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'Time Pieces' is author John Banville's tribute to Dublin, the city that helped to shape himAt its best, 'Time Pieces' can be an invitation to wonder, aided by accompanying photographs by Paul Joyce.
'The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist' will shake your faith in the US justice systemThe authors focus on the wrongful convictions of two black men, Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, each charged in separate murders during the early 1990s in Mississippi.
4 great audiobook selections for Black History MonthCheck out these four titles recommended for anytime listening.
'Enlightenment Now' says human progress is real, remarkable, and yet often unacknowledgedSteven Pinker聽marshals data from detailed studies that show the stirring extent of progress human beings have achieved since the 18th聽century.
Dreams, divisions, and death: author Francisco Cant煤 shares what he saw at the Mexican borderCant煤, who worked with the US Border Patrol on the Mexican border, says issues surrounding the border are 'hugely complex.'
'Without Precedent' brings shrewd legal perspective to the career of Supreme Court justice John MarshallThe book's narrative is especially strong when relating the turbulent legal and political infighting of Marshall's years as chief justice.
'The Future of Humanity' recommends evacuating Earth in order to save the speciesBestselling writer Michio Kaku is a practiced and very effective popularizer of science for a general audience.
'Secrets We Kept' is the wrenching story of the abusive truth behind the marriages in an author's familyThrough her family story, author Krystal Sital examines the widespread nature of domestic violence in Trinidad, where it has traditionally been considered a private family matter.聽
'Down and Across' is a lively YA debut starring a self-doubting teen and a crossword-puzzle loverIranian-American teen Saaket 鈥淪cott鈥� Ferdowsi grapples with his own insecurities and struggles to live up to his parents鈥� expectations.
3 intriguing new science fiction titlesThree strong new sci fi releases get 2018 off to an excellent start.
A historian asks: Do we over-idealize Main Street?Historian and author Alice Echols began to look into a family scandal and uncovered a sprawling saga of capitalism run amok.
'The Marshall Plan' considers how and why the US became a global superpowerThis is a welcome, timely, and significant addition to what we know about the way that the Marshall Plan shaped the post-World War II landscape.
10 best books of February: the Monitor's picksFrom a history of the war in Afghanistan, to a story about a 1950s road race in Australia, to a young adult novel about a teen who loves crossword puzzles, here are our top 10 picks among new February releases.
First LookPrize for thriller novels without female victims draws mixed reactionsOne female writer is setting up a book prize to reward the best crime novel in which no woman is the victim. Some 鈥� inspired by the #MeToo movement 鈥� are happy with the initiative, others fear it fails to address tough, real life issues.聽
'Young China' profiles a generation facing a sometimes confusing mix of prosperity and pressureYoung Chinese in their 20s, firmly ensconced in the world's middle class, are their country's first modern generation 'less preoccupied with needs and more involved with wants.'
Europe, what are you reading? My fellow train passengers respondSelections range from George Orwell's '1984' to 'World Without End' by Ken Follett.
'The Seabird's Cry' follows the 350 bird species inhabiting the coastlines and open oceans of our planetIt's a completely pitiless world, in which the attrition of natural predation is increased exponentially by the harshness of the environment.
First LookTown library starts newspaper after local paper shutteredA small New Hampshire town library offers a model of how others can step in to provide information for communities in 'news deserts.'
First LookWhy university libraries are tossing millions of booksStruggling to keep up with the increasing digitization of academia, libraries are purging older volumes to make聽way for study spaces and coffee shops. The act is a radical shift from when the value of a library was measured by the scope of its books.聽
'Directorate S' attempts to unravel the countless complexities of the Afghan warRelentless reporting and fastidious cultivation of sources are the hallmarks of Steve Coll's reporting and this book is no exception.
