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6 baseball books for mid-season reading These new releases should provide a good selection for summer reading.
'A View of the Empire at Sunset' uses author Jean Rhys to explore 'otherness'Novelist Caryl Phillips uses the life of author Jean Rhys to once again explore themes of racism and colonialism.
'Our Towns' finds optimism in America's smaller citiesHusband-and-wife journalism team James and Deborah Fallows spent five years traveling the US via passenger plane and returned with a refreshingly positive story to tell.
Voyages, animals, beauty for the youngest readersSix lovely picture books exemplify the joys of summer reading.
NASA's Alan Stern talks Pluto ... and beyondPlanetary scientist Alan Stern shares what it has been like to devote the bulk of his career to the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper belt.听
'Reporter' offers a captivating account of an entire era of journalismSeymour Hersh's memoir is full of smooth storytelling and well-turned anecdotes, but it can also be a bumpy ride.
4 delightful new books for middle-grade readersHistory, fantasy, humor, and drama mingle in these four wonderful new books for middle-grade readers 鈥� out just in time for summer reading.
'The Good Mothers' profiles the female prosecutor who took on Italy's mafiaAlessandra Cerreti took the unusual route of stalking southern Italy's Ndrangheta through the group's wives and mothers.
'Elmore Leonard: Westerns' celebrates Leonard's mastery of the genreThis collection of four shoot-em-up novels and eight short stories beautifully demonstrates Leonard鈥檚 gift for crisp dialogue, swift plotting, and flab-free storytelling.
4 audiobooks about familiesFamilies of various kinds are at the heart of four聽audiobooks聽this month.听聽聽
'Rome' tells the story of the Eternal City through seven moments of defeatLike most very old and very storied cities, Rome has as many scars as trophies.
Zora Neale Hurston explores the life of a slave trade survivor in 'Barracoon'Hurston鈥檚 study of Lewis was conducted during her years as a Barnard College anthropology student under Dr. Franz Boas.
'The Wind In My Hair' is Iranian activist Masih Alinejad's gutsy storyAlinejad, creator of the My Stealthy Freedom campaign, celebrates 'the moments of small rebellion, the tiny acts of defiance that allow us to breathe, the guilty pleasure of breaking unjust rules.'
Tony Hillerman's daughter Anne on keeping her father's mysteries aliveWith new focus on a female character, Anne Hillerman is successfully reviving her dad's immensely popular novels.
'Kindest Regards' serves up the quietly subversive poetry of Ted KooserFormer US poet laureate Kooser has the gift of discovering literary vignettes where others fail to see below the surface.
'Saving Central Park' recounts a love affair with a legendary green spaceFormer Central Park Conservancy president Elizabeth Barlow Rogers blends her own story with that of the park that she loves.
'The World-Ending Fire' collects 31 essential Wendell Berry essaysWho better than Berry to explain to us 'who we are, where we are, and what we must do to live'?
'When Einstein Walked with G枚del' is science writing at its bestJim Holt's collected essays are like a series of dispatches from the larger scientific world inhabited by Einstein and G枚del.
After decades of dwarfs and elves, writers of color redefine fantasyLiterature informs people's understanding of the world. That holds true even when the setting is a world unlike our own. Taking inspiration from places other than Europe, a diverse group of writers is finding mainstream success bringing fresh voices to the fantasy genre and offering glimpses into other cultures, histories, and perspectives.听
'Atticus Finch' tackles tough questions about an American iconEmory University professor Joseph Crespino uses the writings of real-life Atticus Finch (A.C. Lee, father of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee) and Lee herself to bring context to a controversy.
