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Books
Purging Books, Making Art and Ruling Chicago
An editor recommends two escapist biographies.
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News
The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.
In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now.
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Newyork
Can Britain Boom and Bloom at Once?
“I feel somehow / That it isn’t going to last,” Philip Larkin wrote in “Going, Going,” his lament for the English countryside — that development would soon cover everything green and pleasant on his isle: Larkin wrote these words in 1972. On the ...
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Newyork
Are the Elite Anti-Trumpers the ‘Bad Guys’?
Readers react to David Brooks’s suggestion that the elite are partly to blame for Trumpism.
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News
The Latest Trend on Yachts? Submersibles.
Only boats at least 120 feet long can hold a sub, which typically costs between $2 million to $7 million. Manufacturers of the deep-sea vessels say many of their clients are wealthy enthusiasts.
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Books
‘Billions’ Season 7 Premiere Recap: Axe Is Back
A certain redheaded maniac returns to the scene for the series’s concluding season. Let the final showdowns begin.
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US
Hurricane Forecast Worsens Amid High Ocean Temperatures
Officials on Thursday raised the number of storms they expect this season, another troubling sign for coastal communities that have been unnerved by extremely warm waters.
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Books
Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder Center
A sculpture that could be Banksy’s, an astonishing vein of rock crystal, and Nabokov’s butterfly specimens — they are all found here.
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Books
‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2 Episode 9 Recap: Budding Expectations
Lisa has big news. So does Carrie. OK, so do a bunch of characters.
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News
The State of Pizza in the Pizza State
Wait-worthy pies, a rooftop with apizza and plenty more excellent options in New York.