The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark
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The story of the world’s last remaining subsistence whalers.
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Hark by Sam Lipsyte
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Perceptive and revealing social satire about the Americans who helped elect Trump.
Read MoreEva Salomon's War by Gabriella Goliger
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The author effectively captures the historical and moral ambiguities of Mandate Palestine.
Read MoreNebuchadnezzar's Dream by Jay Rubenstein
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This book deals with the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in specific, and is at least as much about myth as history.
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The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail
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Jamail’s journalistic skills allow him to evoke details with a succinct power that many other accounts might lack.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “We all have public lives, and private lives, and secret lives”
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A giddy, heart-stopping read with distinctive, vibrant characters coming at you full throttle.
Read MoreWhite Stag by Kara Barbieri
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White Stag is thrilling and sharply complex throughout, exactly the kind of fiction debut that makes a reader eager for more.
Read MoreThe Misinformation Age by Cailin O’Connor & James Owen Weatherall
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For a book of 200 pages, The Misinformation Age covers a great deal of territory.
Read MoreThrough Fiery Trials by David Weber
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This is a continuation of the Safehold series by an author to stick with, a modern-day version of Golden Age SF.
Read MoreQueen of the World by Robert Hardman
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Queen Elizabeth II has met more people, smiled into more eyes, and shaken more hands than any other human being on Earth.
Read MoreThe Persecution of the Knights Templar by Alain Demurger
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A deeply researched account of the relentless persecution of the Knights Templar.
Read MoreThe Duke I Once Knew by Olivia Drake
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The Duke I Once Knew grows much stronger as it goes along and gains momentum, and its conclusion will put a smile on every reader’s face.
Read MoreIn a House of Lies by Ian Rankin
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John Rebus retired a few books ago, but he has a way of turning up.
Read MoreThe Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King by Jerome Charyn
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This historical novel portrays Roosevelt as a crime fighter and features his mountain lion Josephine.
Read MoreCivil War Barons by Jeffrey D. Wert
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A brisk gallivant through nineteen biographies of men who made fortunes in the business of war.
Read MoreThe Gown by Jennifer Robson
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A historical novel about Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown, and the women who made it.
Read MorePreviously on OLM: James Wood and the Fall of Man
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This profile of James Wood from the OLM archives was written by Sam Sacks in December of 2014. . .
Read MorePreviously on OLM: Advice to a Young Reviewer
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A book review from the archives, originally published in December 2016.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2018: Nonfiction!
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It's not surprising that certain themes have surfaced again and again, considering the boiling news atmosphere in which these authors are stewing every day.
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