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J.K. Rowling and The Casual Vacancy: A sneak peek at its adaptation
A preview of the HBO series, plus Brian Bethune’s review of the adult novel by Harry Potter’s plotter
Maclean’s bestsellers
From the Oct. 6 issue, as compiled by Books editor Brian Bethune
Whatever happened to ‘the art of dress’?
Once upon a time, American women had taste and knew how to dress, argues Linda Przybyszewski in ‘The Lost Art of Dress’. What happened?
The story behind the novel Dr. Zhivago
Russian poet Boris Pasternak’s laughed off criticisms of his epic love story: ‘I just grin’
Hallelujah! A Canadian classic is born
Anne Kingston reviews All Saints by K.D. Miller — ‘a quietly astonishing book of short stories’
How the elevator changed everything
A book review of “Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator” by Andreas Bernard
An engineering marvel gone horribly wrong
A book review of “Trapped Under the Sea” by Neil Swidey
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This week’s bestsellers
Maclean’s book reviews: It’s cold outside—hunker down with a book
This week: The Tudors, Elizabeth Smart on her kidnapping, and disappearing Canadian jobs
The war that ended peace
Margaret MacMillan upends notion of inevitability of First World War
Adults turn to children’s books
‘There are lessons and hope in kids books, unlike self-help books’
Maclean’s Books: Pulling no punches
The fighter’s life of George Chuvalo, the craziness before JFK was killed, and the life of Raymond Chandler