Sunday Books: coverage for March 06, 2011
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The singer-songwriter explores life, death and Hank Williams’ ghost in his first novel, ‘I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.’
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A rush of new books suggests the lessons of the conflict between North and South remain relevant 150 years after the war’s start.
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Books about the Dodgers and Angels are making publishers’ rosters, but notable attention also is being given to the Red Sox, Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Movie versions of popular titles — including ‘Water for Elephants’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ — are coming.
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Biologically, J is female. But J, a transsexual, feels male.
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Reviewed: ‘Cricket Radio’ by John Himmelman, ‘Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut’ by Jill Kargman, ‘The Gospel in Brief’ by Leo Tolstoy.
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The historian deftly explores how the president dealt with the confluence of health problems, reelection and difficult diplomacy over the Suez Canal.
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New thrillers by Taylor Stevens, Cara Hoffman, Erin Brockovich and more feature flawed heroes unafraid to shake things up.
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A reissue of Brooke Hayward’s ‘Haywire’ offers a poignant memoir of her Hollywood parents; Nobel laureate Herta Müller’s novel ‘The Appointment’ follows a woman on a bleak errand.