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August 2006
The Keep
From National Book Award finalist Jennifer Egan, author of Look at Me, comes a spellbinding work of literary suspense enacted in a chilling psychological landscape. Get a glimpse of The Keep on the official website: www.StayattheKeep.com. Plus:
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Nora Ephron on Maintenance:
“Sometimes I think not having to worry about your hair is the secret upside of death. Tell the truth. Aren’t you sick of your hair? Aren’t you tired of washing and drying it? I know people who wash their hair everyday, and I don’t get it. Your hair doesn’t need to be washed every day anymore than your black pants need to be dry-cleaned every time you wear them. But no one listens to me… .”
Send this quote to a friend! Or choose one of six more excerpts to share from Nora Ephron’s hilarious new book of essays, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman with our new quotable e-postcard.
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Enter the Ruins
“The book of the summer…. The Ruins does for Mexican vacations what Jaws did for New England beaches.” —Stephen King
Get lost in the new thriller by Scott Smith, if you dare. Start by taking our quiz on www.EntertheRuins.com to find out if you would survive!
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Borzoi Books for the Dog Days
Beat the heat with John Updike’s latest release, a culinary memoir that is already the talk of the town, breakout short story collections, and 12 more great reads. Get details and read excerpts in our annual summer reading guide—with a print-and-go version available, too.
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THE LOOMING TOWER by Lawrence Wright
The Martyr
In a first-class stateroom on a cruise ship bound for New York from Alexandria, Egypt, a frail, middle-aged writer and educator named Sayyid Qutb experienced a crisis of faith. "Should I go to America as any normal student on a scholarship, who only eats and sleeps, or should I be special?" he wondered. "Should I hold on to my Islamic beliefs, facing the many sinful temptations, or should I indulge those temptations all around me?" It was November 1948. The new world loomed over the horizon, victorious, rich, and free. Behind him was Egypt, in rags and tears. The traveler had never been out of his native country. Nor had he willingly left now.
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