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'Balancing Acts' author Nicholas Hytner looks back at a successful career at London鈥檚 National TheatreBetween the color commentary and all the humorous cameos, this book聽 is a master class in the anatomy of artistic directing.
5 great book picks for gift-giving this holiday season'Inside Animal Hearts and Minds'聽by Belinda Recio and 'Shahnameh' by A. Ferdowsi are two books that would make ideal gifts this year.
'Afghanistan' is a collection of the best of Steve McCurry's images of this rugged, beautiful, tragic landSteve McCurry has been documenting Afghanistan and its story for almost 40 years.
4 cozy and (mildly) scary audiobooks Any of these would make a good companion on your next holiday trip.
3 engaging books for middle-grade readers Three titles that would be good holiday gifts for middle-grade readers.
30 best books of 2017The 2017 books listed below are the top choices of the Monitor鈥檚 book critics 鈥� the 30 books that moved, informed, or delighted us most.
How Queen Victoria conducted diplomacy through loveDeborah Cadbury, author of 'Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe,' talks about the queen's wide-ranging impact 鈥� for better and for worse 鈥� on European history.
'I Can鈥檛 Breathe' is clear-eyed, hard-hitting account of Eric Garner's deathAs a profile of the people closest to Garner, the book proves both empathic and moving.
Elena Ferrante is back, with a new piece in the worksIt's good news for the Neapolitan novelist's fans, some of whom feared they would never hear from her again.
Now we鈥檙e really cooking: New standout cookbooks include 'America: The Cookbook' and 'Milk Street'Besides deliciousness, what these cookbooks share is a global melting pot mentality that reflects a trend toward increasingly porous culinary borders.- Children's literature: How well do you know these classics?
It may be many years since you read these books. But do they still live in your imagination? Take our quiz and find out.
'We Were Eight Years in Power' discusses race with intelligent sobrietyTa-Nehisi Coates聽offers a collection of eight of his most penetrating essays from聽The Atlantic.
'Radio Free Vermont' touts the power of local government and grassroots effortsThis new novel by author, environmentalist, and Vermonter Bill McKibben is heavy on coincidence and light on believability.
'Calder' clearly establishes its subject as a giant of the 20th centuryUp until now, there has never been a full-scale biography to help us understand and appreciate Calder's accomplishments.
This Thanksgiving I'm feeling grateful for my very first bookMy library grows by the year, but it all started with Gumby.
'Gold Dust Woman' tells the story of rock icon Stevie NicksDevoted followers won鈥檛 find major new stories in this biography by Stephen Davis, but it鈥檚 certainly an exhaustive account.
'Poems of Gratitude' assembles poetry of gratitude from around the world and throughout the agesThese poems remind us that gratitude is something we can celebrate every day of the year.
How do the Pilgrims relate to immigrants today?'However clich茅d,' says The Mayflower' author Rebecca Fraser, 'there is a good deal of truth in the Mayflower legend!'
'The Thin Light of Freedom' is a Civil War history that explores the forging of modern AmericaSmall towns throughout the Great Appalachian Valley changed hands many times during war, and as complicated a military picture as that presents, it represents an even more complicated political and social picture.
'Black Tudors' reveals a surprising and overlooked chapter of historyHidden in British archives and parish records are the identities of dozens of black people who lived in England during Tudor times.
