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Ten football books for the season鈥檚 home stretch Enjoy these 10 titles as the football season reaches its last days.
Training his lens on social justiceGordon Parks鈥檚 work confronted racism in the pre-civil rights era.
How author Jarrett Krosoczka illustrates gratitude 鈥� on the page and in lifeJarrett Krosoczka鈥檚 recent memoir is about growing up with a parent struggling with addiction. But its messages for young people focus on resiliency and giving thanks.
Monitor staff picks the best 2018 nonfiction titlesRick Bragg's 'The Best Cook in the World' and 'Enlightenment Now'聽by Steven Pinker were two of our favorites for this year.聽
The best fiction reads of 2018: the Monitor's picksA reimagining of 'Beowulf' and Anne Tyler's latest are two of the works of fiction that made the cut for our list.
First LookAs the Spanish book market grows, women-led startups fill demandUS sales of children's Spanish-language books rose 6 percent over the past year, while overall Spanish-language books rose 15 percent. As America's demographics continue to change, business-savvy bilingual mothers are creating bilingual books, apps, and videos.
Novel perspectives on Israeli-Palestinian conflictMillennial writers with Israeli and Palestinian heritage living in the US are forging new ways of looking at the conflict.
'The Eternal City' chronicles Rome's inimitable historyIn many ways, Ferdinand Addis's book reads more like a slightly modernized and extended version of Livy than an actual work of what we would consider modern, serious history.
'We Begin in Gladness' delves into how poets teach themselves to write their bestAuthor Craig Morgan聽Teicher鈥檚 best insights are ultimately about poetry鈥檚 connection to the sublime.
'The End of the End of the Earth' is Jonathan Franzen at his idiosyncratic bestFranzen ranges far and wide here 鈥� from birds to travel to climate change and then back to birds 鈥� sometimes leaving skid marks between pieces.
'God in the Qur'an' continues Jack Miles's journey through religionsReaders who marveled at the passionate intellectual pyrotechnics of Miles's two books will notice almost immediately in this third installment that something seems fundamentally changed.
Louise Penny鈥檚 unlikely motto for murder: 鈥楪oodness exists.鈥�
Move over, phones. Make room for books that fit in a back pocket.The latest iteration of the book includes elements people love about their phones: portability and ease of use. Europeans have embraced the new format, but will it have staying power in the United States?聽
'Churchill' takes reader through stages of Churchill's life in brightly engaging fashionThe book is a聽thematic continuation of author Andrew Roberts' bestselling one-volume 2014 work 'Napoleon: A Life.'
How Commanders-in-Chief conducted themselves during conflict as seen in 'Presidents of War'Michael聽Beschloss, author of 'Presidents of War,' discusses how presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon B. Johnson bore the burden of leading America during a time of warfare.
'The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots' analyzes monarch's story from modern perspectiveMary鈥檚 story has been often told, but it has been interpreted differently through the generations.聽
Stress-free cooking during the holidaysRecent cookbook releases are all about speed, ease in the kitchen.
'The Tale of Cho Ung' introduces Korean classic tale to English speakersSookja聽Cho offers the first-ever English translation of the pre-modern classic.
Marine, novelist, dad: a conversation with Elliot AckermanThree-time novelist Elliot Ackerman's latest book, "Waiting for Eden," explores the multiple dimensions of veterans鈥� lives after war, and what it means to love someone despite limitations and challenges.
10 best books of November: the Monitor's selectionsThe best titles to be released this month include a novel about Czarist Russia and a look at the politicians who came to power after the Founding Fathers.
