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Flannery O'Connor wrote two novels and died young, but her influence has been vast. Why has it taken half a century for her to get a definitive biography?
By Allen Barra
March 3, 2009
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In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times?
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 27, 2009
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Female authors hold their own on the bestseller lists, but Elaine Showalter's provocative new history wonders why they get so little respect.
By Laura Miller
February 24, 2009
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Democrats fought the surge and the surge -- sort of -- won. Now what do we do in Iraq?
By Joan Walsh
February 18, 2009
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You only die once. Why not take tips from great philosophers on how to do it well?
By Laura Miller
February 16, 2009
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How mixed martial arts went from a "blood-flecked freak show" to an international phenomenon that could permanently put boxing in a chokehold.
By Robert Anasi
February 4, 2009
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War, suicide and quasi-incestuous desire swirl through "Lark and Termite," Jayne Anne Phillips' evocative novel of Southern revelations.
By Laura Miller
January 28, 2009
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Is it really so terrible to grow old? Two new books explore what we can (and can't) learn from the elderly.
By Laura Miller
January 23, 2009
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America is a country in recovery. Two new books illustrate the paradoxes and contradictions in our current notions of addiction.
By Laura Miller
January 14, 2009
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In "The Invention of Air," Steven Johnson creates a fascinating portrait of Joseph Priestley, a friend of Franklin and Jefferson and a freethinker who changed history.
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 9, 2009
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Mark Bittman's revolutionary "Food Matters" is both a cookbook and a manifesto that shows us how to eat better -- and save the planet.
By Laura Miller
January 5, 2009
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A '60s activist-turned-vigilante is tortured by a handsome interrogator in Glen Duncan's gripping new novel. So which one is the villain?
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 17, 2008
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A lumber baron, a ruthless sexpot and a one-handed henchman star in this wildly entertaining tale of passion, murder and deforestation set in Depression-era North Carolina.
By Laura Miller
December 16, 2008
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Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry.
By Rebecca Traister
December 3, 2008
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What if Hitler had a love child? A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale of a clandestine affair.
By James Hannaham
November 25, 2008
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Bill Gates and the Beatles owe their genius to nurture not nature, argues the acclaimed "Tipping Point" author. It's a nice theory.
By Louis Bayard
November 17, 2008
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De Palma's '80s cult classic is trash, many scoff. But the lowdown, seedy movie with Al Pacino as a Cuban thug influenced pop culture from gangsta rap to "Miami Vice."
By Louis Bayard
November 13, 2008
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From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary.
By Laura Miller
November 10, 2008
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When the grim reaper takes time off, morticians reel and chaos ensues in Jose Saramago's funny, ravishing "Death With Interruptions."
By Laura Miller
October 30, 2008
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Margaret Atwood talks about the perils of debt -- and imagines a utopian future without greed.
By Louis Bayard
October 28, 2008
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Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment.
By Louis Bayard
October 22, 2008
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The masterful and ambitious "Fault Lines" reveals how history gets erased and reinvented, and hints at how it might repeat itself.
By James Hannaham
October 21, 2008
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Some politicians survive sex scandals. Why? They have perfected the public grovel.
By Laura Miller
October 15, 2008
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"Sea of Poppies," set in Calcutta, is a swashbuckling saga full of sadists, weaklings and tyrants -- and, thankfully, there are two more volumes to come.
By Laura Miller
October 14, 2008
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Is Google the Mr. Spock of the Internet -- all head, no heart? A new book wonders if the very things that made the company great will bring it down.
By Scott Rosenberg
October 9, 2008
A Southern Gothic legend is hard to find
Bomb the middle class
Why can't a woman write the Great American Novel?
This war is our war
Let death change your life
The ultimate fight club
"Lark and Termite"
Don't fear the reaper
Alcoholics, sexaholics, shopaholics
Father of the ecosystem
How to live what Michael Pollan preaches 
All-American terrorist
"Serena"
Princess Leia's wild, bipolar adventures
"Winnie and Wolf"
Malcolm Gladwell's secrets of success
Why "Scarface" is f-ing great
Are you white enough?
"Death With Interruptions"
Payback's a bitch
If McCain wins, should we all move to Scandinavia?
"Fault Lines"
Forgive me, America, for I have sinned
"Sea of Poppies"
Google's Vulcan death grip
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald
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