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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 IN 1922, James M. Cain traveled to the coal fields of southern West Virginia to cover the treason trial of union organizer Bill Blizzard. Cain was a young, ambitious journalist working for the Baltimore Sun. His time as a best-selling novelist, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a giant …

In another move that seems more characteristic of an entertainment industry star than a former first lady, Mrs. Obama and Crown have struck a deal with Hearst Magazines to promote “Becoming,” with content sprinkled through its publications and websites, according to seven people familiar with the arrangement. The people said …

Shark attacks, though rare, loom large in the American imagination. This weekend, those fears were realized when a 26-year-old man was killed in Massachusetts in the first attack in the state since 1936. Here are three books about sharks and their victims. Image CLOSE TO SHOREThe Terrifying Shark Attacks of …

MEG, JO, BETH, AMY The Story of “Little Women” and Why It Still Matters By Anne Boyd RiouxIllustrated. 273 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $27.95. One reason I learned to read was so that I could understand “hard books” like “Little Women,” which was read aloud to me as a …

The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. “Full Disclosure” is the latest damaging tell-all book in a succession of them, coming just after Omarosa Manigault Newman’s “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House” and Bob Woodward’s “Fear: Trump in the White House,” …

Bright and tangy homemade frozen yogurt swirled with a mouth-puckering tart cherry jam for a combination that is utter perfection. Frozen yogurt is the perfect way to satisfy that ice cream craving without the guilt. But making it at home isn’t as simple as throwing some yogurt in the freezer. …

THE FALL OF WISCONSIN The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American PoliticsBy Dan Kaufman 319 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $26.95. Fourteen years ago the pundit Thomas Frank asked what was the matter with Kansas. Today the question is, who sank Wisconsin? In “The Fall …

“Full Disclosure” follows other explosive books about Mr. Trump and his administration, including Michael Wolff’s best-seller “Fire and Fury,” James Comey’s “A Higher Loyalty,” Omarosa Manigault Newman’s “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House” and most recently, Bob Woodward’s “Fear: Trump in the White House,” which has dominated …

Leslie Moonves is the latest Hollywood executive to step down after several women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct. These three books, at times sober and hilarious, tell the experiences of women in television, while one assesses how far they’ve come. Image JUST THE FUNNY PARTS… And a Few …

Masha Gessen, the journalist, author and activist, is organizing this fall’s Festival Albertine, an annual event dedicated to fostering French-American intellectual exchange presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Albertine Books. The theme of the 2018 festival is Reimagining Democracy. “The reason there’s an emphasis on the …