Books
Street style from The Sartorialist
Photographs from the popular street fashion photography blog, The Sartorialist, now published in a new book.
'Foreign Babes in Beijing'
How a young American and a popular Beijing soap opera came to embody the sensibilities of a new China....
Author John Irving on fear and happiness
John Irving explains why he believes fear makes for better stories than happiness -- he is the author of several critically acclaimed books....
German author wins Nobel prize for literature
The Romanian born author Herta Müller is renowned for her books based on life under the harsh regime of the dictator Ceausescu....
'Joy of Cooking' comes to America
The French 'Joy of Cooking' gets an American version called 'I know How to Cook' -- an adaptation of the 1932 bible of French cooking....
Frida Kahlo mystery
The book, "Finding Frida Kahlo," documents a treasure trove of more than 1,000 previously unknown Kahlo items--but their authenticity is in question....
Asperger's syndrome and a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic
Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page's new memoir, "Parallel Play," looks at how Asperger's syndrome was an asset to his success....
New novel about surviving Africa's ethnic violence
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Tracy Kidder wrote "Strength in What Remains," the true story of a man who survived the ethnic violence between Burundi and Rwanda and managed to find his way to the United States....
The young-adult novel, "The Vast Fields of Ordinary"
The young-adult novel, "The Vast Fields of Ordinary" is the story of Dade, a young man growing up gay in Iowa and his eventful summer between high school and college....
Novelist Lionel Shriver on parenthood
Shriver's book, "We Need to Talk about Kevin" raises questions about the limits of maternal love and the nature of evil itself. ...
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