All Book Reviews
'The True Flag' traces America's leap into empire-building in summer 1898Avarice and arrogance, cloaked in rhetoric about humanitarian intervention, prompted an expensive foreign war that proved more intractable than any American had expected.
'Lincoln in the Bardo' imagines Lincoln losing his son as the Civil War ragesIn the first novel by celebrated short story writer George Saunders, Abraham Lincoln wrestles with grief 鈥� and the fate of the nation hangs in the balance.
'No Knives in the Kitchen of this City' tells the heartbreaking story of AleppoA novel set in the Syrian city of Aleppo counters the images of war with a multi-faceted, fragile portrait of the city's human past.
'Glass House' views the rise and fall of US industrialism through one town'Glass House' is Lancaster, Ohio, native Brian Alexander鈥檚 account of his hometown and its change from a prosperous, vibrant community to a bedroom town with a lot of minimum wage jobs and very little hope.
'Traveling with Ghosts' tells a true story of great tragedy, remarkable kindnessMarine biologist Shannon Leone Fowler tells of losing her boyfriend to the ocean, only to find a new world in the company of strangers.
'Golden Legacy' celebrates the literary triumph of the Golden BooksMillions of adults who owe these little books a debt they can never fully repay.
3 books about African American historyThree outstanding new books celebrate Black History Month with offerings in genres as disparate as literature, military history, and social justice.
'A Divided Spy' follows MI6 agent Thomas Kell through a maze of intrigue'A Divided Spy' works as a standalone, but most readers will find themselves craving more time with the moody but engaging protagonist.
'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' unveils Churchill's commando unitsThese small, fast bands of deadly World War II operatives worked outside standard War Office protocols to wreak a maximum of damage behind German lines.
'The Book Thieves' reveals the story of the Nazi assault on booksUp until now, the theft and destruction of more than 100 million books and religious tracts by Hitler's Third Reich has gone largely unreported.
'The Home That Was Our Country' recalls Syria as it once wasA Syrian attorney asks: 'What has happened to our country?'
'The Gardens of Consolation' spans six decades of Iranian historyA novel of Iran in the decades leading to Revolution is both a love story and a political epic.
'The Daily Show' tells the surprising story of TV journalism made irresistibleThe improbable story of how a group of comedians turned the world of political journalism on its ear is told from the inside.
'Age of Anger' seeks to lay bare the roots of today's global intolerancePankaj Mishra looks to the past for understanding 鈥� and to the future with a question mark.
'Olive Witch' is the memoir of an outsider on a quest for belongingBorn in Nigeria to Bangladeshi parents, Hoque's journeys take her from Africa to middle-class America to an Ivy League college and finally to the country of her birth.
'You, Too, Could Write a Poem' is literary criticism at its bestNew York Times poetry critic David Orr is like the smart, provocative guy who is invited to every dinner party because he鈥檚 so insightful and makes people laugh.
'A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea' is the stunning tale of a Syrian refugeeUN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson Melissa Fleming writes the story of Doaa al-Zamel, a young Syrian refugee who is her own profile in courage.
'Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk' celebrates a remarkable NY characterA formerly fabulous ad executive walks Manhattan on New Year鈥檚 Eve in 1984.
'Dark at the Crossing' tells a compelling story set against the war in SyriaElliot Ackerman, who also wrote the critically acclaimed novel 'Green on Blue,' served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star for Valor, and a Purple Heart.
'The Age of Caesar' collects new translations of five Plutarch biosThe works in this volume form an astute grouping of figures whose interwoven families and fortunes shaped much of the political history of the Roman world in the first century BC.
