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The Best Book Parties Are at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Each October, the international publishing business descends on Frankfurt, Germany, for days of dealing and long nights of partying.

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The Best Book Parties Are at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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Craig Symonds, Prizewinning Military Historian, Is Dead

A U.S. Naval Academy professor and prolific author, he emphasized the strategic importance of naval superiority since the Civil War.

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Craig Symonds, Prizewinning Military Historian, Is Dead

NYT Books and Literature

Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself

A Russified education did not forbid access to my own culture, it just quietly weakened my instinct to reach for it.

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Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself

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For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

At Sotheby’s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.

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For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Redemption,’ by Lawrence Wright

In “Redemption,” the Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright asks whether people sentenced to die in Texas should have a second chance.

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Book Review: ‘Redemption,’ by Lawrence Wright

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Book Review: ‘Every Story Is a Love Story,’ by Imbolo Mbue

In “Every Story Is a Love Story,” a widower develops complicated feelings for the woman who upended his life.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Every Story Is a Love Story,’ by Imbolo Mbue