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Barack Obama to Host New Podcast, ‘A Great Book’

The former president will discuss works by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Marilynne Robinson, among others, in a podcast that will premiere in September.

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Barack Obama to Host New Podcast, ‘A Great Book’

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Takeaways From Jason Arday’s Memoir

The British scholar resigned from Cambridge after the university, which made him its youngest Black professor in 2023, began investigating his academic qualifications.

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Takeaways From Jason Arday’s Memoir

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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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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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Duane Davis, Who Wrote About Role in Tupac’s Murder, Now Says Memoir 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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Duane Davis, Who Wrote About Role in Tupac’s Murder, Now Says Memoir Was Fiction