IRL by Chris Stedman
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Chris Stedman’s fascinating new book addresses one central question: How can we be real online?
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Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger
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A new history of the birth of modern philosophy.
Read MoreBlack Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
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The great Haitian revolutionary’s story is told in a boisterous new biography.
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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers - Horace & Seneca
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New considerations of the modern-day relevance of ancient Roman writers Seneca and Horace.
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Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters by Rosanna Warren
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One of the unsung founders of Modernism gets a superb new biography.
Read MoreParade: A FolkTale by Hiromi Kawakami
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Soft Skull Press issues an intriguing little English-language edition of an Hiromi Kawakami novella.
Read MoreThe Unfinished Tales of JRR Tolkien
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For its fortieth anniversary, Christopher Tolkien’s assemblage of his father’s miscellaneous unfinished tales gets a magnificently illustrated new edition.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “The true art of memory is the art of attention”
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The ninth Vera Stanhope mystery is as fresh and exciting as the first.
Read MorePhyllostomid Bats: A Unique Mammalian Radiation
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The leaf-nosed bats of the New World get a glorious volume.
Read MoreScrewball: Review of Darin Strauss’ “The Queen of Tuesday”
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Did Grandpa have a Ball? A novelist weaves a bit of family lore into a colorful and touching mid-century tapestry.
Read MoreTen Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria
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Columnist and CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria speculates on the future of a plague-ravaged world.
Read MorePhilip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
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Bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy tells the dual story of Philip of Macedon and his famous son.
Read MoreStalin by Ronald Grigor Suny
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A sweeping account of an idealistic young man transformed into a ruthless dictator.
Read MoreThe Last Brahmin by Luke A. Nichter
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An examination of the wide-ranging and varied political influence wielded by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Read MorePiranesi by Susanna Clarke
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The slim new novel by author of “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” is about a man living in a house that’s an ecology unto itself.
Read MoreBringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow
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A new book by the man spearheading the drive to bring beavers back to English waterways.
Read MoreRage by Bob Woodward
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Celebrated journalist Bob Woodward’s already-infamous new book gives an inside look at the Trump White House.
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