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'Citizenfour': A Paranoid Conspiracy Documentary About Edward Snowden

3:10pm October 24, 2014

by David Edelstein

Laura Poitras' new film isn't artfully shaped like her other documentaries. But she captures scenes as history is being made — and it will make you look both ways when you're on the street.

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Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go'

3:10pm October 24, 2014

Ann Patchett got married and divorced young. To her second husband, she said: "I'll be true, I'll be faithful ... but I don't want to live together." Her book is This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage.

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'Rebellion' Charts A Tumultuous, Formative Century

2:40pm October 24, 2014

by J.P. O'Malley

Historian Peter Ackroyd's new book surveys the history of England from the end of the Tudor era to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 — almost a century of war, debate and transformation.

To make the best (and safest) burger, America's Test Kitchen recommends grinding the meat at home and packing it loosely.

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'Test Kitchen': How To Buy The Safest Meat And Make The Juiciest Steaks

2:10pm October 24, 2014

The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book gives tips on how to shop for, store, season and cook meat. Why shouldn't you pack your burgers too tight? Two America's Test Kitchen editors explain.

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"Behind the Mask," Scott Blumenthal's "The Kiss," Angus MacLachlan, and Day of the Dead

1:05pm October 24, 2014

by David Ford

David Lubin and "Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution"

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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is often celebrated as the most beautifully designed book of the Renaissance, despite its bewildering mix of languages, both real and invented.

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Book News: Lily King, Roz Chast And Kate Samworth Win Inaugural Kirkus Prize

11:02am October 24, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

Earning honors for fiction, nonfiction and young children's literature, respectively, the writers are the first to win the award. Also: The Bronx's bookstore returns, while the U.K. shows off doodles.

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Pursuing The Mafia Into All 'Four Corners' Of Palermo

10:03am October 24, 2014

by Nishant Dahiya

Reporter Giuseppe di Piazza's debut novel, The Four Corners of Palermo, follows an unnamed young reporter during the brutal early days of the mafia's conflict with the Italian government in the 1980s.

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David Lubin Presents "Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution"

8:36am October 24, 2014

by David Ford

Discover how one artist's work helped mask the injuries of those wounded in World War I.

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Message From Documentary 'Citizenfour': Be Afraid (Of Surveillance)

7:03am October 24, 2014

by Kenneth Turan

Ken Turan reviews the documentary Citizenfour from filmmaker Laura Poitras about Edward Snowden and his decision to leak information about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.

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'Citizenfour' Follows The Snowden Story Without (Much) Grandstanding

2:03am October 24, 2014

by Andrew Lapin

Documentarian Laura Poitras found herself deep inside the story of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and his revelations about surveillance.