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- Books News: Penguin Random House Merges Two of its Successful Publishing Lines
The merger comes at a moment when big publishing houses are still adapting to the shift toward online retail and marketing. ... More - Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. ... More - Essay: Katniss Everdeen Is My Hero
Suzanne Collins’s lead character in The Hunger Games trilogy is a timely reminder to all who care to heed it: Teenage girls are powerful and courageous and capable of great rage. ... More - Q. & A.: Suzanne Collins Talks About ‘The Hunger Games,’ the Books and the Movies
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first book in the trilogy, here is an excerpt from an interview between the publisher and the author. ... More - Bookshelf: From F.D.R. to Serial Killers: New Books on New Yorkers
There is some cozy reading in store for those who like to stay steeped in the city’s sociopolitical history, including tales of war heroes and mob bosses. ... More - Review: In ‘Wildlife,’ Passions Run Rampant
The film, directed by Paul Dano and starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, is a domestic drama both sad and terrifying. ... More - Nonfiction: Were the Founders Against Slavery All Along?
Sean Wilentz’s “No Property in Man” argues that despite some expedient compromises, the Constitution’s writers were careful to plant the seeds of abolition. ... More - By the Book: Tina Turner: By the Book
The singer, whose memoir “My Love Story” has just been published, wishes Mick Jagger would write an autobiography: “He can outtalk anyone on the planet. That’s the book I want to read, and so will everybody else. Mick?” ... More - Self-Helped: How to Rewire Your Traumatized Brain
“Rationalization was much easier than recognizing the gravity of what was lost: an innocent, healthy childhood and an introduction to sexuality on my terms.” ... More - Nonfiction: Vagabond Lives: Happier Memories From Kathryn Harrison’s Childhood
Her previous memoirs delved into her parents’ traumatic influence. Now, in “On Sunset,” she introduces the beloved Old World grandparents who raised her. ... More - Match Book: Indigenous Stories for Young Readers
Young adult and middle grade fiction to educate children in the vast terrain of Native American history. ... More - Books of The Times: A Big New Biography Treats Frederick Douglass as Man, Not Myth
David W. Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” is an ambitious and empathetic biography of a major American life. ... More - fixtures: Kathy Hourigan Is Knopf’s Secret Weapon
“Her hovering is so fierce that it penetrates the walls,” said Sonny Mehta, the company’s chairman and editor in chief. ... More - Thousands of Theodore Roosevelt’s Papers Are Now Online
The Library of Congress says it has digitized the largest collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s papers in the world. ... More - Help Desk: I’ll Have What She’s Having: Books for Better Sex and Better Relationships
Judith Newman’s latest Help Desk column ventures into the minefield of marriage, dating, desire — and divorce. ... More