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Review: 'Cookbook Library' marks an amazing evolution in cuisine
Los Angeles TimesThe Cookbook Library Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes that Made the Modern Cookbook Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin University of California Press: 333 pp., $50 What is a cookbook? More than simply a collection of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Philosophy, Book
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Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are'
He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time....
Tags: Movies, Spike Jonze, Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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New York City's spots for book lovers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the third floor of a big, gray building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, silver-haired docent Julie Chelminski recently stepped up to the middle of a hushed room and faced 15 spellbound tourists. "On the walls of this room there were 9,000 drawers,"...Tags: Arts and Culture, Amazon.com Inc., Harpo Marx, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George S. Kaufman
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Celebrating the life of the well-traveled Pat Nixon
As the wife of an ambitious politician, Pat Nixon had her hands full. Besides keeping up with Richard Nixon's various political incarnations, she had a household to run and two daughters to raise. But as a new exhibit on the centennial of her birth at...
Tags: China, Travel, Richard Nixon, Arts and Culture, China Earthquake (2010)
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Get ready for the election with 'Presidential Campaign Posters'
Jacket CopyBefore the era of the 24-hour news cycle and weekly televised debates, the predominant and most creative outlet for presidential candidates to communicate their vision was the campaign poster. With "Presidential Campaign Posters" (Quirk Books, $40), the... -
Authors in L.A. this week: Eli Broad, John Sandford, Sherlock Holmes tribute
Jacket CopyAuthors in L.A. this week include Eli Broad, John Sandford along with a tribute to Sherlock Holmes.... -
Library of Congress names new entries for National Recording Registry
Pop & HissThe Library of Congress has named 25 new entries for its National Recording Registry, honoring historically significant sound recordings. Recordings by Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Leonard Bernstein and others are joining the registry.... -
What's worse library behavior: watching porn or stabbing someone?
Jacket CopyWhich do you think is worse library behavior: looking at porn or stabbing someone?... -
Former first lady Nancy Reagan recovering from fall
L.A. NOWFormer First Lady Nancy Reagan is continuing to recover from a March fall at her home that left the 90-year-old with fractured ribs, her spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.... -
What we're reading: book news, copyrights and ephemera
Jacket CopyA big copyright decision, The Big Sleep on screen, a stellar set of library fellows and a happy day for Samuel Pepys in today's book news.... -
Harry Potter e-books to join Amazon's Kindle lending library
Jacket CopyJ.K. Rowling's bestselling Harry Potter series will be available as free e-books to Kindle owners through Amazon's members-only lending library beginning June 19.... -
Irish National Library puts James Joyce manuscripts online
Jacket CopyWant to see manuscripts of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake"? You can now: The Irish National Library has put its collection of rare Joyce materials online....
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