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Move over, phones. Make room for books that fit in a back pocket.The latest iteration of the book includes elements people love about their phones: portability and ease of use. Europeans have embraced the new format, but will it have staying power in the United States?聽
'Churchill' takes reader through stages of Churchill's life in brightly engaging fashionThe book is a聽thematic continuation of author Andrew Roberts' bestselling one-volume 2014 work 'Napoleon: A Life.'
How Commanders-in-Chief conducted themselves during conflict as seen in 'Presidents of War'Michael聽Beschloss, author of 'Presidents of War,' discusses how presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon B. Johnson bore the burden of leading America during a time of warfare.
'The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots' analyzes monarch's story from modern perspectiveMary鈥檚 story has been often told, but it has been interpreted differently through the generations.聽
Stress-free cooking during the holidaysRecent cookbook releases are all about speed, ease in the kitchen.
'The Tale of Cho Ung' introduces Korean classic tale to English speakersSookja聽Cho offers the first-ever English translation of the pre-modern classic.
Marine, novelist, dad: a conversation with Elliot AckermanThree-time novelist Elliot Ackerman's latest book, "Waiting for Eden," explores the multiple dimensions of veterans鈥� lives after war, and what it means to love someone despite limitations and challenges.
10 best books of November: the Monitor's selectionsThe best titles to be released this month include a novel about Czarist Russia and a look at the politicians who came to power after the Founding Fathers.
'Heirs of the Founders' profiles the 'second generation' of great American leadersIn his latest historical spellbinder, bestselling author and scholar H.W. Brands profiles聽Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun, as well as the decades leading up to the Civil War.
Western author Louis L'Amour's first novel? A seafaring taleL'Amour never published his first novel, 'No Traveller Returns,' which draws upon on his early life at port and at sea. Now the novel is being released for the first time with the help of his son, Beau L'Amour, as part of a series of 'Lost Treasures.'
'The War Before the War' chronicles the role fugitive slaves played in widening gap between North and SouthAndrew Delbanco鈥檚 latest book聽is richly detailed, thought-provoking, and compelling.
'The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration' is an ideal gift bookThis stunningly illustrated history of space exploration will fill readers with a sense of wonder and possibility.
3 wonderful middle-grade novels for fallIntriguing protagonists, lively cultural mixes, and sensitive writing make these books winners.
'All You Can Ever Know' is a sensitive examination of transracial adoptionNicole Chung鈥檚 personal odyssey toward self-understanding and acceptance will speak to all readers with questions about their personal history.
'Unsheltered' challenges readers with interwoven tales from two different erasThe power of Barbara Kingsolver鈥檚 writing illuminates the current cultural climate by finding parallels with the past in this novel divided between the 21st and 19th centuries.
In 'Dominion,' nineteenth-century England is exciting place to be 鈥� but not pleasantPeter Ackroyd's book is a聽clear-eyed assessment of the later stages of the British Empire.
'American Prison' presents a highly disturbing insider's view of a private prisonAward-winning reporter Shane Bauer worked as a corrections officer at a prison run by private company CoreCivic. The result is a harrowing but very important book.
'Anne Frank's Diary' is a profoundly moving graphic presentation of the classicA project that could have been a shocking failure is instead a genuine work of art.
'Pride' thrusts Jane Austen into 21-century BushwickIbi Zoboi鈥檚 rendition of 'Pride and Prejudice' is crackling and full of life, fit for recommendation to both to fellow Janeites and YA readers at large.