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The reasons why democracy is in decline around the worldFrom Poland to Britain to the U.S., antidemocratic political movements have enjoyed the support of the conservative elite, says Anne Applebaum.
鈥楴atural History鈥� is a beautiful, challenging puzzleA collaboration between a curator and a fashion designer evolves into a mind-bending exploration of perception and truth in this enigmatic novel.
Before Serena Williams and Megan Rapinoe: Early female athletes paved wayLottie Dod and Alice Marble blazed a trail not only in sport but also through gender stereotypes, as successful competitors.
A warm goodbye to summer with four great audiobooksSqueeze in one last beach with one of our reviewer鈥檚 recommendations for audiobooks of August 2020 and settle in for a diversion.聽
Last chance for a summer fling: The 10 best books of August 2020An impressive stable of imaginative fiction, insightful memoir, and illuminating history rounds out our list of best new books for August 2020.
鈥楤ront毛鈥檚 Mistress鈥� may speculate, but it does so delightfullyHistorians will quibble over what we can really know, but this historical novel聽is a worthwhile diversion full of vibrant, multifaceted characters.
Russians took their pianos with them into exile in SiberiaCan you know a place by its instruments? A British travel writer wanders Siberia on a strange and wonderful quest to write about historic pianos.聽
Hawaii鈥檚 Big Island creates the setting for a novel about family and memory鈥淭he Color of Air,鈥� a new novel by Gail Tsukiyama, looks at lives in a Hawaiian village in the 1930s.
Shakespeare grieves his son鈥檚 death in Maggie O鈥橣arrell鈥檚 poignant novelIn an interview, Maggie O鈥橣arrell explains why she believes the play 鈥淗amlet鈥� is tied in part to the death of Shakespeare鈥檚 11-year-old son,聽Hamnet.
Does America have a 鈥榗aste鈥� system? Isabel Wilkerson explains.The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist argues that race and class divisions owe more to a caste system that everyone 鈥渒nows in their bones.鈥澛犅�
鈥楢 Registry of My Passage upon the Earth鈥� is compassionate, wiseA new collection of short historical fiction stories is characterized by its beautiful prose and its author鈥檚 gentle curiosity and sense of wonder.
What wasn鈥檛 the US telling about Hiroshima? A reporter found out.The book 鈥淔allout鈥� examines John Hersey鈥檚 reporting in The New Yorker in 1946, which set the agenda for anti-nuclear activism.
The problem with the word 鈥榮uffrage鈥�: It excludes Black women activistsHistorian Martha S. Jones answers questions about the political history of Black women in America and their collective struggle for voting rights.
Camping in Siberia: On the trail of the world鈥檚 largest owlAmerican biologist Jonathan C. Slaght joins Russian ornithologists in studying the habitat of the endangered Blakiston鈥檚 fish owl.
Q&A with Alexander Keyssar, author of 鈥榃hy Do We Still Have the Electoral College?鈥�The Harvard Kennedy School professor blames the desire of politicians to 鈥済ame the system鈥� for the long life of this deeply unpopular institution.
鈥楳ayday 1971鈥� is a close-up look at largest US mass arrestLawrence Roberts protested at the May 1971 anti-Vietnam War rally in Washington. Now, his comprehensive history sheds light on the influential event.
Pandemic pen pals: How Colombian libraries lift spiritsLibraries in Medell铆n, Colombia, help overcome pandemic-induced isolation with 鈥淟ove in the Time of Coronavirus,鈥� an anonymous letter-writing program.
Will there be a third era of American trust-busting?Two new books take stock of the American market, and what they find isn鈥檛 good: Monopolies control industries like meat, technology, and more.
No detail spared: 鈥榃arhol鈥� expands on the life of the Pop Art iconBiographer Blake Gopnik mines the archives of the famously self-involved, and cannily entrepreneurial, painter of soup cans and Hollywood stars.
The best audiobooks of July provide an escapeLet your summer getaway include a new Sherlock Holmes adventure, a memoir about reinvention, and two novels that offer insights on racial identity.聽 聽
