Books of The Times: It’s Still Making the World Go ’Round
Niall Ferguson’s latest book, “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World,” went to press in May 2008, but it shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis.
Houghton Mifflin Publisher Resigns
Becky Saletan, publisher of the adult trade division, will leave next week in a sign of further unraveling at the publisher.
Books of The Times: A Media Mogul With Relentless Moxie
Michael Wolff has written a supercilious yet star-struck portrait of Rupert Murdoch, the planet’s most notorious press baron.
