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Books of The Times: ‘The Real Romney,’ by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman - Review
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 6:47pm EST by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Two reporters for The Boston Globe try to explain Mitt Romney by pulling together lots of details into a narrative that is absorbing and fair-minded.
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ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 12:06pm EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Since 9/11, there's been an outpouring of books about Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, the September 11th attacks and the war in Afghanistan. Here is an annotated list of some of the more useful books on those subjects.
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Books of The Times: ‘Friends’ Without a Personal Touch
Posted: February 23rd, 2011, 10:18am EST by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Sherry Turkle waves a caution flag at the technological devices, from social media to robotics, we use to build our emotional lives.
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Critic’s Notebook: Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 8:20pm EST by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that replaces the word “nigger” with “slave” does the original Twain novel a disservice.
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Books of The Times: Jay-Z Deconstructs Himself
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 3:53pm EST by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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“Decoded” is less a conventional memoir than an elliptical collage.
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Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground
Posted: October 4th, 2010, 1:16pm EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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In Philip Roth’s new novel, an epidemic sweeps through 1944 Newark, and the protagonist wonders if he is the cause.
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Books of The Times: Stefanie Syman’s Yoga History, ‘The Subtle Body’
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:50am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Stefanie Syman’s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.’s, movie stars and soccer moms.
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Books of The Times: Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Super Sad True Love Story’
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 3:00pm EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Gary Shteyngart’s new novel, “Super Sad True Love Story,” is a supersad, superfunny, superaffecting satirical romance set in the near future, as the United States crumbles.
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Books of The Times: Michael Lewis’s ‘Big Short’: Investors Foresaw Meltdown
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 12:13am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Michael Lewis’s book does not attempt a macro view of the financial crisis, but instead proposes to open a small window on the calamities.
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Books of The Times: Memoir Is Palin’s Payback to McCain Campaign
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 6:15pm EST by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Sarah Palin’s new book is part cagey spin job and part earnest autobiography. Its most compelling sections deal not with politics, but with her life in Alaska.
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Books of The Times: Kennedy’s Rough Waters and Still Harbors
Posted: September 3rd, 2009, 9:34pm EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Mr. Kennedy writes in these pages with searching candor about the losses, joys and lapses of his life.
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Books of The Times: Inside the Meltdown: Financial Ruin and the Race to Contain It
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 3:49am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Understanding what happened has become vitally important not just for bankers and economists, but for everyone affected by the financial fallout.
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Books of The Times: How a Man Who Threw Heat Was Consumed by His Own Fire
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 1:02am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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In their gripping new book, “American Icon,” four reporters for The Daily News in New York recount the story of Roger Clemens’s shockingly swift fall from grace.
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An Appraisal: Writer Mapped the Mythic and the Mundane
Posted: September 14th, 2008, 11:42am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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David Foster Wallace’s strobe-lit portraits of millennial America were infused with humor and fervor and verve.
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Television: Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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Jon Stewart says his job is just throwing spitballs. But in satirizing a world that defies satire, “The Daily Show” delivers both news and morality.