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An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?

Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.

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An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?

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Book Review: ‘The Jackal,’ by Joby Warrick

In his new book, Joby Warrick traces the rise and fall of Carlos the Jackal, the notorious terrorist-for-hire.

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Book Review: ‘The Jackal,’ by Joby Warrick

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His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction.

Duane Davis’s book boasted of his role in the killing of Tupac Shakur. The memoir, which he now disavows, has become prime evidence in his murder trial, which starts this week.

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His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction.

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Please Judge the Books I’m Reading

Literary awards get dismissed for elitism. But more than ever, we need passionate and idiosyncratic champions for the books most worth seeking out.

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Please Judge the Books I’m Reading

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Believing’s Summer Reading List

Today, I’m sharing some of what I’ve been reading — and what you’ve told me you’re reading,

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Believing’s Summer Reading List

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Book Review: “Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer”

Julie Kliegman’s thorough biography of the transgender tennis player is fascinatingly complicated by her changed stance on gender and sports.

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Book Review: “Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer”