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Just 'Between You & Me,' Here Are Some Handy Grammar Tips

6:22pm May 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Mary Norris has been a copy editor at The New Yorker since 1978. She dispenses some of the collected grammatical wisdom of those decades in a new book, Between You & Me (and it is "me," not "I").

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FUDS, a complete encyclofoodia, is by Kelly Hudson, Dan Klein and Arthur Meyer writing as the fictional Mizretti twins.

Straight Out Of Brooklyn: 'Encyclofoodia' Pokes Fun At Foodies

6:21pm May 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Comics posing as chefs have written a book with sensational recipes and explanations of essential tools like the "spankler." It's designed to "spank the food if it does anything wrong."

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Ted Lewis' gritty storytelling takes readers inside London's seedier quarters.

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Gangsters, Goons And 'Grievous Bodily Harm' In Ted Lewis' London

5:29pm May 08, 2015

by John Powers

Soho Press recently reissued the late British crime writer's final novel. Critic John Powers says Lewis' GBH is a pulp-fiction triumph worthy of Jim Thompson or James Ellroy.

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Remembering Ruth Rendell, Master Of Smart And Socially Aware Suspense

4:23pm May 08, 2015

by Maureen Corrigan

The British novelist set shocking crimes in mundane settings — always adding a dash of social criticism. Critic Maureen Corrigan says she is forever giving Rendell's books to friends.

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NPR Bestsellers: Week Of May 7, 2015

4:03pm May 08, 2015

The lists are compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of May 7, 2015

4:03pm May 08, 2015

Early Warning, the second book in Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years trilogy, continues her tale of an Iowa farming family. It debuts at No. 10.

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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of May 7, 2015

4:03pm May 08, 2015

Neurologist Oliver Sacks looks back on his life and career in On the Move, which debuts at No. 7.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of May 7, 2015

4:03pm May 08, 2015

A judge is called upon to decide the fate of a sick teenager in Ian McEwan's The Children Act, which appears at No. 9.

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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction, Week Of May 7, 2015

4:03pm May 08, 2015

At No. 7, Tom Robbins applies his signature verbal gusto to his own life story in Tibetan Peach Pie.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Mystery Novelist Ruth Rendell

1:56pm May 08, 2015

The British author wrote crime novels for 50 years, many featuring Chief Inspector "Reg" Wexford. Rendell died May 2. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2005.

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