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    Hollywood Gives Book Early Push

    The film company who bought the rights to Nicholas Sparks's new novel, "Safe Haven," on sale Sept. 14, is launching online and print promotions for the story--a year ahead of the movie version's release.

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    An Ally Remembers

    In "A Journey," Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister, describes his political rise, his attempts to transform the Labour Party and his stalwart support of America—with troops and eloquence—during the Iraq war. Martin Rubin reviews.

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    The Labor of Living

    In "The Company Town," Hardy Green surveys towns from Hershey, Pa., to Gary, Ind., where a single business or industry once controlled nearly every aspect of life—sometimes to the good, sometimes not. Bill Kauffman reviews.

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    Bookshelf: Reading, Writing, Radical Change

    In "Crisis on Campus," Mark C. Taylor urges bold reforms for universities—for example, eliminating tenure. Naomi Schaefer Riley reviews.

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    When the Killing Stopped

    In "The Great Silence," Juliet Nicolson describes how the British tried to reorient themselves and start again after the carnage of World War I. Elizabeth Lowry reviews.

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    The Sincerest Form of Ridicule

    "Beowulf," Raymond Chandler, Henry James—they've all suffered the satirist's needle. John Gross compiles some of the best examples in "The Oxford Book of Parodies."

  • The Lost Art of Real Cooking

    In "The Lost Art of Real Cooking," Ken Albala and Rosanna Nafziger champion the pleasures of "traditional food." Aram Bakshian Jr. reviews.

  • Mockingjay

    Suzanne Collins ends her Hunger Games trilogy with "Mockingjay," a novel eagerly awaited by fans of the futuristic saga about young rebels fighting against an evil government. Meghan Cox Gurdon reviews.

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    Contemplating Death From Above

    In World War I, it was the trenches that captured the imagination of poets. In World War II, it was aerial combat. A review of Daniel Swift's "Bomber County."

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    Bush Returns to Arena With Memoir

    After remaining mostly out of view and silent on policy debates since leaving office, George W. Bush is about to promote his memoir, to be published a week after the Nov. 2 elections.

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    John O. McGinnis: When Justice Comes Naturally

    Whenever the Senate must consider a Supreme Court nominee, originalists and believers in the "living Constitution" vie for supremacy. In "Constitutional Illusions & Anchoring Truths," Hadley Arkes suggests a third way—letting natural law guide the members of either camp

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    The ABCs of E-Reading

    Book lovers have long worried that technology would lead to the demise of long-form reading. But research shows that owners of e-readers may be reading more than ever before.

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    Black Voices From the Pulpit

    "Preaching With Sacred Fire," edited by Martha Simmons and Frank A. Thomas, presents an anthology of African-American sermons, from the slave era to the modern day. Eric J. Sundquist reviews.

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    Oxford Readies Giant Chinese-English Dictionary

    Five years, 300,000 words, 370,000 translations: It all adds up to the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary ever put together.

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    Adoption Dispatches

    In "Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other," Scott Simons writes about a process that is expensive, baffling, arduous—and miraculous.

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    Advance Booking

    Here's a Weekend Journal destination-by-destination guide to the most insightful reads about Asia, from travelogue to history to journalism to fiction.

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    Great Books About the Beach

    This summer, instead of the latest political thriller or pulp romance, read a book about the beach.

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    Heart of a Samurai

    Some are born great, and some are born lowly, get shipwrecked, live in exile and brave a perilous return home to achieve greatness. Such are the adventures related in "Heart of a Samurai," a terrific biographical novel by Margi Preus.

  • [bkrv.franzen]

    Power Struggles, Family Style

    Jonathan Franzen's novel "Freedom" offers a portrait of suburban life where everyone's fighting for happiness—at the expense of others. Sam Sacks reviews.

  • [bkrv.california]

    Not So Golden

    In "California Crackup," Joe Mathews and Mark Paul describe a state beset by massive debts, bickering politicians, and a confusing and inept legislative process. Troy Senik reviews.

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    Pressing Matters of the Theater

    Merle Debuskey, the dean of theater press agents, looks back at half a century of promoting some of Broadway's biggest hits.

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    Rom-Com Meets Dot-Com

    Allegra Goodman's novel "The Cookbook Collector" is set in tech-bubble days, but it centers on the romantic dilemmas faced by Jess, a graduate student who must choose the environmental activist or the millionaire.

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    A Revolution of the Mind

    In "The Enlightened Economy," Joel Mokyr shows how the Industrial Enlightenment—in 18th-century Britain—put knowledge in the service of production, changing the course of history.

  • [bkrv.supersad]

    Down and Out in Gotham

    Alexander Theroux reviews "Super Sad True Love Story," Gary Shteyngart's latest novel, about desperate love and New York on the brink of doom.

  • [bkrv.hottime]

    When the City Really Sizzled

    In "Hot Time in the Old Town" Edward P. Kohn revisits the summer of 1896 in New York City, when a 10-day heat wave killed hundreds. Terry Golway reviews.

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    When Lindy Dared

    Thomas Kessner's "The Flight of the Century" is an account of Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight in 1927—and of the achievement's effect on America. Daniel Ford reviews.

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    Familiar, Yet Remote

    In "A Short History of Celebrity," Fred Inglis explores the roots of our fascination with the lives of the glittering famous, from Lord Bryon's escapades to Madonna's power dynamics.

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    Outdoor Adventures

    Cynthia Crossen recommends adventure books like Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" and "Into the Wild."

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    Unpaved, Good Intentions

    In "Interstate 69," Matt Dellinger traces the story of an attempt to build a highway extension that shows no sign of finding an on ramp.

  • Five Best Books

    Author Peter Maass ("Crude World") says that these books on the oil business—including Ida M. Tarbell's "The History of the Standard Oil Company" and Ken Saro-Wiwa's "A Month and a Day"—help put BP in context.

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    The End of Literature

    Cynthia Crossen on what to do with old books—and when to throw them away.

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