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‘Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan,’ by William Dalrymple 
  Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:48 GMT 
    William Dalrymple seeks contemporary lessons in Britain’s disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.
        


‘Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir,’ by Amanda Knox 
  Fri, 24 May 2013 13:54:04 GMT 
    Amanda Knox tells her story of being charged with murder in Italy.
        


‘What Jane Saw,’ an Online Exhibition for Austen Fans 
  Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:01 GMT 
    The online exhibit “What Jane Saw” allows viewers to peruse a London gallery as Jane Austen saw it in 1813.
        


ArtsBeat: Rick Atkinson to Write Trilogy about the American Revolution 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:05 GMT 
    Henry Holt and Company announced on Thursday that Mr. Atkinson, a former Washington Post editor and reporter, will be writing a trilogy covering the years 1775-1781.
        




‘Forty-One False Starts,’ by Janet Malcolm 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:06 GMT 
    Janet Malcolm’s penetrating profiles are case studies in defeated amour-propre.
        


‘The Guns at Last Light,’ by Rick Atkinson 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:10 GMT 
    The final volume of Rick Atkinson’s trilogy shows that the road to Berlin was far from smooth.
        


‘Hollywood and Hitler,’ by Thomas Doherty 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:57 GMT 
    The movie industry ignored the growing German menace.
        


ArtsBeat: Ethan Coen Play to Open Atlantic Theater Company Season 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:29 GMT 
    “Women or Nothing,” by Ethan Coen, is scheduled to begin previews Aug. 28.
        




’Til Faith Do Us Part,’ by Naomi Schaefer Riley 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:41 GMT 
    An exploration of how, or if, interfaith marriages work in a nation of many religions.
        


ArtsBeat: Lea Michele of ‘Glee’ Lands Book Deal for ‘Brunette Ambition’ 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:41 GMT 
    Ms. Michele, who plays the overachieving Rachel Berry on “Glee,” will write a book called “Brunette Ambition,” which is described as being “part memoir, part how-to and part style guide.”
        


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