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'String Theory' gathers the brainy, witty tennis writing of David Foster WallaceWallace鈥檚 slim collection of tennis profiles and tournament sketches is strewn with brilliant asides.
'Wolf Hollow': a powerful middle-grade tale of friendship, courageAnnabelle has always lived happily on her family鈥檚 farm in western Pennsylvania. But when Betty, a new girl, arrives in town, life changes significantly.
First LookThousands of writers pen letter denouncing Trump: Will it matter?Authors added their name to a petition denouncing Donald Trump's campaign in the final days before he secured the delegate votes to clinch the Republican nomination.
Bestselling books the week of 5/25/16, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across the US this week?
'Herbert Hoover in the White House' offers a more fully dimensional portraitCharles Rappleye fleshes out the standard picture of Hoover by using a greater array of primary sources 鈥� newspaper accounts, government documents, private diaries 鈥� than any previous account.
'Missing Man' delves into Robert Levinson's 2007 disappearance in IranBarry Meier has finely choreographed Levinson鈥檚 story, and brought it into the light from the shadow world
Why I can't let go of my magazine subscriptionsYes, it's a nuisance when the stacks of yet-to-be-read magazines reach frightening altitudes. But sooner or later comes the day when I actually do read them.
'Secondhand Time' records previously unheard witnesses to Soviet lifeThis is the kind of history, otherwise almost unacknowledged by today鈥檚 dictatorships, that matters.
'LaRose' is Louise Erdrich's beautiful new novel of love, atonement, justiceHow does one atone for wrong? Erdrich's characters 鈥� on a North Dakota reservation and in the nearby town 鈥� struggle to find the path forward.
'Elizabeth': how she ruled, from 1588 to her death in 1603Guy does a masterfully comprehensive job writing about the Elizabeth of these waning years
Computer or poet? Humans win this round of poetry contestResearchers at Dartmouth College designed an artificial intelligence algorithms that could produce sonnets. How good were they?
10 best books of May: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 May releases the Monitor's book critics liked best.
'The Secret War' tells the remarkable story of World War II espionageThe highly respected British military historian Max Hastings has written an authoritative and engaging book that will stand as the definitive single volume analysis of 'The Secret War' for years to come.
Why is Amazon building bookstores?The online retail giant has confirmed its second bricks-and-mortar bookstore. Why is it branching out from its Internet domain?
'The Politicians & the Egalitarians' posits conflict as central to democracyWhat historian Sean Wilentz gets really passionate about in this collection of essays is the defense of politicians and the political process.
Bestselling books the week of 5/19/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at independent bookstores across America?
'The Twilight Children' makes a compelling coda to a remarkable careerReleased shortly after the sudden passing of creator Darwyn Cooke, 'The Twilight Children' pays fitting tribute to an exceptional talent.
Celebrate National Short Story Month with five of the best
'Pit Bull' aims to tell the story of a maligned breedJournalist Bronwen Dickey has written a powerful and disturbing book suggesting that fear of pit bulls reflects many broader American anxieties and pathologies surrounding race, class, and poverty.
'Everybody's Fool' revisits Sully Sullivan and his crumbling hometownPulitzer Prize winner Russo鈥檚 return to his fictional upstate New York mill town also marks a welcome return to the hard-bitten, hard-drinking, hardscrabble comedy of his first novels.
