الجمعة، 25 مايو 2012

Books Update: Market Values

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Land of Promise'

By MICHAEL LIND
Reviewed by DAVID LEONHARDT

This ambitious economic history of the United States argues that the country thrives when the federal government acts as a robust partner to private enterprise.

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'The Great Divergence'

By TIMOTHY NOAH
Reviewed by BENJAMIN M. FRIEDMAN

Timothy Noah summarizes the causes of widening economic inequality in the United States, and offers policy recommendations for fixing it.

'The Outsourced Self'

By ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD
Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ

Arlie Russell Hochschild examines how we meet some of our most personal needs with the aid of paid strangers.

Drew Gilpin Faust

Drew Gilpin Faust: By the Book

The president of Harvard University, a historian and the author of multiple works of nonfiction, wishes all incoming freshmen would read "Being Wrong."

Arthur Ransome

'The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome'

By ROLAND CHAMBERS
Reviewed by KEN KALFUS

A British journalist and spy in Russia had a more successful career as a children's author.

Hilary Mantel

'Bring Up the Bodies'

By HILARY MANTEL
Reviewed by CHARLES McGRATH

Hilary Mantel's sequel to "Wolf Hall" traces Anne Boleyn's fall.

American troops in Seoul, 1945.

'Those Who Have Borne the Battle'

By JAMES WRIGHT
Reviewed by ANDREW J. BACEVICH

Despite the bumper stickers, the gap between soldier and civilian is wider than ever.

'The Chemistry of Tears'

By PETER CAREY
Reviewed by ANDREW MILLER

In Peter Carey's novel, two narrators separated by time are brought together in the pursuit of an automaton.

Kolkata, 2008.

'India Becoming'

By AKASH KAPUR
Reviewed by GEOFFREY C. WARD

Rapid change, Akash Kapur explains, has brought contrast and contradiction to India.

Richard Brautigan

'Jubilee Hitchhiker'

By WILLIAM HJORTSBERG
Reviewed by JOHN LELAND

Richard Brautigan, author of the 1960s best seller "Trout Fishing in America," is the subject of this biography.

Crime

Nature of the Beast

By MARILYN STASIO

Alex Grecian's Victorian mystery "The Yard" is the bloody tale of a serial killer targeting detectives from Scotland Yard.

'Aerogrammes'

By TANIA JAMES
Reviewed by EMILY COOKE

In Tania James's stories, a chimpanzee and a ghost are among the characters entangled in sticky human relationships.

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Only Yesterday

By DEBORAH COPAKEN KOGAN

Erich Segal's 1985 novel about a 25th reunion at Harvard tapped into ambitions and fears that are all too real.

Henry A. Crumpton

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES

Henry A. Crumpton, a former C.I.A. operative whose memoir, "The Art of Intelligence," is on the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 3, says he was influenced by Sean Connery's James Bond.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Michael Lind talks about his economic history of the United States, "Land of Promise"; John Leland discusses a biography of Richard Brautigan; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

ArtsBeat

Book Review Podcast: Market Values

John Waters Tries Some Desperate Living on a Cross-Country Hitchhiking Odyssey

Queen Victoria's Complete Diaries Released Online

Editor's Note

Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond.

John Williams
Books Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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