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'This Long Pursuit' is a biographer's paean to his craftIn the most pleasing possible way, biographer Richard Holmes comes across in his own collected writing as contagiously curious, casually erudite, and just a bit daft.
Bestselling books the week of 3/16/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best at bookstores across America.
'Fallen Glory' explores the most famous buildings that no longer existScottish historian James Crawford finds meaning in lost landmarks.
Remembering Robert James Waller 鈥� beyond 'The Bridges of Madison County'When my local library was selling off discarded volumes for a penny apiece, I wasn鈥檛 inclined to take one of the castoffs, Waller鈥檚 'Old Songs in a New Caf茅,' home with me. But I鈥檓 glad I did.
'March 1917' follows Russia and the US in a year that shaped the futureJournalist Will Englund suggests that World War I set both the United States and Russia on the paths they would follow for the next century.
'Temporary People' depicts the lives of guest workers in the UAENovelist Deepak Unnikrishnan tells tales of 'people from elsewhere' who live as perpetual foreigners, often in fear, with precarious futures.
Three terrific new novels for young readersNothing signals spring better than a newly-published crop of books. These three novels for middle-grade readers (ages 8-14), feature interesting young narrators and strong, unique stories.
Kids interrupting a BBC interview? Great writers wouldn't be surprised.South Korean political expert Robert Kelly went viral after an epic on-the-job encounter with his very young and very lively children.
'No Friend But the Mountains' asks why war is so often waged on mountainsWar correspondent Judith Matloff travels the world, exploring the many conflicts that have erupted at high altitude.
'South and West' pulls together jottings made by Joan Didion while travelingReaders would do well to follow the route mapped out in 'South and West': to be inquisitive about those with whom they seem to have nothing in common, including electoral preferences.
'The Devil's Mercedes' investigates a pair of notorious Nazi limosA major question surrounded both cars 鈥� which Nazi had used them?
Bestselling books the week of 3/9/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores all across America.
'The Novel of the Century' chronicles literary phenomenon 'Les Mis茅rables'But the heart of this book's tale is in the bookshops of Paris, where it should be.
'Civil Wars' considers internecine conflict throughout its long historyHistorian David Armitage packs a great deal of learning and insight into a text of little more than 200 pages.
Inside the Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feudBette Davis bio author Ed Sikov recalls the real story behind 'Feud: Bette and Joan.'
'Duck Season' follows a Francophile on a quest to live life deeply in rural FranceFood and travel writer David McAninch moves to rural France, in search of a unique, authentic experience in a foreign land.
Bestselling books the week of 3/2/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
The story of Dr. Seuss's Navy 鈥� or, how a PR man became a giant of children's literatureFabled children's book author Dr. Seuss once said that his experience working at Standard Oil 'taught me conciseness and how to marry pictures with words.'
'A Piece of the World' looks deep within the story of an iconic paintingChristina Baker Kline, an artist herself, draws on the real history behind Andrew Wyeth's famed painting 'Christina's World' to conjure up her own haunting portrait.
First LookWhen will the Obamas' new books be coming out?Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have both signed book deals with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced Tuesday.聽
