Why of Things,’ by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:23:01 GMT
Two inexplicable tragedies leave a tight-knit family reeling in Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop’s third novel.
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