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6 audiobooks perfect for holiday giving

May 9, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

We've been telling one another stories for at least since we started drawing on cave walls, if not sooner. That may be a big fat cliché, but it's a satisfying...

Review: ‘Ada’s Algorithm’ by James Essinger

May 9, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

The story of Ada Lovelace would be irresistible even if she did not hold a singular place in the history of the computer. Her father was the celebrated poet Lord...

A rundown on the Man Booker Prize shortlist

May 9, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

There is something silly about surveying all of English literature each year and deciding that one book is simply better than all others, as though literature were the equivalent of...

Audiobook roundup: ‘The Secret Police,’ others

May 9, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

The Secret Place, by Tana French, read by Stephen Hogan and Lara Hutchinson, 20:34, Penguin Audio, $50 The narration of "The Secret Place," a police procedural about a boy's murder...

"Dear Leader" Jang Jin-sung, "Don't Try to Find Me" by Holly Brown, and "Factory Man" by Beth Macy are three new audiobooks worth listening to.

Audiobook roundup: ‘Dear Leader,’ others

May 9, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

Dear Leader by Jang Jin-sung, read by Daniel York, Simon & Schuster, 11:43, $23.99 Jang Jin-sung's "Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee — A Look Inside North Korea" provides a startling...

"Shocked" by David Casarett explores the various methods and examples of resuscitation of nearly-dead people.

Review: ‘Shocked’ by David Casarett

May 9, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Twenty-nine-year-old Anna Elisabeth Johansson Bagenholm was skiing with friends when she took a spill that sent her through the ice of a frozen stream. Only her skis, still above the...

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr, "The Rise & Fall of Great Powers" by Tom Rachman, and "Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?" by Dave Eggers are three recent audiobook releases.

Audiobook roundup: ‘All the Light We Cannot See,’ others

May 9, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, read by Zach Appelman, 16:02, Simon & Schuster, $23.99-$39.99 There's a quiet sweetness at the beginning of "All the Light We...

Audiobook roundup: ‘All the Light We Cannot See,’ others

December 23, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, read by Zach Appelman, 16:02, Simon & Schuster, $23.99-$39.99 There's a quiet sweetness at the beginning of "All the Light We...

Paul Raeburn's "Do Fathers Matter?" is an examination of continuing research into the scientific role fathers play in the lives of their children.

Review: ‘Do Fathers Matter?’ by Paul Raeburn

May 9, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Devote a fleeting thought to your father and you can instantly answer the question posed in the title of Paul Raeburn's new book, "Do Fathers Matter? What Science Is Telling...

Review: ‘The Silkworm’ by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)

May 9, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

In "The Silkworm," J.K. Rowling's entertaining second novel under the pen name Robert Galbraith, private detective Cormoran Strike searches for the missing husband of Leonora Quine only to uncover his...

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