Gaddis (The Penguin Press), a portrait of a globe-trotting diplomat whose complicated life was interwoven with the Cold War and America's emergence as the world's dominant power. Finalists: "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution," by Mary Gabriel (Little, Brown and Co.
Date: Apr 16, 2012
Category: Entertainment
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Jeffrey Eugenides' 'The Marriage Plot' is a finalist for book critics prize
Also picked for biography were Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis' "George F. Kennan: An American Life"; Mary Gabriel's "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of the Revolution"; Paul Hendrickson's "Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961," and Ezra F. Vog
Nominees in the nonfiction category are Deborah Baker ("The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism"), Mary Gabriel ("Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution"), Stephen Greenblatt ("The Swerve: How the World Became Modern"), the late Manning Marable ("Malcolm X: A Life of
Also on the shortlist are Mary Gabriel's expose of the Marx family saga, Love And Capital; and Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve, which examines how the discovery of Lucretius' poem On The Nature Of Things fuelled the Renaissance.
Date: Oct 13, 2011
Category: Entertainment
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National Book Award finalists announced - with an extra title
The nonfiction list has two big historical biographies, the kind of books these prizes often celebrate: Marable's new read on Malcokm X and "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution" by Mary Gabriel. Yet it also includes an unusual choice, a biography done in graphic nove[UPDATE 10/12/11 4:40pm: The original version of this post said that "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution" was written by Deborah Baker. Baker is the author of "The Convert"; "Love and Capital" is by Mary Gabriel.]
Date: Oct 12, 2011
Category: Entertainment
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National Book Awards nominations include debut novel by Tea Obreht
Nonfiction- Deborah Baker, "The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism"- Mary Gabriel, "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution"- Stephen Greenblatt, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern"- Manning Marable, "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention"- Lauren Redniss, "Radi
Date: Oct 12, 2011
Category: Entertainment
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Who are the finalists for the National Book Awards?
of Exile and Extremism, a biography of Margaret Marcus, a Jew from suburban New York, who moved to Pakistan in 1962 and became one of the pre-eminent voices of Islamic rivalism.-- Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution, about the private life of Karl Marx.
the Latin poem's influence on Western thinking. The other nominees were Deborah Baker's "The Convert" and two biographies of married couples: Mary Gabriel's "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution"; and Lauren Redniss' "Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout.
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