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'Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited'A new biography by Philip Eade seeks to use newly available documents to reopen questions about the writer's love life and wartime exploits.
First LookWhy is Emma Watson dropping books on London subways?It's part of a collaboration between Emma Watson's feminist book group, Our Shared Shelf, and Books on the Underground, which leaves books all over the London subway system for riders to enjoy.
'Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and Beyond' is a touchingly human portraitBiographer Cook captures the headlong energy of those years perfectly, and she blends the international with the personal easily and comfortably.
'How to Travel Without Seeing' takes readers on a book tour of Latin AmericaThe most breathtaking voice in travel writing today may be that of a writer who feels ambivalent about travel itself.
Bestselling books the week of 11/3/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores all across America?
The secret to the Seahawks' success? This book.Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll sees David Brooks's 'The Road to Character' as a game-changer in the way he coaches, speaks to, and sets goals for his players.
'Homeward Bound' and 'Born to Run' trace the making of two American iconsTo grasp the genius of Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen, it helps to know their lives.
In 'Utopia Is Creepy', Nicholas Carr asks: Does technology mean progress?Carr serves us all by stepping back and taking stock of what computers are 鈥� and aren鈥檛.- How well do you know historical fiction? Take our quiz and find out!
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'Krazy Kat 1934' is a year's worth of joyThis wonderful volume is a chance to see an iconic American comic strip as closely as possible to the way it was originally presented in 1934.
'An Iron Wind' is an unsparing, riveting examination of life under HitlerThis is a book about how people behave when a kind of moral plague sweeps through their world.
'Truevine' untangles a tale of exploitation and graceAuthor Beth Macy explores race and the South in the saga of two circus 'freaks.'
'The 15:17 to Paris': how three ordinary young men became instant heroesThere's something wonderfully old-fashioned and inspiring about this true story of three regular guys who rose to the occasion and bravely saved an entire train from a terrorist bent on destruction.
A new way to read the Bible: as graphic novel海角大神 publisher Kingstone recently released a 2,000-page graphic novel adaptation of the Old and New Testaments, which it claims is the world's longest graphic novel.
Paul Beatty: First American author to win Man Booker PrizePaul Beatty's book 'Sellout' tells the story of an African-American who attempts to bring back segregation and slavery. The novel had previously won the聽National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
'The Tunnels': how brave Berliners tried to dig a path to freedomAt constant risk of structural collapse, discovery, and sabotage, cold war-era Berliners on both sides of the wall made extraordinary efforts to rescue friends, family, and strangers from the East by digging tunnels.
Bestselling books the week of 10/27/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
'The Boat Rocker': Nat'l Book Award-winner Ha Jin packs a quiet punchThis outwardly nondescript story about a journalist facing up to the Chinese government has a powerful moral core.
'The Whistler,' John Grisham's 29th novel, offers mostly empty caloriesThe narrative verve Grisham fans usually enjoy seems lacking in 'The Whistler.'
'In Wartime' tells the grim but important story of conflict in Ukraine'In Wartime' is a fast-paced and very topical book, appealingly ambitious in its scope.