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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.

Hardcover Nonfiction

Vicky A. Ayala
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

Talk to the Newsroom: Book Review Editor Sam Tanenhaus

Vicky A. Ayala
Sam Tanenhaus has been editor of the Book Review since April 2004.

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