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History's great stock crash? Not 1929 or 2008, but 1987'It was hair-raising, it was a cliff-hanger,' says Henriques of the 1987 incident. 'We almost didn't make it through.'
Why are illustrated books the most challenged books of 2016?This year, the main reason for objection to books was sex and gender issues.
'Coming to My Senses' tells the story of Chez Panisse icon Alice WatersAlice Waters's memoir is a mixed salad of various elements, some engaging, some less so.
Bestselling books the week of 9/28/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'True Gentlemen' analyzes the troubling co-dependence of colleges and fraternitiesBy further exposing the profound problems with fraternities, Bloomberg News writer John Hechinger has made a far more valuable contribution to American college life than any fraternity ever could.
'Alone' examines the cinematic appeal of the 'England alone' World War II scenarioThe book's memoir framing-device gives author Michael Korda a measure of dramatic license, and he uses it to good effect. "Alone"聽is relentlessly involving reading, full of masterfully-drawn set pieces.
'Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities' succeeds as both vibrant history and personal tributeBettany Hughes wonderfully tells the story of a city that has been many things at many different times.
10 best books of September: the Monitor's picksFrom Tsarist Russia to Trump's America, and from evocative short stories to the best of expository prose, here are the 10 September releases most highly recommended by the Monitor's book critics.
'Little Soldiers' examines the Chinese education system from the insideJournalist Lenora Chu had聽privileged access into the academic world, further enhanced by her son Rainey鈥檚 admission into one of Shanghai鈥檚 most prestigious kindergartens.
'An Odyssey' is a father-son journey with Homer as guideA classics professor learns much when his father becomes his student.
Bestselling books the week of 9/21/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'Glass Houses' author Louise Penny talks about crime, conscience, and Canada'There's a lot of fabulous Canadian crime fiction,' says Penny. 'Our mysteries are maybe more of a slow burn than others, but they're really worth discovering.'
'Draft No. 4' is as lean and punchy as legendary author John McPhee's earlier workThe star attraction in McPhee's book on writing isn't the method but the man.
'Stanton' brings Lincoln's secretary of war out of the historical shadowsStanton聽served in two key cabinets posts for two of America's worst presidents (James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson), as well as for Abraham Lincoln, whom he helped to win the Civil War.
6 books to kick off the 2017 football season Here are excerpts from six new football-themed books.
'A Legacy of Spies' reminds readers why they have loved John le Carr茅 so well and so longLe Carr茅's latest novel allows him to revisit his聽beloved earlier novels from a gripping new perspective.
'Letters to Memory' tells the story of author Karen Tei Yamashita's World War II internmentAllusive, quirky, questioning, 'Letters' is a challenging text.
Bestselling books the week of 9/14/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'The Vietnam War' co-directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explain why Vietnam is relevant to us todayBurns and Novick call the Vietnam War 'the most consequential event in American history in the second half of the last century.'
'A Column of Fire' is half historic epic, half thriller 鈥� all of it engagingKen Follett returns with the final (we think) Kingsbridge story, now skipping ahead a couple of centuries to the Elizabethan era.
