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    When the Honeymoon Is Over

    Laura Vanderkam reviews three books about "working" on marriage: a social history of marriage counseling, a year in the lives of couples-therapy clients and a memoir of a partnership that didn't work out.

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    Shadowing a Swindler

    In "No One Would Listen," Harry Markopolos describes his efforts to expose Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Richard J. Tofel reviews.

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    The Bible of Bibliomania

    Norman Lebrecht reviews "The Oxford Companion to the Book," a million-word, two-volume work on anything and everything about books, from ancient times to the Wiki age.

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    'Cloud Tea Monkeys'

    Meghan Cox Gurdon reviews a children's book about a little girl in the Himalayas who faces an uncertain future—until a crew of helpful monkeys comes to the rescue. .

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    The Success Myth

    Author David Shenk on why it pays to put mind over genetic matter. Even Ted Williams had to work to become Ted Williams.

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    Through a Glass Darkly

    A new book by English author Jenny Woolf claims that the unearthing of never-before-published bank statements absolves Lewis Carroll of many of the wild allegations made against him over the years.

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    A Spirited Take on Death

    Lionel Shriver's new novel mixes health insurance and humor.

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    Flights to Victory

    In "Whirlwind," Barrett Tillman describes the ferocious air war over Japan in World War II, led by the American B-29 bomber. Daniel Ford reviews.

  • [book030410]

    The Little Car That Couldn't

    It was small and cheap and badly made. In "The Yugo," Jason Vuic tells the story of Yugoslavia's ludicrous attempt to build and export to the U.S. a fantastically inexpensive car. Dick Teresi reviews.

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    Chabon on Bay Area Literary Scene

    The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" talks about which writers he admires and how San Francisco's literary culture compares with other big cities.

  • [BK_Cover1]

    Iron-Horse Stampede

    In "Blood, Iron and Gold," Christian Wolmar traces the history of railroads and how they "transformed the world." Mark Lewis reviews.

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    The Trouble With Precision

    In "Not Exactly," Kees van Deemter argues that vagueness and ambiguity have hidden virtues, especially in the realm of politics. Andrew Stark reviews.

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    From Bully to Felon

    The slash-and-burn tactics of lawyer Bill Lerach are recounted in "Circle of Greed," Patrick Dillon and Carl M. Cannon's account of the lucrative business of bringing class-action lawsuits against corporations. Kimberley A. Strassel reviews.

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    In the Black, But No Pink Slips

    In "Spark," Frank Koller describes Lincoln Electric's long experience with a no-layoffs policy. Bob Tita reviews.

  • [BK_Cover4]

    The Italian Slow Cooker

    A trip to Rome and a glance in a restaurant window inspired cookbook author Michele Scicolone's "The Italian Slow Cooker." Aram Bakshian Jr. reviews.

  • Burkle Presses Barnes & Noble

    Billionaire investor sent a new letter to Barnes & Noble directors, challenging the board's position on top executives' holdings in the bookseller.

  • [book0226]

    Too Much of a Good Thing

    Biological urges—and goads to action—that made sense in the Stone Age wreak havoc on modern life, argues Deirdre Barrett in "Supernormal Stimuli." Daniel Akst reviews.

  • What's Wrong With 'Eating Animals'

    Jonathan Safran Foer's new book "Eating Animals" makes the case against American animal farming.

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    Jaipur Sets Bar for Literary Festivals

    The Jaipur Literary Festival stands as the symbol of the growing awareness by bibliophiles and big-time editors alike that India has the potential to keep expanding its base of exceptional wordsmiths and energized readers.

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    Wandering, Waiting

    In "Conspirator," Helen Rappaport describes Vladimir Lenin's peripatetic years of exile in Europe before his fateful return to Russia in 1917. Bertrand M. Patenaude reviews.

  • [book022510]

    The Slippery Nature of Secrets

    U.S. intelligence agencies misjudged the stability of Iran's regime in 1979 and the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in 2003. What happened? Robert Jervis looks for answers in "Why Intelligence Fails." Gabriel Schoenfeld reviews.

  • [book022310]

    The Rules of the Game

    Edward Jay Epstein argues in "The Hollywood Economist" that the movie industry's most imaginative creations appear on its balance sheets. Sonny Bunch reviews.

  • [BK_Cover3]

    'The Night Fairy'

    Newbery Medal-winner Laura Amy Schlitz tells the story of a night fairy who loses her wings and decides to make the best of her predicament by learning to survive in the daytime world.

  • [BK_Cover2]

    The French Connection

    The annals of warfare are studded with questionable military decisions, but for sheer hubris it is hard to match what happened before and during the battle for Dien Bien Phu.

  • [BOOKS1]

    The 'Fun Hog Expedition' Revisited

    A climbing trip in Patagonia in 1968 inspired two of its members to become world-class conservationists—but first they had to become millionaires. Michael J. Ybarra reviews "180° South."

  • [book021810]

    The Art of Being Ruled

    Thomas Hobbes saw the strife and murderous contention of 17-century Europe and developed a set of ideas for securing safety and order in modern societies. Perez Zagorin describes his outlook and philosophy in "Hobbes and the Law of Nature." Jeffrey Collins reviews.

  • [BARNES]

    Barnes & Noble Rejects Burkle Bid

    Barnes & Noble's board unanimously rejected activist investor Ronald Burkle's bid to raise his stake in the bookseller to 37%

  • [book021710]

    Building Team Spirit

    In "Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals," Peter Pronovost, with co-author Eric Vohr, argues that medicine needs a collaborative model of care. At the moment, nurses are afraid to challenge doctors even when doctors are ordering the wrong drug or operating on the wrong limb. Laura Landro reviews.

  • [book021610]

    Clash of the Titans

    In "The Death of American Virtue," Ken Gormley gives an exhaustive account of Ken Starr's independent-counsel investigations and Bill Clinton's response to them. Jonathan Karl reviews.

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    Slouching Toward Success

    After having troubles with the publication of his first two books, "The Subject Steve" and "Homeland," Sam Lipsyte's new novel, "The Ask," is off to a refreshingly rosy start.

  • [book021910]

    Why Old Habits Die Hard

    But bad habits can be changed to good ones, say brothers Chip and Dan Heath in "Switch." The authors mine research in academic psychology to show the best ways of altering behavior. Christopher F. Chabris reviews.

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    Turning Secret Intelligence to Fiction

    Lorraine Adams spent years consulting a U.S. military intelligence specialist for her new novel, "The Room and the Chair."

  • [BK_Cover1]

    A Giant of the Diamond

    In "Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend," James S. Hirsch gives us the first authorized biography of one of baseball's greatest players.

  • [BK_lede]

    The Hourglass Refigured

    In "Eternity Soup," Greg Critser goes "inside the quest to end aging" and finds everything from modern snake-oil salesmen to serious science. Shifting the sands of time, though, will not be easy. Matt Ridley reviews.

  • [BK_Cover3]

    A Saxon War Story

    Best-selling historical novelist Bernard Cornwell's "Saxon Tales" series continues with "The Burning Land," about a Viking invasion met by Anglo-Saxon resistance led by Alfred the Great.

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    Characters, plot and more: Rebecca Goldstein, the author of "36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction," on thought-provoking novels of ideas.

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    The Godparent Trap

    Author Martin Amis's alleged failings as a godfather—like many aspects of his life—stir up no shortage of opinions.

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    Historical British Novels

    Cynthia Crossen recommends historical books about the English.

  • Historical Mystery Novels

    These books are superb mixtures of the scholarly and the suspenseful, says David B. Rivkin Jr.

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    Intriguing Antiheroes

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