Sunday Books: coverage for June 26, 2011
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The book annotates some of the many letters artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her lover and future husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, wrote to each other between 1915 and 1933.
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The complex defense lawyer is examined in enlightening detail.
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Ryan David Jahn’s novel about the crisis-ridden residents of a New York apartment complex is based on the notorious 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese.
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A collection edited by Steven Heller discusses the ability of the best designs — magazines, logos, posters, illustrations, architecture and more — to distill and clarify information.
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James Patterson, writing with Chris Tebbetts and with illustrations by Laura Park, tells a pitch-perfect tale in his first book for middle-grade readers.
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Elaine Sciolinoshows how the French have developed a lifestyle that emphasizes the art of living well, and they want the world to learn from them.
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Catch a wave with Dude and Betty in Lisa Pliscou’s vivid children’s book. It’s a most excellent adventure.
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Reviewed: ‘Jesse’s Ghost’ by Frank Bergon; ‘The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder’ by Richard Louv; ‘Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading’ by Nina Sankovitch
