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Literary

Reinhard Mohn, 88, Dies; Built Bertelsmann Into a Giant

Vicky A. Ayala

Mr. Mohn was an entrepreneur who transformed Bertelsmann from a provincial, war-shattered German publisher into a global media giant.

Sarah E. Wright, Novelist of Black Experience in the Depression, Dies at 80

Vicky A. Ayala

Ms. Wright’s first and only published novel, “This Child’s Gonna Live,” was among the first to explore the black experience from a woman’s perspective.

Off the Shelf: Recession, You Look Familiar

Vicky A. Ayala

Two professors make the case that similar events almost always lead to recessions, including the most recent one.

Digital Domain: Will Books Be Napsterized?

Vicky A. Ayala

As the hardware for electronic books moves closer to the mainstream, publishers wonder whether their industry can be spared the potential problems of piracy.

Art: All the Books You’ll Never Catch on a Kindle

Vicky A. Ayala

The New York Art Book Fair, which opens this weekend with thousands of smart, weird, engrossing and beautiful books, fills three floors of P.S. 1 with plenty of breathing room.

Merrill D. Peterson, Jefferson Scholar, Dies at 88

Vicky A. Ayala

Mr. Peterson, a historian, enlarged the scope of Jeffersonian scholarship with a pair of books.

Why Is She Smiling?

Vicky A. Ayala

In Richard Powers’s latest novel, characters obsess over a woman ostensibly afflicted with hyperthymia — an excess of happiness.

Top 5 at a Glance
1. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others
2. TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy
3. HIGH ON ARRIVAL, by Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin
4. AMERICAN ON PURPOSE, by Craig Ferguson
5. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, by Richard Dawkins