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A Miniature Musical Curio Store by Chris Millar Spins Like Clockwork
After he graduated from artwork faculty, Chris Millar (beforehand) labored in a toy retailer for seven years. “The shop, now defunct, was called Livingstone and Cavell Extraordinary Toys in Calgary, Alberta,…
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Joining the Mile High Club on a Flight with Love Cloud
For $995, Love Cloud will fly you and a partner in a private airplane for…
‘Russia is the global enemy’: Fallout from Ukraine invasion could last for years
WASHINGTON — When he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin almost certainly expected a quick, decisive conquest…
Watch Jiminy Cricket become Pinocchio’s conscience in an exclusive clip from Disney+’s live-action remake
It’s a tale as old as time — OK or at least as old as…
G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
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How Barnes & Noble Went From Villain to Hero
After years on the decline, Barnes & Noble’s sales are up, its costs are down — and the same people…
‘Seek and Hide’ Grapples With the Complexity of the Right to Privacy
SEEK AND HIDEThe Tangled History of the Right to PrivacyBy Amy Gajda376 pages. Viking. $30.In her wry and fascinating new…
Delia Ephron Writes Her Way Through Cancer to a Happy Ending
To write the book, Ephron had to report on her lost year, she said, because she remembered so little of…
U.T. Austin Acquires Archives That Give Insight Into the 1960s
Doris Kearns was an assistant professor of history at Harvard University in 1972, teaching a class on the American presidency…
Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius
PRIVATE NOTEBOOKS1914-1916By Ludwig WittgensteinEdited and translated by Marjorie PerloffIllustrated. 218 pages. Liveright. $24.95.It’s perhaps a measure of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s genius…
Molly Shannon, of Saturday Night Live, Has a New Memoir
LOS ANGELES — Just as I arrived for our lunchtime appointment, Molly Shannon came gliding up Larchmont Boulevard on a…
Remembrance of Bookstores Past
New York City is home to wonderful bookstores, but there used to be so many more of them to choose…
12 New Books Coming in April
Drawing on the lives and struggles of many pioneering artists — Alice Neel, Jenny Offill, Audre Lorde, Doris Lessing and…