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Brad DeLong reviews “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” by Alan Greenspan.

David R. Garrow reviews “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,” by Jeffrey Toobin.

Tim Rutten reviews “The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration,” by Jack Goldsmith.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Jesse Cohen reviews “Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination,” by Michael Sims.

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Christopher Reynolds reviews “Matecumbe,” a novel by James A. Michener.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books, Richard Rayner’s Paperback Writers looks at the lingering influence of Ayn Rand. Although she’s best known as the purveyor of a Darwinist social philosophy called objectivism, Rand is, Rayner suggests, actually a pretty good novelist in her own heavy-handed, moralistic way. That’s the reason books such as “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year.

Also on the Web, look for expanded bestsellers and listings, as well as our books and publishing blog Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy.

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