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Mary Beth Meehan鈥檚 photos dissolve distances between peopleIn the book聽鈥淪eeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America,鈥澛燤ary Beth Meehan鈥檚 photographs cross divides 鈥� of haves and have-nots.
Amor Towles creates an American road trip of epic proportionsIn 鈥淭he Lincoln Highway,鈥� Amor Towles tells an American tale with Homeric scope, but the novel ultimately fails to arrive at its destination.聽
Q&A with Les Standiford, author of 鈥楤attle for the Big Top鈥�鈥楤attle for the Big Top鈥� author Les Standiford says that the circus brought Americans together, as well as stood for infinite possibilities.聽
Alexander Vindman鈥檚 faith in democracy remains intactIn the memoir 鈥淗ere, Right Matters,鈥� Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman defends his decision to report President Trump鈥檚 call with Ukraine.
鈥楳y Beautiful Black Hair鈥�: How a little sister鈥檚 struggle led to a celebratory bookWhat options are there for supporting Black women who face hair discrimination? One author鈥檚 solution: Reinforce the beauty of natural hair.
Cosmic puzzle-pieces come together in masterly 鈥楥loud Cuckoo Land鈥�Anthony Doerr, author of 鈥淎ll the Light We Cannot See,鈥� plots a tale that soars across centuries in 鈥淐loud Cuckoo Land.鈥澛犅�
鈥楬ow do I love thee?鈥� A Victorian-era poet finds liberation.Fiona Sampson unfolds the story of how Elizabeth Barrett Browning freed herself from constraints and found her poetic voice in聽鈥淭wo-Way Mirror.鈥�
Warmhearted 鈥楢ll the Lonely People鈥� strikes at isolationNovelist Mike Gayle鈥檚 protagonist, an older Jamaican immigrant in England, steps out of his solitude and onto a path of friendship.聽聽
A leader of the civil rights movement that you鈥檝e never heard ofFannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi farmworker, emerged as an eloquent leader in the fight for voting rights and for integrating the Democratic Party.聽
鈥楪raceland, At Last鈥� unfolds a Southerner鈥檚 wise and hopeful essaysNew York Times columnist Margaret Renkl looks forward to the day when the South 鈥渨ill finally live up to the promise of its own good heart.鈥�
The novels have it: September sparkles with literary gemsSeptember marks the return of the literary novel, with sublime fiction from authors such as Colson Whitehead and Anthony Doerr.聽 聽
Students from abroad are back. What that means to the US.Rajika Bhandari talks about her memoir 鈥淎merica Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility鈥� and how students from other countries benefit the U.S.
From terrorism to heroism: Books on 9/11 offer perspective, graceTwenty years on, Americans are still coming to grips with 9/11. Six books provide valuable insights on what happened, and why.
鈥楾he Magician鈥� unwraps the life of literary giant Thomas MannColm T贸ib铆n peels back Thomas Mann鈥檚 life, from his family to his closeted sexuality to Germany鈥檚 descent into Nazism in 鈥淭he Magician.鈥澛�
We know Christa McAuliffe the astronaut. Who was McAuliffe the person?In 鈥淭he Burning Blue,鈥� author Kevin Cook talks about the down-to-earth life of Christa McAuliffe: extraordinary teacher, compassionate human being.聽
How the American Revolution played in British drawing roomsIn 鈥淭he Howe Dynasty,鈥� historian Julie Flavell explores the lives of two famed commanders fighting the Americans, told through the letters of their eldest sister.
Can humans and animals be friends? 鈥楩ox & I鈥� raises the question.Catherine Raven couldn鈥檛 explain why a fox started visiting her cabin every day. But she ventures to wonder if they developed a friendship.
鈥楾he Last Nomad鈥�: Somali refugee, soccer mom, and everything in betweenShugri Said Salh鈥檚 memoir strives for an accurate 鈥� rather than sensationalized or simplified 鈥� account of growing up in, and then fleeing, Somalia.
Q&A with Philip D鈥橝nieri, author of 鈥楾he Appalachian Trail: A Biography鈥�Author Philip D鈥橝nieri talks about his book 鈥淭he Appalachian Trail: A Biography鈥� and how 鈥渨e wind up asking new and different things from nature.鈥�
Life in wartime: Women dominate a quartet of World War II novelsThe 4 best recent novels set during World War II show the ingenuity of women who put everything on the line to defeat the Nazis.聽聽
