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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet - If you want to debate whether global warming is real, or, if it’s real, whether it’s a natural phenomenon or something we did, or if “drill, baby, drill” can bring
Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement - Somewhere in Florida, in a retirement community where the residents are alert and active, someone is even now saying, "Our book club should read 'Early Bird' next." I wonder what
Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth - Christmas Eve, 1968. Apollo 8 was making history. The American astronauts had left Earth's orbit. They'd seen the dark side of the Moon. Now, on their fourth
Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin - When Kenny Shopsin died, he got the Great Eccentric Obituary --- "Brash Owner of a Quirky Restaurant" -- in The New York Times, which is simple justice. He ran the
Eat, Pray - Timing is everything. Last week --- in fact, just as her publisher was running full page ads for Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" --- I wondered if there was someone...
Eat, Pray, Love - Three in the morning, and she's on the bathroom floor of her country house, sobbing. And not for any obvious reason. Elizabeth Gilbert, at 31, jets around
Eating Delancey: A Celebration of Jewish Food - I was to have dinner with two French women. “You choose the restaurant,” they said. A no-brainer: I chose Katz’s Deli. We ordered pastrami sandwiches at the counter, gobbled samples
Eating to Live - Food prices rose about 4% in 2007, and just as money starts getting tight for many Americans, food prices are expected to rise another 4% this year. But
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Good grammar is only half the story. There's also punctuation. And isn't that a snore? Or was, when you and I sat under dusty chalkboards and suffered through
Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth - Lawrence Selden was infatuated with Lily Bart. He couldn't help it. She was from a good family. She knew everyone. She was painfully beautiful. And special, yes, special: "He had
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman - The dollar shows no signs of getting off its sickbed. That means a cafe creme can cost $7 in Paris. In London, the subway will set you back $4. I see a
Elective Affinities - The greatest writer of his time enters into a late-life marriage that tests his recent and unfamiliar commitment to monogamy. That’s a novel waiting to happen. Goethe is the writer, and "Elective
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success - I’ve been watching the NBA playoffs. That will surprise readers who like to think of me, in formal attire, swanning around Manhattan at night. Those readers will be astonished to
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock - Steve Jobs (1955-2011): A few years ago, at the D Conference, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were interviewed together for first time in two decades. Afterward, I got
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock - Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan were yoked together in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, when 15-year-old Elizabeth was one of nine African American students trying to integrate a high school
Eloise - Actually, the title is “Kay Thompson’s Eloise” --- like a movie directed by a screen giant. Kay Thompson got her name above the title, as it
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Super Power - GUEST BUTLER LYNNE REYNOLDS has led an artistic double-life: she writes and makes art. Educated at Rhode Island School of Design and California College of the Arts, she holds a
Elsie de Wolfe’s Paris: Frivolity Before the Storm - Once, for a week, I filled in as the co-host of a television talk show. Charlie Scheips was one of the guests, there to chat about Andy Warhol and the
Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life - Judith Orloff announces she's a doctor right on the cover of her books. That's because she knows she'd lose a lot of potential readers if she didn't billboard
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life - It would be so easy to hate Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Amy Krouse Rosenthal has written a raft of books about parenting. They have titles like "The Same
