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'For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood' offers advice from a transformational educatorEmdin鈥檚 'reality pedagogy' shows teachers how to truly respect their students by getting to know their communities and cultures.
'On Trails' celebrates the deep history of trails on earthRobert Moor takes a journey on paths that lead through memory and over mountains and into places where the only option is to take the long way around.
'The Huntress' profiles Alicia Patterson 鈥� journalist, adventurer, rebelPatterson鈥檚 career 鈥� as chronicled by her niece,聽Alice Arlen 鈥� straddled the worlds of publishing and politics, and her personal life was a swirl of high society and far-flung travels.
Bestselling books the week of 9/1/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores all across America.
'Landskipping' movingly considers the human love of landscapesAnna Pavord's meditation on 'Painters, Ploughmen and Places' celebrates the enduring power of landscapes on our collective imagination.
Be honest: How many books did you actually read this summer?My guilty secret: Even though my life is largely devoted to books, somehow I only managed to read one book for pleasure this summer.
'A Torch Against the Night' runs deeper than 'An Ember in the Ashes'This sequel preserves the hyperkinetic energy of 'An Ember in the Ashes' while layering in more thoughtful complexities.
'1966' singles out a moment when musical history was madeThe Summer of Love gets all the press, but Jon Savage argues that the biggest break with the past happened the year before.
'Still Here' follows Russian immigrants struggling to establish identity in NYAs they approach middle age, a group of friends contemplates what has becomes of their lives and dreams of success since arriving in the Big Apple.
Why the 1940 US presidential election was 鈥� and wasn't 鈥� a lot like 2016The candidates and the issues they confronted in 1940 have some surprising similarities to the candidates and issues of 2016. But the differences are at least as stark.- How well do you know these famous memoirs? Try our quiz!
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10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 August titles given the highest marks by the Monitor's book critics.
'The Perfect Horse' is the perfect World War II rescue storyThe Russians were advancing, and the Third Reich was collapsing, and there was only one way to save Austria's prized Lipizzaner stallions.
'Behold the Dreamers' raises issues of class, immigration, and colorAn African family comes to New York, hoping to live the American dream. Then the financial crisis hits and the story gets much more complex.
Bestselling books the week of 8/25/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
'The Terror Years' attempts to explain the post-9/11 worldIn the 15 years since 9/11, New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright has been traveling the world, hoping to shed light on dark topics.
'Anatomy of a Soldier' tells a warrior's story, as seen by 45 inanimate objects聽This unusual first novel was written by Harry Parker, a British Army captain who lost both legs at age 25 after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan in 2009.
'The Art of Rivalry' considers painters as competitorsPulitzer Prize-winning critic Sebastian Smee looks at the ways that rivalry served to mold four pairs of great artists.
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What's next from J.K. Rowling? Three new Hogwarts e-booksJ.K. Rowling is revealing more details about the school of witchcraft and wizardry in new e-books. The books follow the July debut of the West End play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.'