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August 30, 2022

A Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis

August 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
A Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis

A brief memoir from the author of “The End of Eddy.”

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August 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Nonfiction Translations, Biography/Memoir
A Woman's Battles and Transformations, Édouard Louis, memoir, French literature, Tash Aw, French translation, Steve Donoghue
August 29, 2022

How Fast Did T. Rex Run? by David Hone

August 29, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
How Fast Did T. Rex Run? by David Hone

An engaging set of questions - and answers - about all things dinosaur.

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August 29, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Animals & Nature
How Fast Did T Rex Run, David Hone, dinosaurs, popular science, Steve Donoghue
August 26, 2022

In Hitler's Munich by Michael Brenner

August 26, 2022/ James Holder
In Hitler's Munich by Michael Brenner

A new study of the harrowing rise of the Nazis in the cultured city of Munich.

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August 26, 2022/ James Holder/
History, Nonfiction Translations
In Hitler's Munich, The Rise of Nazism, Michael Brenner, Jeremiah Riemer, Nazi history, Munich, James Holder, translations
August 18, 2022

Memoirs by Robert Lowell

August 18, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Memoirs by Robert Lowell

A collection of the autobiographical writings of the great poet.

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August 18, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Poetry
Grzegorz Kosc, Steven Gould Axelrod, Steve Donoghue, Robert Lowell, memoir, poetry
August 15, 2022

Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes

August 15, 2022/ Amberlee Venters
Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes

A team finds more than they expected when they investigate an abandoned luxury spacecraft.

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August 15, 2022/ Amberlee Venters/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fiction-Horror
S. A. Barnes, Dead Silence, fiction, mystery, thriller, Amberlee Venters
August 13, 2022

Platypus Matters by Jack Ashby

August 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Platypus Matters by Jack Ashby

A passionately dorky look at the endangered wonders of Australian wildlife.

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August 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature
Platypus Matters, Jack Ashby, natural history, Australian animals, animals, platypus, Steve Donoghue
August 10, 2022

After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

August 10, 2022/ Micah Cummins
After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport

A captivating look at the Russians who fled from war and revolution.

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August 10, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
History
Romanovs, Russian history, Micah Cummins, Helen Rappaport
August 07, 2022

The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer

August 07, 2022/ Tom LeClair
The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer

A collection of nonfiction pieces from Geoff Dyer.

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August 07, 2022/ Tom LeClair/
Essays
The Last Days of Roger Federer, Geoff Dyer, essays, Tom LeClair
July 25, 2022

The Wine-Dark Sea Within by Dhun Sethna

July 25, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Wine-Dark Sea Within by Dhun Sethna

A new history of humans gradually understanding how blood works.

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July 25, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, History
The Wine-Dark Sea Within, blood, history, medical history, Dhun Sethna, Steve Donoghue
July 21, 2022

Unsettled Land by Sam Haynes

July 21, 2022/ James Holder
Unsettled Land by Sam Haynes

An iconoclastic new history of Texas.

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July 21, 2022/ James Holder/
History
James Holder, Texas history, Sam W. Haynes, Mexican American War
July 13, 2022

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran

July 13, 2022/ Michael Adams
The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran

Andrew Holleran returns with a deeply elegiac novel after an absence of 15 years.

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July 13, 2022/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General, Fiction-LGBTQ
Holleran, Kingdom, gay fiction, Michael Adams
July 13, 2022

Transformer by Nick Lane

July 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Transformer by Nick Lane

A biochemist explains the chemistry at the heat of life.

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July 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Transformer, Nick Lane, Krebs cycle, science, science writing, biochemistry, Steve Donoghue
July 11, 2022

Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy

July 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy

A sober but harrowing history of major nuclear disasters.

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July 11, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Atoms and Ashes, Serhii Plokhy, nuclear reactors, nuclear disasters, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Steve Donoghue
July 11, 2022

The Discord of the Gods by Jenn Lyons

July 11, 2022/ Amberlee Venters
The Discord of the Gods by Jenn Lyons

The final volume in the “Chorus of Dragons” series of fantasy novels by Jenn Lyons.

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July 11, 2022/ Amberlee Venters/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Discord of the Gods, Jenn Lyons, fantasy, A Chorus of Dragons, Amberlee Venters
July 07, 2022

Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas

July 07, 2022/ Benjamin Shull
Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas

Javier Cercas, one of Spain’s greatest writers, turns to crime fiction to confront the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War.

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July 07, 2022/ Benjamin Shull/
Books & Authors, Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-General
Cercas, Even the Darkest NIght, Terra Alta, Spain, Benjamin Shull
July 06, 2022

I Used To Live Here Once by Miranda Seymour

July 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
I Used To Live Here Once by Miranda Seymour

A new biography of the author of “The Wide Sargasso Sea.”

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July 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
I Used To Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys, Miranda Seymour, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, biography, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
July 05, 2022

Captain Ni'mat's Last Battle by Mohamed Leftah

July 05, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Captain Ni'mat's Last Battle by Mohamed Leftah

The late Mohamed Leftah’s postumous 2008 novel about forbidden love gets an English-language translation.

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July 05, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Debut, Literary Fiction, Fiction-Translated
Captain Ni'mat's Last Battle, Mohamed Leftah, Lara Vergnaud, fiction, gay fiction, Arab fiction, Steve Donoghue, translations
July 02, 2022

The Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

July 02, 2022/ James Holder
The Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

A new history of the ancient Persians.

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July 02, 2022/ James Holder/
History
The Persians, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, ancient history, history, the Persian Empire, Darius, James Holder
June 30, 2022

Feeding Washington's Army by Ricardo Herrera

June 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Feeding Washington's Army by Ricardo Herrera

The story of how Washington fed his troops during the infamous winter at Valley Forge.

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June 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778, Ricardo Herrera, the Grand Forage, Nathanael Greene, George Washington, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Valley Forge, Steve Donoghue
June 27, 2022

A Woman of Adventure by Annette Dunlap

June 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
A Woman of Adventure by Annette Dunlap

A new biography of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover.

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June 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, Herbert Hoover, US history, Annette Dunlap, US presidents, US first ladies, American history, Steve Donoghue
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