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What a 400-Year-Old Bible Means for a Lonely Generation

The King James Version is a master class in cooperative intellectual struggle.

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What a 400-Year-Old Bible Means for a Lonely Generation

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Book Review: ‘The Rush,’ by Nathaniel Philbrick

In “The Rush,” Nathaniel Philbrick paints a portrait of the treasure seekers, prospectors and conniving politicians who shaped the destiny of the United States.

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Book Review: ‘The Rush,’ by Nathaniel Philbrick

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Book Review: ‘The Occidental Book of the Dead,’ by T. Geronimo Johnson

What seems like a story of a man hoping to reunite with a childhood flame is really a high-wire act about police brutality, racist conspiracies and much, much more.

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Book Review: ‘The Occidental Book of the Dead,’ by T. Geronimo Johnson

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Book Review: ‘Bad Boy for Life,’ by Cheyenne Roundtree

The most comprehensive biography of the hip-hop mogul to date is both an in-depth character study and a 30-year chronicle of crime and hubris.

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Book Review: ‘Bad Boy for Life,’ by Cheyenne Roundtree

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Christopher Myers Turns Stained Glass Into a Magical ‘Night Ride’

The artist Christopher Myers designed panels that were built in Mexico and photographed to become a new picture book.

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Christopher Myers Turns Stained Glass Into a Magical ‘Night Ride’

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Linda Asher, Who Widened The New Yorker’s Taste in Fiction, Dies at 93

She published new voices like Haruki Murakami at the magazine and translated stories and books by Milan Kundera and Balzac from French.

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Linda Asher, Who Widened The New Yorker’s Taste in Fiction, Dies at 93