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Blasting Books with Excessive-Stress Water, Man Laramée Scales Mountains of Information
From his mountainside studio in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Man Laramée (beforehand) creates otherworldly sculptures that mirror close by peaks like Pico da Caledônia. Utilizing a singular methodology of blasting vintage…
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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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Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More.
Mathematics is different. When Wilkinson doesn’t grasp a detail in a problem, he knows that he is missing something foundational.…
In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions
CARNALITYBy Lina WolffTranslated by Frank Perry357 pages. Other Press. $17.99.“Ah, a nice old-fashioned novel,” the reader thinks, gliding through the…
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
Martha Hickson, a high school librarian in Annandale, N.J., heard last fall that some parents were going to call for…
‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move
SON OF ELSEWHEREA Memoir in PiecesBy Elamin Abdelmahmoud268 pages. $17. Ballantine Books.As an immigrant kid in Kingston, one of the…
How TikTok Became a Best Seller Machine
Many of this year’s best selling books have something in common, but it’s not any of the usual factors: a…
New Books to Read in July
In 2016, Pringle, an investigative journalist for The Los Angeles Times, received what turned out to be a career-changing tip:…
Revisiting Justice Stephen Breyer’s Curious (and Strangely Timed) Defense of the Court
There’s something undeniably ironic about a Supreme Court justice publishing a book defending the court as unflaggingly dedicated to its…
The Best Books to Take You Through Lisbon, Portugal
Susana Moreira Marques’s masterpiece “Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” a work of reportage about life and death…