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A childhood friendship in upper-class Beijing is tested by envy, ambition and relentless materialism.

Bob Woodward doesn’t know which story he wants to tell in his latest presidential chronicle.

Laurence Leamer, the author of “Capote’s Women” and “Hitchcock’s Blondes,” takes the measure of another powerful man and his female muses.

In “Waste Wars,” Alexander Clapp shows us in depressing detail just what our Big Junk industry is doing to the rest of the world.

The essays in “Watch Your Language” are in close conversation with the poems in “So to Speak,” letting Hayes play with form and ideas.

An exuberant new biography by Jeff Chang charts the action star’s life and legacy as a breakout Asian American celebrity who paved the way for others.

In “We Are Your Soldiers,” Alex Rowell shows how the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser inspired and fostered autocracy among his Arab neighbors in the 20th century and beyond.

An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.

The Nobel laureate’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” revisits a violent chapter in South Korean history.

The novel “We Live Here Now” tracks the uncanny experiences of people connected to a mysterious installation artist.