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'The Class of '74' chronicles a young, liberal, and impatient House of RepresentativesAuthor John A. Lawrence had a front row seat to observe the times as they were a-changing.
'Something Wonderful' unpacks the magic behind Rodgers and HammersteinPurdum does a fine job of drawing readers into the spirited, gossipy world of Broadway theater 鈥� a world that Rodgers and Hammerstein drastically re-shaped.
The 19th-century censor who pushed Americans too farHistorian Amy Werbel, author of the new book 'Lust on Trial,' explores the divisive and influential career of Anthony Comstock.
'Neruda' plumbs the man behind the legendAlthough Eisner's fascination with the celebrated poet sometimes lapses into hagiography, he frankly chronicles Neruda鈥檚 dark side.
10 best books of April: the Monitor's picksFrom Greek mythology to Southern cuisine to a final outing for a beloved detective, here are the 10 April books that most impressed the Monitor's book critics.
'Wild is the Wind' explores those things made all the more beautiful because they can鈥檛 lastThe verse of Carl Phillips often seems like an interior monologue on which the reader is casually eavesdropping.
'Greeks Bearing Gifts' will be the penultimate in the popular 'Bernie Gunther' series begun in Nazi GermanyThe 'Bernie Gunther' books were uniformly superb and reflected聽 their hangdog protagonist: tough, cynical, very quotable, and ultimately, even quixotically, idealistic.
'Two Sisters' follows a father trying to bring his two daughters home from jihad in SyriaNorwegian journalist Asne Seierstad follows the true story of an immigrant who left Somaliland for Europe 鈥� only to see his daughters become radicalized and flee to support the Islamic State.
Author Daniel Kalder discusses the strange and scary world of 'dictator literature'Tyrants, it turns out, like to write. And they like to force people to read their books.
'See What Can Be Done' is a testament to the breadth of Lorrie Moore鈥檚 intellectThere is an edge to Moore鈥檚 vision, sardonic and self-deprecating.
First LookDespite decline, bookmobiles connect and enrich communitiesAcross the country, librarians drive around 650 bookmobiles, providing a vital service in rural areas with limited access to libraries and the internet.聽Most importantly, says a聽Kentucky聽librarian Sandra Hennessee, her bookmobile helps provide a sense of community.聽- First LookDespite decline, bookmobiles connect and enrich communitiesAcross the country, librarians drive around 650 bookmobiles, providing a vital service in rural areas with limited access to libraries and the internet.聽Most importantly, says a聽Kentucky聽librarian Sandra Hennessee, her bookmobile helps provide a sense of community.聽
Poet and Iraqi exile Dunya Mikhail's book 'The Beekeeper' serves as testimony for the victims of ISISMikhail聽devotes much of 'The Beekeeper' to transcribing the stories of the Yazidi women of northern Iraq who have been driven from their homes, sold into sexual slavery, and yet, remarkably, survived.
8 new baseball books for Opening Day Here are excerpts from eight new titles on baseball.
'The Family Medici' vividly and clearly tells the story of one clan's merciless self-aggrandizementThe Medici men and women portrayed by Mary Hollingsworth are generous art patrons, but always with the end goal of burnishing their own reputations and making Florence their sole possession.
First LookSpanish booksellers deploy 'Don Quixote' in free speech battleBooksellers in Spain are using a digital tool built with 17th century 'Don Quixote' to recreate a banned book and protest censorship. In the digital age, banning books is 'ridiculous and anachronistic,' the Madrid Booksellers's Guild says.聽
'The Last Wild Men of Borneo' is a real-life adventure tale about two expats in the jungleHoffman鈥檚 fascination with and enthusiasm for his topic are readily apparent on every page.
YA novel 'The Poet X' is an elegiac meditation on poesy and religionYoung poet-protagonist Xiomara must dig deep to reclaim her identity and her voice, in spite of her rough circumstances.
9 sports books for spring Here are excerpts from seven new books about sports.
'A Long Way From Home' shifts from a lively 1950s travelogue to a darker debate over racial identityIn Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey鈥檚 latest novel, a 1950s road rally serves as both an entertaining look at the Australian countryside and a plot device.
