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Charles Gaines, Whose ‘Pumping Iron’ Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies at 84

An author and sportsman, he helped create the game of paintball and wrote the book and movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name.

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Charles Gaines, Whose ‘Pumping Iron’ Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies at 84

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Book Review: ‘The Renoir Girls,’ by Catherine Ostler

In “The Renoir Girls,” the English historian Catherine Ostler tells the beguiling, troubling and ultimately heartbreaking story of the Cahen d’Anvers family.

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Book Review: ‘The Renoir Girls,’ by Catherine Ostler

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Vibrant New Historical Fiction

Our columnist on the month’s best new books.

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Vibrant New Historical Fiction

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Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story

A Cambridge professor has transcribed a handwritten story that the famous mathematician wrote in the year before his death, presenting a different side of him.

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Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story

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Let’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)

It’s time for our annual midyear check-in on the books that we can’t stop thinking about.

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Let’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)

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Children’s Picture Books About Boredom

The picture books “Bored” and “Endless Afternoons” are odes to the joy of having nothing to do.

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Children’s Picture Books About Boredom