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Barbara Finkelstein: In Defense of Long Books - "I don't get it," JK recently wrote. "Who has the time to read a 400-600 page novel?" In the immortal words of 30 Rock's Liz Lemon, "What the what?" I read
Barbara Walters: Audition - I'm not sure what Barbara Walters makes now, but from 2000 to 2005, she reportedly earned $12 million a year. She surely got a nice advance from Knopf
Barefoot Contessa Parties! by Ina Garten - Of late, my wife's bedtime reading has been Ina Garten's 'Barefoot Contessa Parties!' She is not the first woman in my romantic history to read cookbooks as
Barefoot to Babylon - The memoir of the year. I’d bet you’ll agree. If you read it. Is “Barefoot to Avalon” sad? Try heartbreaking. And not just because David Payne’s 42-year-old brother, George A.,
Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life) - Many people who are unhappy with their jobs or just eager to move up have used company time to work on their résumés. And they've probably gone on to photocopy
Beach Reading - In Ye Olde Days, I used to do all my heavy reading in the summer and, if possible, on the beach. This made sense --- to me, anyway. Why read
Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia - In 1948, John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa traveled across Russia. "In the papers every day there were thousands of words about Russia --- what Stalin was thinking about, the
Beatrice’s Goat - Beatrice Biira's story was turned into a children's book, and she was featured on “60 Minutes”, but I knew nothing about her until I read a New York Times column
Beatrix Potter: The Tales of Peter Rabbit - More than a century after Beatrix Potter first began writing and illustrating stories featuring four rabbits, almost 200 million of her books have made their way into homes where small
Beautiful Ruins - I hadn't read a word by Jess Walter until this, but his books are consistently honored: Time Magazine's #2 novel of the year, finalist for the National Book Award, winner
Before and After - Rather than endure the dreadful and marginally accurate televised news in the morning, I watch a few minutes of a dreadful and fake movie on Lifetime. Really, you should try it. Consider
Bertolt Brecht: Selected Poems - You know that Bertolt Brecht was a playwright. What about his poems? News to you, you say. Not really --- you know some of them. Like: Or how about: The fact is, Brecht
Better Writing - It's a terrible fate for a kid to have a writer for a father. It's also no great joy for a father who is a writer to make the same points about writing over and
Bettyville - George Hodgman died on July 20, 2019. When George Hodgman was a boy, he and his mother ended the day holding hands and praying. Not just for themselves, but for all
Between Meals - In 1926, A.J. Liebling had graduated from college and bungled his first job as a reporter in Providence, Rhode Island. It seemed to his father that this was a good
Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny - Zainab Salbi is the founder and CEO of Women for Women International, a Washington-based organization that has, since 1993, helped more than 22,000 women in war-ravaged
Beverly Willett on Flannery O’Connor: “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” - BEVERLY WILLETT wrote "Disassembly Required: A Memoir of Midlife Resurrection," the best memoir I read last year. [For my review and an excerpt, click here.] She lives in Savannah,
Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes - When I knew I was going to be writing about her book, I sent a Facebook message to Therese Borchard. “Review on the way,” I told her. “Don’t kill yourself
Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer - Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer Tom Doctoroff As I write, Google
