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Death at Breakfast - I met Beth Gutcheon ages and ages ago, in a college tutorial. I had never been terrified in school before. I was now --- of Beth. She had read everything
Death Be Not Proud - “Death Be Not Proud” could have been the worst book ever written. Consider: John Gunther, Jr. loses his only son to a brain tumor in 1947,
Decorating in Detail - Mark Hampton knew everything. He’d read it. He’d seen it. He’d heard it. And because he had some kind of trick memory, everything he knew was instantly available to him.
Deep Economy - The Omnivore’s Dilemma may have been the most disturbing and challenging book published in 2006. In 2007, that book may be "Deep Economy." Disturbing? It’s like the doctor
Deep River - In the sixth episode of the final season of "'Lost," a novel --- Deep River, by Shusaku Endo --- figures in the plot. So I read it. What I didn’t anticipate: that
Deep Survival - Deep Survival: Who Lives,
Defectors: A Novel - At a college where everyone seemed astronomically bright, Joe Kanon was the bright guy who was also astronomically nice. That is a winning combination in some professions. He wisely chose
Defending Jacob - A father. A mother. A son, their only child. The father is an assistant district attorney, acute professionally, but personally damaged and limited. The mother is a cipher, poorly characterized. The boy, 14,
Defiance: The Bielski Partisans -
Denis Johnson: Jesus’ Son - "Jesus’ Son” is one of the ten funniest books I've ever read. A guy has a knife stuck in his eye; a drugged-out hospital orderly saves him without quite knowing what
Design Book Roundup - We live in a 1929 Georgian building on the Upper East Side of New York. It’s small, red brick, quiet to the point of subliminal --- you can walk
Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction - I've always seen sex as a solution --- a reward for getting through the day. Sex as a problem? As addiction and obsession? And for Susan Cheever, daughter of the
Desperate Characters - Jonathan Franzen has just published a novel, Crossroads, and “everybody” is either writing about it or chatting with him. Elle had some questions. What Franzen most wanted to talk about
Devotion - When we meet Elizabeth Gilbert on the first page of Eat, Pray, Love, it’s three in the morning, and she's on the bathroom floor of her country house, sobbing. And not for
Diana Vreeland: D.V. - ELTON JOHN: The Times asked him about the books he loves: "I think I might reread 'D.V.' It’s one of the campest books I’ve ever read in my life, and
Diane Arbus - We reeled out of the Diana Arbus show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art into the blissful order of the Renaissance art rooms. You would have too. Because, among other photographs,
Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World’s Most Colorful Despots -
Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible - How important is Dieter Rams? The New York Times asked some great designers for their assessment. For their responses, click here. ----------- Apple is the #1 brand in the world. Bigger than Coke,
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip - Guy Fieri has blond hair, short and spiked. He favors home-boy basketball shorts. He wears his sunglasses reversed, the better to shade the eyes on the back on
