Lawrence Wright, whose “Thirteen Days in September” made the cut, was on the list in 2006 for “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.” Phil Klay’s “Redeployment” makes him the second young war veteran in three years to be cited for a debut work of fiction. This year’s authors include the familiar and the fresh-faced. This week, we honor the 10 Best Books of 2014, as selected by our editors. I’m not saying I know everything, but I got to know it as much as I could.” - Suki Kim, author of “Without You, There Is No Us,” discussing her “obsession” with North Korea in an interview with The Rumpus In a way, I’m not that curious right now. “I poured everything into this book that I’ve been carrying with me all my life. “In the future,” he said, “the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the 20th century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort.” David Halberstam once said it was “surely the greatest book ever written about a city.” This week, Caro describes how revisiting the book triggered a crucial forgotten memory about its creation. Wade reviewed “The Power Broker” on the cover of the Book Review. 15, 1974, the urban studies professor and historian Richard C. Published 40 years ago, Caro’s first book was considered a classic of its kind as soon as it appeared. Caro’s Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” which brought in $26,000. 2, as a benefit for the literary and human rights organization PEN American Center, Christie’s auctioned off 75 first editions, each annotated by its author.
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