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鈥榃e don鈥檛 even know all of what we have.鈥� Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve聽the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have included Frederick Douglass鈥� newspaper, The North Star.
A cupboard full of 鈥榳ild books鈥�: Singing the praises of Little Free LibrariesIn an era when the latest books trend on social media, Little Free Libraries offer a sense of serendipity, community, and connection.
Children鈥檚 cookbooks stir the creativity of budding chefsFour kid-tested and -approved cookbooks yield many servings of fun in the kitchen.
A mystery wrapped in moss and buried in a bogIn Anna North鈥檚 "Bog Queen," a female forensic scientist attempts to solve the puzzle of a well-preserved body found in a peat bog.
How comedian Roy Wood Jr. became a 鈥楳an of Many Fathers鈥�With his new book, 鈥淭he Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir,鈥� comedian Roy Wood Jr. may be taking on his heaviest discussion thus far: parenting.
In 鈥楬ostage,鈥� Eli Sharabi chronicles his 491 days in Hamas captivity鈥淗ostage鈥� is a frank account of Eli Sharabi鈥檚 time in captivity, our critic writes. It is both difficult to read and difficult to put down.聽
Fall is for falling in love with books. Here are October鈥檚 10 best.The midautumn crop of books includes a captivating South Seas saga and a lively history of the stock market crash that sparked the Great Depression.
What does the worst stock market crash in history have to tell us today?The immersive new 鈥�1929鈥� benefits from journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin鈥檚 meticulous archival research and his access to documents never before available, including the board notes from the New York Federal Reserve.
鈥楾he law didn鈥檛 respect them鈥�: How the US deported thousands of citizens 100 years agoIn her new book, Marla A. Ram铆rez examines the reverberating consequences of a push to deport ethnic Mexicans, many of whom were U.S. citizens, during the Great Depression.
In the memoir 鈥楯oyride,鈥� Susan Orlean turns her investigative eye inwardTo this master of narrative nonfiction, something extraordinary is waiting under every rock, beckoning her to look closer.
From the Magazine鈥楾his thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.鈥� How two murderers found grace performing Shakespeare.Performing Shakespeare in prison helped two murderers rediscover their humanity and find redemption. They vow to 鈥渂e wise hereafter and seek for grace.鈥�
鈥楾here is an inner poet in all of us.鈥� Laureate Arthur Sze on poetry as discovery.Arthur Sze, the new U.S. poet laureate, hopes you鈥檒l take time to read a poem today 鈥� slowly. Within it, he says in an interview, are words and phrases that can be 鈥渟eeds that nurture you.鈥�
When the storms of daily life loom, my family finds refuge in readingIn an era in which devices and social media can increasingly pull us apart, one family discovers connection and togetherness in books.
In the framers鈥� words, the US Constitution was meant as a living documentJill Lepore鈥檚 鈥淲e the People鈥� examines amendments as engines of change. And 鈥淗istory Matters鈥� offers insights from the late David McCullough.
鈥榃hat it is to be human鈥�: Poet Ada Lim贸n reflects on curiosity and connectionIn her latest book, 鈥淪tartlement: New and Selected Poems,鈥澛燗da Lim贸n explores how questioning can lead to a place of truth.
鈥楢 spectrum of hope鈥�: A science writer puts life under a microscopeIn 鈥淪uper Natural,鈥� Alex Riley explores how species evolved to thrive in the most extreme climates on Earth.
A writer schools himself on the plight and might of birdsAdam Nicolson, a self-described 鈥渂eginner in the wood,鈥� unfolds singular facts and compelling anecdotes about birds that fire the imagination.
Kick off autumn with books aplenty. Here are September鈥檚 10 best.Time to put down those summer beach reads and focus on September鈥檚 crisp mix of fiction and nonfiction titles.
In this roundup of fall mysteries, everyone has skeletons in the family closetGenerations are teaming up to put away the bad guys in mysteries ranging from the cozy to the decidedly not.
Digging deep into the trenches of World War I in 鈥楻ing of Fire鈥�鈥淩ing of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914鈥� details how colonial powers sought land grabs and new weaponry gave them increased fire power.
