Sunday Books: coverage for November 28, 2010
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The author of ‘Seabiscuit’ relates the stirring and triumphant account of the harrowing experiences of American Olympic runner and World War II prisoner-of-war Louis Zamperini.
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The first of a two-volume set of Sondheim’s collected lyrics springs to life with sharp-eyed annotations, zingy anecdotes and frank appraisals of his most illustrious lyric-writing predecessors.
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The Nobel Prize winner in literature presents poems that are dark, yet have an easy charm.
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A former Times crime reporter uses his considerable expertise to forge a fictionalized yet realistic portrait of the LAPD.
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Barack Obama’s ‘A Letter to My Daughters’ and other new picture books prepare young children for the delights and challenges of readings.