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The First-Ever Sports Edition: Because Everyone Seems to Be Talking Tennis,...
— Buy it on Amazon. The Sports Edition exists because everyone I know can’t take phone calls at night because… the U.S. Open. And the baseball season is approaching a final reckoning. I won’t be...
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75 Years Ago, Hitler Knew the War Was Lost. He Ordered Paris to Be Burned.
— Buy it on Amazon. GUEST BUTLER PIMM FOX, the creator and news anchor of “Taking Stock,” a program of business interviews and financial news analysis broadcast daily on Bloomberg TV and radio, is...
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The Dream Cookbook for New Marrieds, Recent Graduates, Clueless Millennials,...
— Buy it on Amazon. I have had a ridiculous crush on Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer for two decades, and I have reviewed seven of their books, and each time I say “This one is the best,”...
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Weekend Movie: If You Own a Single Share of Stock, You Need to See This.
— Buy it on Amazon. THE TESTAMENTS: THE SEQUEL TO THE HANDMAID’S TALE: Margaret Atwood’s novel, just released with great fanfare, is the publishing event of the year. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” published...
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Jack Kennedy on Jackie As a Spinster, Edith Wharton on a 1905 Jackie — and...
— Buy it on Amazon. Lawrence Selden was infatuated with Lily Bart. He couldn’t help it. She was from a good family. She knew everyone. She was painfully beautiful. And special, yes, special: “He had a...
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He Started Collecting Letters: Jack the Ripper, Leonardo, Fidel, Warhol.
— Buy it on Amazon. Shaun Usher was a copywriter in a London ad agency. A very bored copywriter. And not finding inspiration for a stationery client. He went to the library and started reading books of...
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The Secret of Life Is Repeat Business. This Man Knows the Secret.
— Buy it on Amazon. A few years ago, Pete Wells elevated the Union Square Cafe to three stars in his New York Times review, in part because of its commitment to great service. A few days later, he had...
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Date Night: Music to Help You Escape the Madness. Guaranteed to Take You to a...
— Buy it on Amazon. I could fill a Top Ten list with Bon Iver songs and videos. Start here: “Heavenly Father,” at the Sydney Opera House, with the Staves. And a close runner-up: “Halocene.” We...
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Critics/Viewers Love the Ken Burns PBS Series on Country Music
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Date Night: So Much News! It’s Dizzying! Let’s Get Away — 4,400 Miles Away
— Buy it on Amazon. When Ali Farka Toure died in 2006, all Mali wept. This was a giant — he took his country’s music and blended it with the American blues of the Deep South to produce CDs of piercing...
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‘A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.’ in 4 Agreements.
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A Terrific Classic Movie You Haven’t Seen. A Genius Soundtrack You Haven’t...
— Buy it on Amazon. “Perfect” is a useless word. Nothing is. Shunryu Suzuki, the great Zen master, made that point in a joke; he told his students, “I think you’re perfect, and I think you can...
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West Side Story, The King & I, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy — Know Who I’m...
— Buy it on Amazon. Amanda Vaill is a friend of many years, but I am also among her biggest fans — as a biographer, she’s peerless. I came to this conclusion after reading Everybody Was So Young, her...
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One of My All-time Top 10 Films, New Print at NY Film Festival on 10/10 — or...
— Buy it on Amazon. NOT TO BE MISSED: A restored print will have its premiere at the New York Film Festival— with a Q&A with Catherine Wyler, Melanie Wyler and Kenneth Lonergan — on Thursday,...
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This Time Woodward and Bernstein Are Women. And They Are Sooo Good!
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An Italian Saloon Singer, Singing in Italian, Whisky and Cigarettes in His...
— Buy it on Amazon. The pianist is smoking a cigarette — unfiltered, at that. He wears a tuxedo, but he’s got the face of a stevedore. His wrinkles are badges: love affairs without end, decades of...
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Weekend Reading: Surprising Stories You Don’t Know From a Writer You Do
— Buy it on Amazon. A BOOK I LIKE A LOT: For the past year, I worked with a legendary CEO — Frank Bennack, who led Hearst for a jaw-dropping 29 years — on his just-published book, “Leave Something on...
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Date Night Music: Mysterious. Private. Intimate.
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The Weekend Movie Is About What’s Happening This Week
— Buy it on Amazon. An important person runs his mouth — the important person is male, always — without thinking, and he becomes mega-successful. And then, one day…. sounds familiar? Yes, it’s the...
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These Are Ridiculous, Tragic Days. When Was the Last Time You Had a Good...
— Buy it on Amazon. So you’ve written a batch of books, Mr. Bryson, and now you live in New Hampshire, a state where people rest from the chore of meeting Presidential candidates by lacing up their...
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