All Book Reviews
Amid injustice, unforgettable imagesJapanese Americans held at Manzanar demonstrated dignity and resilience.
Private moments laced with social commentary in 'Lars Tunbj枚rk'Tunbjork was one of Sweden鈥檚聽most prominent photographers.
Training his lens on social justiceGordon Parks鈥檚 work confronted racism in the pre-civil rights era.
'The Eternal City' chronicles Rome's inimitable historyIn many ways, Ferdinand Addis's book reads more like a slightly modernized and extended version of Livy than an actual work of what we would consider modern, serious history.
'We Begin in Gladness' delves into how poets teach themselves to write their bestAuthor Craig Morgan聽Teicher鈥檚 best insights are ultimately about poetry鈥檚 connection to the sublime.
'The End of the End of the Earth' is Jonathan Franzen at his idiosyncratic bestFranzen ranges far and wide here 鈥� from birds to travel to climate change and then back to birds 鈥� sometimes leaving skid marks between pieces.
'God in the Qur'an' continues Jack Miles's journey through religionsReaders who marveled at the passionate intellectual pyrotechnics of Miles's two books will notice almost immediately in this third installment that something seems fundamentally changed.
'Churchill' takes reader through stages of Churchill's life in brightly engaging fashionThe book is a聽thematic continuation of author Andrew Roberts' bestselling one-volume 2014 work 'Napoleon: A Life.'
'The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots' analyzes monarch's story from modern perspectiveMary鈥檚 story has been often told, but it has been interpreted differently through the generations.聽
'The Tale of Cho Ung' introduces Korean classic tale to English speakersSookja聽Cho offers the first-ever English translation of the pre-modern classic.
'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leadersIn his latest historical spellbinder, bestselling author and scholar H.W. Brands profiles聽Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun, as well as the decades leading up to the Civil War.
'The War Before the War' chronicles the role fugitive slaves played in widening gap between North and SouthAndrew Delbanco鈥檚 latest book聽is richly detailed, thought-provoking, and compelling.
'The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration' is an ideal gift bookThis stunningly illustrated history of space exploration will fill readers with a sense of wonder and possibility.
3 wonderful middle-grade novels for fallIntriguing protagonists, lively cultural mixes, and sensitive writing make these books winners.
'All You Can Ever Know' is a sensitive examination of transracial adoptionNicole Chung鈥檚 personal odyssey toward self-understanding and acceptance will speak to all readers with questions about their personal history.
'Unsheltered' challenges readers with interwoven tales from two different erasThe power of Barbara Kingsolver鈥檚 writing illuminates the current cultural climate by finding parallels with the past in this novel divided between the 21st and 19th centuries.
In 'Dominion,' nineteenth-century England is exciting place to be 鈥� but not pleasantPeter Ackroyd's book is a聽clear-eyed assessment of the later stages of the British Empire.
'American Prison' presents a highly disturbing insider's view of a private prisonAward-winning reporter Shane Bauer worked as a corrections officer at a prison run by private company CoreCivic. The result is a harrowing but very important book.
'Anne Frank's Diary' is a profoundly moving graphic presentation of the classicA project that could have been a shocking failure is instead a genuine work of art.
'Pride' thrusts Jane Austen into 21-century BushwickIbi Zoboi鈥檚 rendition of 'Pride and Prejudice' is crackling and full of life, fit for recommendation to both to fellow Janeites and YA readers at large.
