Showing posts with label Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2016

On Washington: House Democrats Throw Out the Rule Book. But to What End?

On Washington: House Democrats Throw Out the Rule Book. But to What End?


The Democrats’s sit-in over gun control attracted considerable public attention, but the payoff remains unclear.


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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Virginia Beach Public Library book displays are a "big" hit

Virginia Beach Public Library book displays are a ‘big’ hit





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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Author says his book will put your kid to sleep

Author says his book will put your kid to sleep



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Sunday, April 24, 2016

‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Can’t Topple ‘The Jungle Book’

‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Can’t Topple ‘The Jungle Book’


Disney’s film remained at No. 1, while “The Huntsman” marked another misfire for Chris Hemsworth.


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Sunday Book Review: Across the Universe

Sunday Book Review: Across the Universe


This week, reviews of Janna Levin’s “Black Hole Blues: And Other Songs From Outer Space,” Michael Kinsley’s “Old Age,” Eric Fair’s “Consequence” and more.


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Saturday, April 2, 2016

Book Entry: Review: ‘Saving the Media’ Seeks Remedy for Ailing Fourth Estate

Book Entry: Review: ‘Saving the Media’ Seeks Remedy for Ailing Fourth Estate


A new book argues that not only is there a news crisis, but, less persuasively, that there is a need for government to remedy that.










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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Amazon names best-selling book of 2015

Amazon names best-selling book of 2015













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Friday, November 6, 2015

Jeb Bush Soured on Vice President Quayle, New Book Says

Jeb Bush Soured on Vice President Quayle, New Book Says


Mr. Bush doesn’t show up a lot in the new biography of his father, but his advice about Dan Quayle during the 1992 re-election campaign offers some insight into his brand of conservative politics leavened by political pragmatism.


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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Donald Trump Employs a Scowl to Help Sell His New Book

Donald Trump Employs a Scowl to Help Sell His New Book


For the cover photo on his new book, “Crippled America,” Mr. Trump selected an unsmiling, angry-looking image of himself, calling it with evident pleasure during a book signing on Tuesday “a terrible, horrible nasty picture.”


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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

With First Campaign Book, Donald Trump Throws His Hat Into the Race’s Literary Ring

With First Campaign Book, Donald Trump Throws His Hat Into the Race’s Literary Ring


Donald j. Trump will hold a signing in Manhattan on Tuesday, timed to the release of his first campaign book, the latest entrant into a veritable library of literary offerings from this year’s presidential field.


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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Special Section: Championing Animal Rights, by the Comic Book

Special Section: Championing Animal Rights, by the Comic Book


The creative director of Redemption Rescues, a New York City group that helps pit bulls, expresses his passion for animals in comic books.










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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sunday Book Review: Ben Bernanke’s ‘The Courage to Act’

Sunday Book Review: Ben Bernanke’s ‘The Courage to Act’


This week, reviews of memoirs of Mr. Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Grace Jones, avatar of the outré; By the Book, by Stacy Schiff; and more.










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Sunday, October 18, 2015

All Blacks Book a Semifinal Date With South Africa at Rugby World Cup

All Blacks Book a Semifinal Date With South Africa at Rugby World Cup


New Zealand dismantled France, 62-13, scoring nine tries in a dazzling offensive display to secure a semifinal against its tough rival next weekend.


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Friday, October 2, 2015

Book Entry: Closing the Gender Gap by Changing Minds

Book Entry: Closing the Gender Gap by Changing Minds


Given its aspirations, Anne-Marie Slaughter’s “Unfinished Business” is surprisingly condescending toward other women’s views and efforts, the author writes.










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Thursday, August 20, 2015

It’s a Book, O.K.?

It’s a Book, O.K.?


Metropolitan Diary: For many people, a suitcase is carried, not rolled; a camera has film; and reading material is made from dead trees and is not “media.”


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