Derivatives, financial instruments whose value derives from an underlying asset, serve diverse purposes in global markets. They enable investors to hedge risks, speculate on price movements and ...
With the end of the year approaching, it is time for me to do my equivalent of discriminating naughty from nice, as books get sorted ... writing looking pretty derivative and threadbare.
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ...
Spend the whole weekend in bed." This type of reading is best suited to classics—and it doesn't feel right, in our humble opinion, to be reading books set in scorching hot summer weather in the ...
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The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably difficult topics. Many are personal stories about surviving the unthinkable. Salman Rushdie describes the violent attack that nearly killed him.
We’ve spent the year reading nonstop—dog-earing pages, underlining passages, and tearing through the towering stacks on our nightstands—to find the books that truly blow us away. We all loved Oprah’s ...
Burdman says that if selective institutions can show that students who don’t take calculus do well in college, then colleges will have “more confidence” in admitting students who take alternatives, ...
As the year draws to a close, with all its new books stretched out before us, Smithsonian magazine's editors and writers have clear favorites. Whether you're doing some holiday shopping or looking ...
When the weather outside turns frightful, there’s nothing as delightful as curling up with a great book. Wintry books set the perfect tone for a long day of reading covered up by a blanket with ...