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'Rooster Bar' author John Grisham sinks his teeth into a juicy target: privately owned, for-profit law schoolsGrisham details the dismal mediocrity and hopelessness engulfing the school and its students.
'Playing with Fire' chronicles 1968 in America, eschewing easy answers to complex questionsThe aftermath of 1968 鈥� seven more years of war, continued social unrest, Watergate, Nixon's resignation, Gerald Ford's pardon 鈥� combined to alter forever the trajectory of American public life.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his mission to marvel with '100 Amazing Facts About the Negro''God put me on earth for many reasons, and one is to integrate the history of the human community by establishing the role that black people played,' he says.
'The Saboteur' combines heroic World War II history with thriller dramaticsRobert de La Rochefoucauld and his Resistance comrades were guided by an unspoken code of bravery.
'Modern Color' shows how Fred Herzog captured an era in living colorHerzog offers up a body of street photography created before it was a recognized genre.
'La Belle Sauvage' will be like coming home for Philip Pullman fansFor fans of the writer or the series, 'La Belle Sauvage' is essential.
'Nomadland' chronicles Americans on the move with heaps of reportorial detail, narrative flairJournalist Jessica Bruder rents an RV and hits the road to gain access to a new class of Americans on the move.
9 sports books for holiday reading and giving If you like variety, these 2017 sports releases offer an abundance of that.
'Balancing Acts' author Nicholas Hytner looks back at a successful career at London鈥檚 National TheatreBetween the color commentary and all the humorous cameos, this book聽 is a master class in the anatomy of artistic directing.
5 great book picks for gift-giving this holiday season'Inside Animal Hearts and Minds'聽by Belinda Recio and 'Shahnameh' by A. Ferdowsi are two books that would make ideal gifts this year.
'Afghanistan' is a collection of the best of Steve McCurry's images of this rugged, beautiful, tragic landSteve McCurry has been documenting Afghanistan and its story for almost 40 years.
4 cozy and (mildly) scary audiobooks Any of these would make a good companion on your next holiday trip.
3 engaging books for middle-grade readers Three titles that would be good holiday gifts for middle-grade readers.
30 best books of 2017The 2017 books listed below are the top choices of the Monitor鈥檚 book critics 鈥� the 30 books that moved, informed, or delighted us most.
How Queen Victoria conducted diplomacy through loveDeborah Cadbury, author of 'Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe,' talks about the queen's wide-ranging impact 鈥� for better and for worse 鈥� on European history.
'I Can鈥檛 Breathe' is clear-eyed, hard-hitting account of Eric Garner's deathAs a profile of the people closest to Garner, the book proves both empathic and moving.
Elena Ferrante is back, with a new piece in the worksIt's good news for the Neapolitan novelist's fans, some of whom feared they would never hear from her again.
Now we鈥檙e really cooking: New standout cookbooks include 'America: The Cookbook' and 'Milk Street'Besides deliciousness, what these cookbooks share is a global melting pot mentality that reflects a trend toward increasingly porous culinary borders.- Children's literature: How well do you know these classics?
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'We Were Eight Years in Power' discusses race with intelligent sobrietyTa-Nehisi Coates聽offers a collection of eight of his most penetrating essays from聽The Atlantic.