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- 3 new Obama biographies by unabashed supportersAll three books have the same basic story to tell: how the nation's 44th president took office against the most openly stated across-the-board Congressional opposition of a generation.
- 'Rumi's Secret' offers an expanded view of the 13th-century poet and mysticThe Rumi we know today might never have emerged, if not for three profound friendships.
- 'The Book that Changed America' tells the deeper story of Darwin in the USDarwin's theories of evolution and natural selection would challenge the racial superiority of slavery and mold the minds of transcendentalists.
- DC Universe Rebirth breathes new life and fun into classic comic storylinesNew Graphic Novels collect the relaunched Superman, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Batman comics.
- 'Dorothy Day,' portrayed by her granddaughter, is a hero but not a saintDay's youngest granddaughter Kate Hennessy calls her searching biography 'a quest to find out who I am through her.'
- '84, Charing Cross Road' 鈥 celebrating the best movie ever made about readingThirty years ago, '84, Charing Cross Road' was released, achieving the magic of bringing to life the quiet drama of being lost in a book.
- Bestselling books the week of 1/19/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- 'The Cyclist Who Went Out In the Cold' rides the Iron Curtain TrailThe Iron Curtain Trail is a 10,000-km ride through 20 countries along what was the world鈥檚 most extensive expression of divisive hostility.
- 'Relentless Spirit' looks beyond fame and glory for the story of Missy FranklinThis memoir told alternately by Franklin and her parents is a pull-up-a-chair-to-the kitchen-table retelling of a remarkable family story.
- 'How America Lost Its Secrets' depicts a darker, complicated Edward SnowdenThe image of Snowden as a brave idealist takes a pounding in this deeply researched biography.
- 'The Girl in Green' tells a dark, funny, poetic tale of the US in IraqA Desert Storm vet returns to Iraq 20 years later, this time on a mission of hope.
- How hard is it to impeach a president? Ask Andrew Johnson.Andrew Johnson dared Congress to go after him, and it did.
- 4 audiobooks from around the world We travel the globe this month with tales from Canada, New York City, Somalia and the old West.
- Are Obama's happiest reading days just ahead?Like other ex-presidents, Obama is now freer to enjoy the great pleasure of a good book.聽
- 10 best books of January 2017, according to Amazon's editors Here are the best books with which to kick off the New Year, according to the staff at Amazon.
- 'The Unbanking of America' asks why banks no longer serve the middle classJournalist Lisa Servon has written an intelligent plea for financial justice.
- Bestselling books the week of 1/12/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes,' 'Arthur and Sherlock' are worthy tributes to an icon'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' excellently recounts a true detective story, while 'Arthur and Sherlock' pleasingly revisits the story of Sherlock's creation.
- 'The New Odyssey' follows the men, women, children streaming to EuropeJournalist Patrick Kingsley deploys first-hand observations, probing interviews, and copious testimony to paint a vivid picture of the human suffering that migrants face during their journeys.
- 'The Private Lives of the Tudors' captivates with surprising detailHistorian Tracy Borman's new book challenges our perception of the Tudor era.