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'The Jefferson Rule' argues against mythologizing America's Founding FathersHistorian David Sehat makes a strong case that forefather worship has had a pernicious effect on American politics.
'A God in Ruins' is Kate Atkinson's brilliant follow-up to 'Life After Life'Atkinson has a written what looks like a big, old-fashioned book 鈥� but watch out for the trickery.
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'Reagan' by H.W. Brands notes Reagan's failings, yet insists on his greatnessA new biography posits Reagan as one of the two most important figures in 20th-century American politics.
'Man in Profile' is a splendid new biography of fabled New Yorker writer Joseph MitchellThomas Kunkel offers a portrait of a writer who specialized in finding great characters, real and imagined.- How much do you know about African literature?
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'Broadcast Hysteria' sheds new light on Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds'What was truly hysterical, suggests this well researched book, was the way real reporters blew the impact of the broadcast out of proportion.
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What do bin Laden's books say about him?Recently declassified documents and books seized at the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 may offer a window on the terrorist leader's interests.
'The Last Bookaneer' is a literary thriller starring 19th-century book thieves"The Last Bookaneer" is essentially a heist caper, following literary thieves in pursuit of Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 unpublished last novel.
Luz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist: Why he's leavingLuz, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist,聽is coming under increasing fire for the magazine's provocative content.聽
'1920' is the lively, readable biography of a seminal year1920 was the year that America 'flourished almost by default; it was rich and on the verge of growing richer than any other nation in history.'
'The Children's Crusade' explores the dynamics of a California family with an unhappy motherAnn Packer's gift for parsing complicated families all come to the fore in her latest novel.
'Ashley's War' shares the untold stories of women in combatJournalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon follows the Cultural Support Team 鈥� a group of women supporting America's special operation forces in Afghanistan 鈥� through both the heaven and hell of battle.
Does writing a memoir help an author to heal?Three writers share their thoughts and concerns about sharing deeply personal secrets in a memoir.
What are the world's most unusual libraries?'Improbable Libraries,' by Alex Johnson, chronicles the lengths to which librarians the world over will go to serve their communities.
'Missoula' considers campus rapes at the University of Montana during a two-year periodThe author of 鈥淚nto Thin Air鈥� and 鈥淯nder the Banner of Heaven鈥� looks at a national problem through one city鈥檚 history of sexual violence.
'Paper Towns' trailer shows more of the YA movie adaptation'Towns' is by John Green, the writer behind the hit movie 'The Fault in Our Stars.'
Randall Munroe's upcoming book 'Thing Explainer' is already a bestseller'Explainer,' the upcoming book by 'What If?' writer Munroe, is already near the top of bestseller lists despite not being published until November.
War diaries by 'Pippi Longstocking' author finally see the light of dayThe family of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren has decided to publish the diaries she kept reflecting life in Sweden during World War II.