'Double
Down'
By MARK HALPERIN and
JOHN HEILEMANN
Reviewed by MICHAEL KINSLEY
In this
follow-up to "Game Change," the political reporters Mark Halperin and
John Heilemann offer a detailed account of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Sherman
Alexie: By the Book
The author of
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and "The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" would love to go on a date
with Dorothy Parker and "get verbally eviscerated."
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'The Valley of Amazement'
By AMY TAN
Reviewed by LESLEY DOWNER
Amy Tan's
novel follows mother and daughter courtesans over the course of four decades.
British Invasion
By JOHN WILLIAMS
When
Morrissey published his "Autobiography" in Britain last month,
reaction couldn't be contained to one side of the Atlantic.
Bookends
What
Would Aldous Huxley Make of the Way We Consume Media and Popular Culture?
By ADAM KIRSCH and
JENNIFER SZALAI
Adam Kirsch
and Jennifer Szalai on the prescience - or lack thereof - of the "Brave
New World" author, who died 50 years ago this month.
Slide Show: Best Illustrated Books
The New York
Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2013, with sample artwork from each.
'Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law'
By ALAN DERSHOWITZ
Reviewed by DAHLIA LITHWICK
Alan
Dershowitz has inserted himself into many famous cases and controversies.
'Reflections on Judging'
By RICHARD A. POSNER
Reviewed by KENJI YOSHINO
Richard A.
Posner distills his 31 years of experience as a federal judge.
'The Brothers'
By STEPHEN KINZER
Reviewed by ADAM LeBOR
Two brothers,
John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, directed a Manichaean foreign policy
during the height of the Cold War.
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