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Home of London’s Oldest Restaurant, Rules, Is Given to National Trust

The restaurant Rules is an institution. Now the National Trust, which preserves Britain’s heritage, plans to safeguard the landmark.

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Home of London’s Oldest Restaurant, Rules, Is Given to National Trust

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Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

A charter school named for Earl Monroe is dedicating a new building, which features a basketball-and-book-themed mural.

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Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

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Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.

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Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

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Best Sci-Fi Books With Monsters and Other Creature Features

The best-selling author John Scalzi recommends his favorite alien thrillers, mad scientist tales and an intergalactic spin on “Moby Dick.”

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Best Sci-Fi Books With Monsters and Other Creature Features

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Book Review: ‘Kolkhoz,’ by Emmanuel Carrère

Emmanuel Carrère’s latest book combines a nuanced portrait of his formidable mother with a meditation on the fraught nature of truth.

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Book Review: ‘Kolkhoz,’ by Emmanuel Carrère

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Book Review: ‘Edward Hopper,’ by Louis Shadwick

A new biography argues that the artist famous for haunting canvases of solitary figures in late-night diners was deeply influenced by his times.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Edward Hopper,’ by Louis Shadwick