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New Books

Jan 7, 2011

Modern Middle East Tablet & Pen Edited by Reza Aslan (W.W. Norton, $35) The West’s perception of the Middle East as mysterious, exotic and savage has changed little since the days of Napoleon mor...
Korea steady seller

Jan 7, 2011

The national trauma The Wounded By Lee Chung-joon Translated by Jennifer M. Lee (Jimoondang, 5,000 won) The Korean War (1950-1953) left both physical and psychological wounds to its people. Lee ...
Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe

Jan 7, 2011

This past fall I put out a call to readers: Send me your favorite mysteries set in other countries, written by international (e.g., not American) writers. I’m glad I asked ... I think. Already the m...
Making books do things e-books can’t

Jan 7, 2011

At a garage studio in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Lisa Pearson is publishing books with the skill of a craftsman, framing the printed word as a work of art. One volume, “Torture of W...
New edition removes Twain’s ‘offensive’ words

Jan 5, 2011

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) ― Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom...
Revolutionary book that inspired Gandhi turns 150

Jan 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― It was 150 years ago that the book “Unto This Last” was published, a groundbreaking work that turned economic thinking on its head and profoundly influenced the views of many inclu...
Century after death, Tolstoy sidelined in modern Russia

Nov 21, 2010

MOSCOW (AFP) ― A century ago, all of Russia mourned Leo Tolstoy’s death at a backwater train station. But today the novelist and pacifist, who abhorred any form of government, is more respected in th...