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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 28, 2017
The millions of fans of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy have something to be very happy about this season: the start of a new trilogy, companion to the first, called “The Book of Dust.”

Pullman’s invented universe is a wonder to behold, but so is the meticulously drawn world of New York City in Julia Wertz’s graphic homage, “Tenements, Towers & Trash.”

Some treasures to behold this week:
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New York Times Top Books This Week 27/10

Books about Russian history and current events round out our list this week, from biographies of Lenin and Stalin to Masha Gessen’s study of post-Soviet life, “The Future Is History.”

Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Victor Sebestyen

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Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English...

history politics
For Two Thousand Years

For Two Thousand Years

Mihail Sebastian and Philip O Ceallaigh

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'Nothing I have read is more affecting than Mihail Sebastian's magnificent, haunting 1934 novel, For...

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

Cherise Wolas

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‘A stunning debut – because there is nothing debut about it’ A.M. Homes Aged 13, Joan Ashby...

fiction
The Meaning of Belief: Religion From an Atheist’s Point of View

The Meaning of Belief: Religion From an Atheist’s Point of View

Tim Crane

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Current debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many...

religion philosophy
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Thomas Keller recommended The High Line: Foreseen, Unforeseen in Books (curated)

 
The High Line: Foreseen, Unforeseen
The High Line: Foreseen, Unforeseen
James Corner Field Operations | 2021
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Book Favorite

"I am very interested in how design and planning shapes cities and am always curious about the roots of transformation. Having spent much of my early career in New York where parts of the city were in disarray, I was captivated by the book, in awe of the community and New Yorker spirit which taught me so much about how a unique corner of Manhattan came to be."

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Kehinde Wiley recommended The Queen of Harlem in Books (curated)

 
The Queen of Harlem
The Queen of Harlem
Brian Keith Jackson | 2003 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"As Harlem, the perpetual work in progress, continues to change, it’s refreshing to revisit this book by my dear friend Brian Keith Jackson. The Queen of Harlem sets the stage of a neighborhood that was very familiar to me as I left Yale and discovered New York for the first time."

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Karen O recommended Silence Yourself by Savages in Music (curated)

 
Silence Yourself by Savages
Silence Yourself by Savages
2013 | Alternative
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Album Favorite

"I went to their show supporting this record at Webster Hall in New York, and Yoko Ono was there. Enough said. I couldn’t help but wonder if, had this record come out 10 years earlier, it would have given us a run for our money. It’s a whopper and hella refined."

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Jon Savage recommended The Warriors (1979) in Movies (curated)

 
The Warriors (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
1979 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.5 (28 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"One of my favourite rewatches, a fantastic odyssey. It doesn't let up! I love stories that are just the passage of a group of people through a concentrated period of time and this is a strong dose of that. The gang costumes and the whole look of New York are incredible."

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Taylor Swift recommended Girls - Season 1 in TV (curated)

 
Girls - Season 1
Girls - Season 1
2012 | Comedy
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TV Season Favorite

"As a recent New York transplant in her mid-twenties, Swift says Girls is like her Sex and the City. “I could label all my girlfriends as Shoshannas, Jessas, Marnies or Hannahs,” she says. And which would she be? “I’ve thought about this a lot,” she says. A pause. “I’m Shoshanna.”"

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Robert Longo recommended The Whites in Books (curated)

 
The Whites
The Whites
Richard Price | 2021
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Book Favorite

"A sociological study disguised as a crime novel, set in New York City. While reading this, I was completely submerged in his words, and this world. I didn’t want it to end. Richard is extraordinary with dialogue. The jigsaw of a narrative is as complex as the city it describes."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Foreign Bodies in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Foreign Bodies
Foreign Bodies
Cynthia Ozick | 2010
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
When Bea reluctantly agrees to get involved in getting her nephew to return home, she ends up traveling far more afield than just from her solitary life in 1950s New York. Read my review of this Orange Prize winning novel here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/07/03/overtures-with-a-nightingale/
  
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Ross (3282 KP) rated Transformer by Lou Reed in Music

Jun 8, 2020  
Transformer by Lou Reed
Transformer by Lou Reed
1972 | Rock
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 194th greatest album of all time
Superb album. While it includes two of Reed's best known songs - Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side - the rest of the album is fantastic as well. From Vicious to the quirky New York Telephone Conversation the whole album is great.
  
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about The Long Road Home in TV

Nov 7, 2017  
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The Long Road Home | National Geographic

Based on Martha Raddatz’s New York Times Best-Seller of the same name, the series relives a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad.