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Readers respond to a recent review of Edward Ball’s book “The Inventor and the Tycoon.”

Amity Shlaes depicts Calvin Coolidge as a paragon of a president, less for what he did than for what he did not do.

The Knight Foundation says it should not have paid Jonah Lehrer $20,000 for a speech.

The author of “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” recently met Louise Erdrich, but all she could say was something like “Hey, Louise, are these pimentos in the dip?”

Leon Wieseltier will share the Dan David Prize, which is given annually to honor “contributions to humanity,” with the French philosopher Michel Serres.

“Pride and Prejudice” has been published with radically different covers over the course of two centuries.

"The Man in the High Castle," Dick's novel of alternate history and mysticism, and an early meditation on the nature of reality, is being developed for a television adaptation by Frank Spotnitz, a writer and producer of "The X-Files," and Ridley Scott, the director of "Blade Runner."

Peter Brown's 800-page "Through the Eye of the Needle" has also become a best-seller for a book of its type.

New picture books celebrate romantic and friendly affection.

Allison Glock knew early on that she wanted to be a writer.

Sister Souljah, best known in some circles as the rapper whom Bill Clinton criticized during the 1992 presidential campaign, has her third consecutive best seller with her new novel, “A Deeper Love Inside.”

Paperback books of particular interest.

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

In this young adult novel, characters encounter one another again and again.

Ruta Sepetys’s heroine grows up in a New Orleans brothel.

African immigrants bring new life to a small-town soccer team.

Creatures big and small (and metallic) venture beyond their cozy confines to explore exciting places and make new friends.

The characters in “The Rage,” Gene Kerrigan’s new police procedural, are struggling to get by in Dublin.

New books by Tim Crothers, Peter A. Galuszka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Lauren Slater.

Elizabeth L. Cline surveys the cultural, economic and environmental consequences of our never-ending hunt for low-priced clothing.