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The new book by Witold Szablowski features the chefs who were expected to prepare sumptuous meals for Russian leaders — and keep them from being poisoned.

The prestigious French literary award went to “Watching Over Her,” or “Veiller Sur Elle,” an almost 600-page novel set in 20th-century Italy.

The prestigious French literary award went to “Watching Over Her,” or “Veiller Sur Elle,” an almost 600-page novel set in 20th-century Italy.

At home in California, Streisand talks about her new memoir, exploring the movies and men of her life, and her determination to control her own art.

Two books — “The Longest Minute,” by Matthew J. Davenport, and “Portal,” by John King — examine the City by the Bay’s resiliency from very different angles.

In her second memoir, the author of “Maid” recounts the struggle of getting educated in America below the poverty line.

In a chatty and candid new memoir, Barbra Streisand talks about her early determination to be famous and tallies the hurdles and helpers she met along the way.

In Rob Copeland’s “The Fund,” we learn about the notorious hedge-fund giant Ray Dalio — and the manipulative professional hellscape over which he has presided.

In Jonathan Evison’s new novel, “Again and Again,” a curmudgeonly old man in an elder-care facility finds an unlikely connection as he recounts the stories of his past lives.

Naomi Alderman’s new novel imagines an end of the world that only the wealthiest can survive — or can they?