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Recent audiobook releases to check out are five books of "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, "It's a Long Story" by Willie Nelson, and "War of the Encyclopaedists" by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite.

Audiobook roundup: ‘A Game of Thrones’ 5-book set, and more

May 9, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

A Game of Thrones: Books 1 through 5 by George R. R. Martin, narrated by Roy Dotrice, 215 hours, Random House Audio, $340, 49 CDs There are enough characters in...

Wednesday Martin examines her neighbors on New York's Upper East Side as Jane Goodall studies her chimps in "Primates of Park Avenue."

Review: ‘Primates of Park Avenue’ by Wednesday Martin

August 21, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Wednesday Martin had a delicious idea: Treat her wealthy Park Avenue neighbors like the subjects of an anthropological expedition. She would learn the unusual folkways of this insular culture and...

In "Jonas Salk: A Life," Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs looks at the life and career of the man who developed the first polio vaccine.

Review: ‘Jonas Salk’ by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

May 9, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

A chasm runs through the life of Jonas Salk. He was an American hero, recognized by presidents and interviewed by the most important journalists of his day — a reassuring...

Audiobook roundup: A look at this year’s Audies

May 9, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

There are more than 150 finalists in 30 categories in the annual competition for best audiobooks, The Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association. The winners will be announced May...

Review: ‘On the Move’ by Oliver Sacks

May 9, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

When Oliver Sacks lived in Los Angeles during his medical residency in the early 1960s, he would leave work on Friday and fly down Route 66 on his motorcycle, traveling...

Debate within the scientific community is hardly more civilized than a Facebook fight, as Alice Dreger investigates in "Galileo's Middle Finger."

Review: ‘Galileo’s Middle Finger’ by Alice Dreger

May 9, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Alice Dreger had just left a session of the National Women's Studies Association where fellow academics savaged her research. She had known the panel would be far from flattering, and...

Audiobook roundup: ‘Vanessa and Her Sister,’ more

May 9, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar, narrated by Emilia Fox, Clare Corbett, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Daniel Pirrie, Anthony Calf, Random House Audio, 10:52, $20 Priya Parmar spins a vivid novel...

New publishing trends reshaping reading

May 9, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

In November, a pair of technology journalists issued the latest in what seems to be a constant stream of announcements proclaiming the start of a book publishing revolution. First, co-authors...

"Tasty" by John McQuaid looks at scientific research behind flavors and taste.

Review: ‘Tasty’ by John McQuaid

May 9, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Few of us know more about the science of taste than what can be gleaned from that sixth-grade textbook illustration of the tongue segmented into the various kingdoms of sweet,...

Audiobook roundup: Jeffery Deaver’s ‘Starling Project,’ others

May 9, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

The Starling Project by Jeffery Deaver, featuring Alfred Molina, Lisa Stathoplos, David J. Curtis and Aaron Abano, Audible Studios, 4:10, $16.99 "The Starling Project" is pure Jeffery Deaver, with a...

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