How One Small Statistic Became a Story That Spanned a Continent

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Our chief Africa reporter was wary of journalism that made broad predictions about the continent, but a statistic made clear that staggering change was approaching.

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Read Your Way Through Lima

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Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity.

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Read Your Way Through Lima

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Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity.

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Margaret Renkl Writes in the Space Between Grief and Hope

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In her most recent book, “The Comfort of Crows,” Renkl puts her admirable powers of perception to use, offering readers respite, and reason for hope, in a turbulent world.

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How to Use Your Library Card to Check Out E-Books, Audiobooks and More

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With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch.

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Using Your Phone to Visit the Library

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With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch.

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Natalie Zemon Davis, Historian of the Marginalized, Dies at 94

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She wrote of peasants, unsung women, border crossers and, most popularly, Martin Guerre, a 16th-century village impostor recalled in a 1980s movie.

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In ‘Seafood Simple,’ Eric Ripert Includes Techniques and Not-So-Simple Recipes

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Cream puff decorating classes for the holidays, a Phony Mezcal Negroni from St. Agrestis and more food news.

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When a Book Deal Feels Like ‘Winning the Middle-Age Lottery’

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Dann McDorman, the executive producer of “The Beat With Ari Melber,” gave up writing fiction in his 20s. Now, he’s publishing his first novel at age 47.

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New Memoirs by Henry Winkler and John Stamos

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Candid memoirs by Henry Winkler and John Stamos reveal how lucky breaks — and Yale training, and a curling iron — made them into household names.

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