Tag: Nonfiction
Chocolate to McNuggets: Book details history of kid food
NEW YORK — Legend: Genghis Khan came up with an early concept for hamburgers that involved tenderizing meat scraps under the saddles of horses...
Inventive books make final 6 for International Booker Prize
<p>LONDON — Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders for the...
Inventive books make final 6 for International Booker Prize
LONDON — Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders for the...
A farmer to chefs reveals his deep vegetable knowledge
<p>NEW YORK — Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about...
Publisher pauses release of new Philip Roth biography
<p>NEW YORK — The publisher of a new, bestselling biography about Philip Roth has temporarily halted the book's shipping and promotion as its author,...
Novel about Vietnam veteran wins $5,000 William Colby prize
<p>NEW YORK — A novel about a Marine's time in Vietnam and his struggles back home has won a $5,000 prize. Mark Treanor's “A...
A farmer to chefs reveals his deep vegetable knowledge
NEW YORK — Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about...
Publisher pauses release of new Philip Roth biography
NEW YORK — The publisher of a new, bestselling biography about Philip Roth has temporarily halted the book's shipping and promotion as its author,...
Novel about Vietnam veteran wins $5,000 William Colby prize
NEW YORK — A novel about a Marine's time in Vietnam and his struggles back home has won a $5,000 prize. Mark Treanor's “A...
Review: New collection of columns by the late Jenny Diski
<p>“Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?” by Jenny Diski (Bloomsbury Publishing)</p>
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