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'Tiny: Streetwise Revisited' is an evocative followup from Mary Ellen MarkThe gifted portraitist captures decades of life lived on the edges.
Why print book sales are rising, and books are getting longerE-book sales have remained stagnant in 2015. But print book sales are up, and Harper Lee's latest novel and adult coloring books are the big winners.
'Hiroji Kubota Photographer' chronicles a life of explorationHiroji Kubota made a career out of聽identifying with the dispossessed.
The most looked-up word in 2015? Socialism.Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster attributes the popularity of the word 'socialism' to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist.
10 best nonfiction books of 2015: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 nonfiction books the Monitor's critics liked best this year.
'The Crossing' teams Harry Bosch with his scruffy half-brother Mickey Haller'The Crossing' puts two popular characters 鈥� Bosch and Haller 鈥� on the same side, trying to prove a reformed gang member innocent of a high-profile murder of a suburban woman in her bed.
10 best fiction books of 2015: the Monitor's picks From short stories to serial novels to an engrossing Russian saga, here are the 10 fiction titles the Monitor's book critics liked best in 2015.
Bestselling books the week of 12/13/15, according to IndieBound What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week? IndieBound's list is based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States for the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015.
'To Hell and Back' chronicles Europe on the brink of annihilationKershaw is particularly good at exploring 'fascism's message of national renewal, powerfully linking fear and hope,' and the book's sections on postwar deprivations England breathe with immediacy.
4 audiobooks for nonfiction readers Storms, surfing, living abroad, and biographies are on the slate this month, with each title narrated by its author. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.
'Dirt Meridian' and 'My Last Day at Seventeen'The Monitor's photo editor offers his photo book picks for 2015.
5 surprising facts about Woodrow Wilson and racismBiographies provide insight into America's 28th president as the debate rages at Princeton University over Woodrow Wilson and his complicated legacy.
'Tom Petty' is an impossibly intimate, clear-eyed portrait of a rock godOnly a biographer who鈥檚 been in a band, and striven to make great rock music, could have written Petty鈥檚 story with such insight and familiarity.
'Unstoppable' is Bill Nye's call to action, urging us to save our planet'Unstoppable' is unapologetically science-stuffed. This is its best and worst quality.
Bestselling books the week of 12/9/15, according to IndieBound What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week? IndieBound's list is based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States for the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.
'Reporting Always' showcases the work of New Yorker giant Lillian RossRoss prefaces this wonderful collection of her own work expressing gratitude to have had 'my little say about what I have found going on in our time.'
'The Invention of Science' tells the story of the shaping of the modern worldThe central subject of this vibrant work is not really the invention of a process but rather the invention of a principle.
'Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1975' shows us the Boss as he wasPhotographer Barbara Pyle captured Springsteen at a moment of transition.
'Conquerors' chronicles the fear with which Portugal shaped a global empireA fleet of Portuguese caravels first rounded the Cape of Good Hope near the southern tip of Africa in 1488. By the first decade of the 16th century the Portuguese were both trading with and terrorizing Muslims and Hindus in southern India.
10 young adult books worthy of adult readers Grownups will also find that these nonfiction books aimed at young adults are worth a serious look.