National Book News
Books of The Times: In ‘Still Life,’ Melissa Milgrom Dissects Taxidermy
Melissa Milgrom’s oddball first book is a pinballing tour through the poorly understood world of taxidermy. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:16 am
Food Stuff: A New Anthology of Gastronomica Magazine
“The Gastronomica Reader” is an anthology of more than 40 essays from the thought-provoking food magazine. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:12 am
Pellegrino Book Is Pulled and Publishers Ponder Procedures
Digital media raises the question of what part the traditional book publisher will play in the future. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:34 pm
The Medium: Shelf Life
Libraries and book collecting in the age of electronic reproduction. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:37 am
Letters Capture American Grief After the Kennedy Assassination
A new book has collected some of the thousands of surviving letters to Jacqueline Kennedy after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 9 Mar 2010 | 9:48 am
Books of The Times: Lives Scarred by War in ‘The Surrendered,’ by Chang-rae Lee
With “The Surrendered,” Chang-rae Lee has written the most ambitious and compelling novel of his already impressive career. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:54 am
Book Review | 'Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town,' by Christopher de Bellaigue
Christopher de Bellaigue investigates the bewildering historical entanglements in which Turkey is ensnared. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 8 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm
Visuals: Histories of Maps and Other Visual Books
Visual books about maps, the design firm Unimark International and African and Central Asian “war rugs.” ...
Source: NYT > Books | 8 Mar 2010 | 1:42 pm
Book Review | 'The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers,' by Nancy Sherman
A philosopher and psychoanalyst documents the stories of veterans and brings a dual perspective to the experience of war. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 8 Mar 2010 | 1:29 pm
SABR Ends Controversy, Gives Credit to Historian’s Wife
The Society for American Baseball Research changed course and recognized Dorothy Jane Mills as a co-author with Dr. Harold Seymour of a trilogy of the game’s history. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 8 Mar 2010 | 12:23 pm
Books of The Times: ‘Burning Bright’ by Ron Rash: Shadowy Stories of Appalachia
The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in this new book of stories. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 8 Mar 2010 | 3:48 am
‘Mad as a Hatter’: The History of a Simile
Pity Lewis Carroll’s poor Hatter. Why not “mad as a shoemaker”? ...
Source: NYT > Books | 7 Mar 2010 | 6:34 pm
Off the Shelf: In Eamon Javers’s New Book, the Corporate Side of Spying
In a new book, Eamon Javers tries to get private-sector rent-a-spies to divulge their mysteries. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 7 Mar 2010 | 4:20 am
Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli’s Work
In memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, a Palestinian lawyer paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel’s most prominent author and dove, Amos Oz. ...
Source: NYT > Books | 6 Mar 2010 | 10:30 pm