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'Solid Seasons' delves into Emerson and Thoreau's friendshipJeffrey S. Cramer combs through hundreds of letters to document the highs and lows of the two men's relationship.
Lives of the justices: Two Supreme Court biographiesTwo new books 鈥� on Sandra Day O'Connor and John Roberts 鈥� shed light on the personalities and motivations of two highly accomplished jurists.听
Baseball books that hit it out of the parkSeven baseball writers share their favorite classic books about the game.听
Teenage culture clashIn this young adult novel, a high school student moves from Canada to Texas and begins writing down his impressions of fellow students in a 鈥榝ield guide.鈥� He realizes a thing or two about labels along the way.
Angry students called this professor 鈥榙isgusting.鈥� He鈥檚 still an optimist.Yale Prof.听Nicholas Christakis鈥� new book,聽鈥淏lueprint,鈥澛爈ooks at how humans have evolved into a species that is fundamentally good.
A neglected hero of the French ResistanceAs a young mother, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade took over the leadership of the alliance network. Her name faded from the record, but a new biography聽offers a carefully researched and compulsively readable account of her escapades.听
Travel and natural history combine in 鈥楬orizon鈥� by Barry LopezNational Book Award winner Barry Lopez mines his travel diaries of exotic trips to celebrate the continents he's visited and also to muse on the state of the environment.听聽
March鈥檚 10 best books to enlighten and entertain
鈥楾en Caesars鈥� demystifies the pastBarry Strauss' more or less explicit model is the Roman historian Suetonius, who wrote 2000 years ago and whose book famously profiled 12 caesars instead of 10.
5 top biographies of MarchA wide-ranging collection of biographies includes a Hollywood special effects artist, a U.S. Supreme Court justice, a sculptor, and a Soviet dissident writer.听
Poet W.S. Merwin followed where the words ledOnce called 鈥榯he Thoreau of our era,鈥� W.S. Merwin was an environmentalist who transformed concrete language into evanescent poetry that reflected on war, spirituality, and the natural and metaphysical worlds.
Audio books that entertain and illuminateFrom Toni Morrison to Wild Bill Hickok, from animal rescuers to cultural travelers, March audio releases offer a stimulating listening experience.听
First LookJailed Saudi women activists receive PEN Freedom to Write AwardThe activists have聽openly opposed the Saudi government's ban on women driving and the restriction of women's rights to travel and education without approval from a male guardian. PEN hopes the attention generated by the award may eventually lead to their release.
Young adult novel merges Chinese history with 'Snow White' fairy tale'Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix' brims with sorcerers and poisoned apples.
'Say Nothing' casts light on the bloody warfare in Northern IrelandPatrick Radden Keefe's history is packed with true crime, terrorism, grinding poverty, and rampant police and military corruption.
Eccentricity charms in 'Bowlaway'Elizabeth McCracken's first novel in almost two decades is a quirky delight.听
Whom to save, whom to let perish?The rescuers of refugees washing up on the Italian island of Lampedusa face an impossible choice, as memoirist and playwright Davide Enia describes in 'Notes on a Shipwreck: A Story of Refugees, Borders, and Hope.'聽
A perfect marriage of sculptor and subjectThe biography 'Monument Man' shows how Daniel Chester French聽 stepped away from classical sculpture to create a more realistic portrait in marble of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
The Origins of 'Zippy the Pinhead' comic stripIn 'Nobody's Fool,' graphic artist and cartoonist Bill Griffith pays tribute to Schlitzie, a gentle soul and sideshow attraction in the early 20th century.
