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Kurzweil, a computer scientist and futurist at Google, argues that the world is on the doorstep of a technological revolution so profound it will alter what it means to be human. In the coming decades ...

Netflix’s The Piano Lesson scooped up a whopping 14 nominations to lead the way for the 56th NAACP Image Awards announced ...

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The Life of Jimmy Carter,” by Randall Balmer, was first published in 2014. Now, 10 years later, a revised and expanded ...

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Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty; Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty A little rain couldn't keep King Charles and Queen Camilla away from Sunday church at Sandringham, their first appearance of the year as his cancer ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published ...