'Sashenka'
A novel of the Russian Revolution and a young aristocrat turned perfect Communist housewife — and double agent — from the author of the biography “Young Stalin.”
Newly Released Books
New titles by J. K. Rowling and Patricia Cornwell, a talking-dog book, a historical novel of Boston and not one, but two novels based in Florida in which tarot cards play a part.
New Editor at Random House
Susan Kamil, the editorial director of Dial Press, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Random House imprint, while the Doubleday and Broadway imprints announced layoffs.
'Frontier Medicine'
Bear attacks. Syphilis. Bullet wounds. Malaria. Scalpings. As David Dary’s new book illustrates, there were many ways to die in frontier America, plenty of them gruesome.
Good for the Goose: An English Christmas
In “Elizabeth David’s Christmas,” recipe after recipe looks to France, Italy, Spain and even North Africa for inspiration.
A Good Read Before You Sip
No matter the condition of the economy, the state of the world or the weather, the annual holiday flood of books on wine gushes forth unimpeded.
'Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master'
Michael Sragow puts Victor Fleming, the director of “The Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With the Wind, " in perspective, giving him his rightful due without falsely exaggerating his importance.
Layoffs and Restructuring at Macmillan
Macmillan, the company that operates Farrar, Straus and Giroux, St. Martin’s Press and Henry Holt, laid off about 4 percent of its staff.
'Panic'
“Panic” carries the cautionary message that the wisdom brought by a financial collapse is wisdom that rarely sticks.
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