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    Where to Find Native American Culture and a Good Read

    Birchbark Books & Native Arts, owned by the novelist Louise Erdrich, provides indigenous-language guides, literature and crafts — and the latest best sellers.

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      Graphic Novels That Twist Reality This Way and That

      In his latest Graphic Content column Ed Park looks at Daria Tessler’s “Cult of the Ibis” and “Tumult,” by John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy — two surreal adventures.

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    Globetrotting

    Your sneak preview of books coming out in 2019 from around the world.

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    Two Brilliant Siblings and the Curious Consolations of Math

    In “The Weil Conjectures,” Karen Olsson writes about her own love of math as well as the lives of the great mathematician André Weil and his sister, the philosopher and secular saint Simone Weil.

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    6 New Books We Recommend This Week

    Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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    Mark Kleiman, Who Fought to Lift Ban on Marijuana, Dies at 68

    A sought-after drug policy expert, and often a maverick, he favored decriminalizing pot but remained wary of full-scale commercial legalization.

    By Sam Roberts

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    The Spanish Author Who Doesn’t Believe in Spanish Literature

    “Important as it is, the language in which you write is secondary,” says Javier Marías, whose new novel is “Berta Isla.” “I myself feel much closer to many foreign authors than to many of my compatriots.”

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    The Manson Murders: What to Read, Watch and Listen To

    Pop culture has fixated on the Manson family murders for 50 years. Here’s what’s worth checking out.

    By Jason Bailey

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    The Forgotten Man Responsible for Our Most Iconic National Parks

    John Taliaferro’s “Grinnell” tells the story of the conservationist who fought for decades to defend the land and animals and people of America’s West.

    By Timothy Egan

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    Daniel Callahan, 88, Dies; Bioethics Pioneer Weighed ‘Human Finitude’

    At the Hastings Center, which he co-founded, he explored ethical issues raised by medical advances and questioned the wisdom of prolonging life.

    By Katharine Q. Seelye

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    Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie in Running for Booker Prize

    Atwood’s “The Testaments” is one of 13 books longlisted for Britain’s most prestigious literary award.

    By Alex Marshall

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    Bridging Two Cultures With Cake

    In “Pie in the Sky,” a 12-year-old tries to bake his way to a new life when his family immigrates.

    By Jorge Aguirre

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    True Life: I Got Conned by Anna Delvey

    In “My Friend Anna,” Rachel DeLoache Williams recounts her yearlong deception by the notorious Russian con artist who took New York by storm.

    By Sadie Stein

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    The Boorish, Comic Life of an Exquisitely Awful Dentist

    In Nina Stibbe’s latest romp of a novel, “Reasons to Be Cheerful,” an eager young woman fakes her way into a job at a very eccentric dental surgery.

    By Susan Coll

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