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The Nazi PR machine
One of the great mysteries of history is how a country as civilized as Germany was persuaded to embrace a man as coarse and cruel as Adolf Hitler. The answer, according to Nicholas O’Shaughnessy, is marketing.
A plan for autumn author readings
This fall brings an especially lively assortment of books and authors to Southern California bookstores, ranging from masters of literary fiction to members of the glitterati, and at least one music superstar whose book-signing promises to draw a record-breaking crowd.
‘The Singles Game’: Tennis a perfect match for latest by ‘Prada’ author
Like an Upton Sinclair of women’s fiction, writer Lauren Weisberger has a knack for showing the seedy underbelly of industries that seem glamorous to outsiders who aren’t aware of the stressful sacrifices that stardom requires.
A personal, transparent look at gender and identity
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi is best known for her landmark books “Backlash” and “Stiffed,” both of which are penetrating investigations of the role of gender in American life.
Fall holidays and more: New books for kids, and parents, too
The fall holidays are here and so is the new crop of holiday-themed children’s books.
Book review: ‘The trombone man: tales of a misogynist’
Ron J. Hutter has written a provocative, entertaining, and thoughtful novel that explores the problem of antisemitism in a very original way.
Orthodox activist outlines a Judaism of the heart
Donald Trump was in Phoenix for a speech on immigration, and Shmuly Yanklowitz wasn’t happy about it.
Shock is followed by awe over Foer’s new novel
A colleague of mine admonished me to include a warning in my review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s brilliant new novel, “Here I Am” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). And so I will.
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