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'The Golden Legend' tells a magnificent story of terror and dignityPakistani-born author Nadeem Aslam鈥檚 mesmerizing fifth novel may be his best.
A trio of lovely new books about animalsFrom remarkable photos of animals to a gorgeous 'paper zoo' to Thoreau's accounts of his animal encounters, this spring offers a pack of excellent reads for animal lovers.
'Hallelujah Anyway' celebrates all in life that is worthy of praiseThere is much in this book that is trademark Lamott 鈥� theological speculation, hippie slang and domestic comedy, C.S. Lewis by way of Janis Joplin by way of Erma Bombeck.
When New York City stood on the brink'Fear City' tracks New York's devastating brush with bankruptcy.
'The Hello Girls' pays overdue tribute to a group of World War I heroinesWith memorable charisma, Elizabeth Cobb tells the story of the American 'girl telephone operators' who helped to win World War I.
Bestselling books the week of 4/13/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'The Hourglass' is an insightful, exquisite deep dive into a marriage'Hourglass' 鈥� Dani Shapiro's memoir about her marriage 鈥� yields a rare combination of lyrical writing and startling, sometimes disturbing insights.
More 'Rebirth' titles arrive, stirring additional mystery for comic book superheroesKudos to the folks creating these comics, who are taking 80-year-old characters and making them fresh and exciting.
'The Time Traveler鈥檚 Guide to Restoration Britain' takes us thereHistorian and archivist Ian Mortimer has magicked us back to a historical period starting approximately 350 years ago.
How Pablo Neruda helped me appreciate Poetry Month 鈥� and much moreOne of Neruda鈥檚 continuing themes was the way that basic objects, like tables and chairs, soap and socks, a dictionary or a pair of scissors, can seem magical when glanced at a slightly different angle.
'A Little Book on Form' asks: What's the right shape for a poem?Poet Robert Hass explains why form is essential, for both readers and writers of poetry.
What Gay Talese has to teach us in an age of social mediaThe iconic magazine piece 'Frank Sinatra Has a Cold' has lessons 鈥� and surprises 鈥� for today's journalists.
'The Girl from the Metropol Hotel' is a Soviet tale of loss, lack, resilienceThe terrible deprivations of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya's Soviet-era childhood were later sublimated into magical fiction. They had to be survived first.聽
Bestselling books the week of 4/6/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'Lenin on the Train,' chugging toward historyA new book tracks the future Russian leader on his road to revolution.
'Over the Hills and Far Away': a pleasing re-telling of the life of Beatrix PotterNearly 75 years after Potter's passing, she still is one of the most famous children鈥檚 writers in the world.
'Prince Charles' paints an affectingly human portraitVeteran royals biographer Sally Bedell Smith worked on this book for years, interviewing dozens of court figures and talking many times with members of the royal family.
10 best books of April 2017, according to Amazon's editors Looking for a book to dive into for spring? Check out the titles that Amazon editors say are the best to be released this month.
'Blitzed' details drug abuse in the Third Reich, from foot soldiers to the F眉hrerThe true dark stars of 'Blitzed' are Hitler and a quack doctor named Theodor Morell, who kept the head of the Third Reich hopped up on dangerously addictive drugs.
