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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Ian Fleming: The Complete Man’
The Washington Times· 5 hours ago“When I was approached to write a new authorized biography of Ian Fleming, the first since 1966, my initial reaction was hesitation,” Mr. Shakespeare replied. Again and again ...
Nonfiction Books - The Washington Post
Washington Post· 1 day agoBooksReviewMeet the editor who brought Julia Child to American kitchens Judith Jones, a publishing pioneer who championed Child’s first cookbook and Anne Frank’s diary, is the subject of a new ...
‘The Demon of Unrest’ Review: The Seeds of Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe scholar Drew Gilpin Faust chronicled his life in a 1982 biography, but the monster has slipped into obscurity and is long overdue for revival as an...
Review | A charming look at a reader’s many moods
Washington Post· 12 hours agoThe poet, essayist and New York Times poetry columnist Elisa Gabbert is rare in grasping that reading is, in addition to a mental exercise, a movement...
Why Are Debut Novels Failing to Launch?
Esquire· 16 hours agoWhat, exactly, did Sterling Lord do to prime Kerouac’s audience? From 1953 to 1957, he leveraged his own professional connections to place excerpts of On...
Review: How S.F. soured on sugar baron Claus Spreckels
SFChronicle Datebook· 7 hours agoIn “The Sugar King of California,” historian Sandra E. Bonura traces the life and career of...
‘The Last of His Kind’ Review: Clayton Kershaw’s Journey
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoSince joining the majors in 2008, the imposing left-hander has won three Cy Young Awards and led the...
Review | Meet the editor who brought Julia Child to American kitchens
Washington Post· 2 days agoIn 2007, at the age of 83, the great book editor Judith Jones published a slim, sparkling memoir...
The 6 Women Who Shaped America’s Most Macho President
New York Times· 1 day agoIn “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt,” Edward F. O’Keefe explores the informal kitchen cabinet that...
Review: Daisy Ridley makes a splash as legendary swimmer Gertrude Ederle
SFChronicle Datebook· 16 hours agoWith “Young Woman and the Sea,” Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle finally gets the movie she deserves. In...