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President Franklin Roosevelt鈥檚 final task: ending World War IITwo books offer complementary perspectives on Roosevelt鈥檚 leadership: 鈥淲ar and Peace:聽FDR鈥檚 Final Odyssey, D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945鈥� and 鈥淭he Second Most Powerful Man in the World.鈥澛�
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison steered Americans toward a love of road tripsIn 鈥淭he Vagabonds,鈥� Jeff Guinn explains how Henry Ford used his annual trips to promote not only his automobiles but also the thrill of the wide open (and often unpaved) road.
A girl and boy meet at a bookstore in Iran. Sixty years go by.Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali鈥檚 new novel 鈥楾he Stationery Shop鈥� is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists.
How to talk with kids about migration? Try picking up a book.Our Mexico City correspondent shares the children鈥檚 books her family uses to discuss migration 鈥� with聽a stamp of approval from her daughter.
A naturalist figured out climate change in 1799. The world forgot him.Andrea Wulf and Lillian Melcher鈥檚 鈥淭he Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt鈥� follows a prescient naturalist鈥檚 voyages in South America.
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens鈥� memoir serves up calm wisdomJohn Paul Stevens鈥� memoir 鈥淭he Making of a Justice鈥� and the biography聽鈥淥liver Wendell Holmes鈥� are must-reads for legal buffs.
鈥楾he Nickel Boys鈥� reckons with a legacy of racism and abuseColson Whitehead's novel tells a story of two black teenagers in a corrupt reform school and the resilience they mustered in the face of hate.听
This July, sip some lemonade and read the month鈥檚 10 best booksA bumper crop of titles includes Colson Whitehead鈥檚 wrenching new novel along with a reexamination of Rudyard Kipling, author of 鈥淭he Jungle Book.鈥�
Rudyard Kipling loved Vermont. Then he had to leave it.Christopher Benfey鈥檚聽鈥業f鈥� takes a closer look at the writer鈥檚 time in America 鈥� a key creative period when he wrote 鈥楾he Jungle Book.鈥�
Gain a bird鈥檚-eye view of America with these July audiobooksAudiobook selections for July cover a swath of the American landscape, from a western river to聽Louisiana鈥檚 gumbo belt. Relax and take it all in.
The Apollo 11 moon landing and the men who made it happen鈥楽hoot for the Moon鈥� concentrates on the astronauts who carried out the historic mission, and 鈥楢merican Moonshot鈥� looks at the galvanizing power of聽President John F. Kennedy's vision.听
How to save politically 鈥榤ixed marriages鈥� in Trump eraJeanne Safer鈥檚 book isn鈥檛 a 鈥淩epublicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Venus鈥� tract so much as it is a guide to what true love entails.
A geological detective story told through clues written in the iceJon Gertner鈥檚 鈥楾he Ice of the End of the World鈥櫬爄s an examination of scientists鈥� grit against the harsh backdrop of Greenland鈥檚 ice sheet.
Elizabeth Gilbert鈥檚 latest novel charts the friendships of womenIn 鈥楥ity of Girls,鈥� young protagonist Vivian鈥檚 indiscretions become steppingstones to self-realization.
His father was under F.B.I. surveillance. The family was never the same.In his book 'A Good American Family,' David Maraniss sorts through his parents' early communist sympathies and bears witness to the price they paid in the age of McCarthyism.
E.B. White鈥檚 essays argue eloquently against extremismA new collection, put together by his granddaughter, demonstrates what made him such a pointed observer of representative government.
Believing in the experiment of democracy, despite the setbacksIn her latest book, 鈥楾his America: The Case for the Nation,鈥� historian Jill Lepore affirms and celebrates the country鈥檚 foundational values.听
Two early presidents raised warnings about the cult of personalityIn 鈥楾he Problem of Democracy,鈥櫬燗ndrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg write that John Adams and John Quincy Adams recognized the pitfalls of the U.S. political system.
He鈥檚 a reader on the run 鈥� a 56-mile runTo support school libraries, Marukgwane Moremogolo combines his two passions聽鈥� running and reading聽鈥撀燼t South Africa鈥檚 grueling Comrades Marathon.
Why do birds migrate? Ask the man who鈥檚 followed them.Kenn Kaufman, author of 鈥楢 Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration,鈥� talks about the wonder of migration and the effects of climate change.
