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September 28, 2022

The Ransomware Hunting Team by Renee Dudley & Daniel Golden

September 28, 2022/ Micah Cummins
The Ransomware Hunting Team by Renee Dudley & Daniel Golden

The world of cybercrime and the stories of the people fighting it.

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September 28, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Science/Technology
The Ransomware Hunting Team, Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden, cyber warfare, cyber security, Micah Cummins
September 27, 2022

Like, Comment, Subscribe by Mark Bergen

September 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Like, Comment, Subscribe by Mark Bergen

An authoritative history of YouTube.

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September 27, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Like Comment Subscribe, YouTube, Mark Bergen, social media, Google, Steve Donoghue
September 23, 2022

Theater Review: The Southbury Child

September 23, 2022/ Christopher Day
Theater Review: The Southbury Child

A triumphant new play about a troubled priest in a small Dartmouth town.

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September 23, 2022/ Christopher Day/
Film & Theatre; Adaptations
The Southbury Child, Nicholas Hytner, theater, theater review, Stephen Beresford, Christopher Day
September 22, 2022

Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf

September 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf

A fascinating look at a group of thinkers and writers in 1790s Jena.

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September 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Philosophy
Andrea Wulf, Steve Donoghue, German History, philosophy
September 18, 2022

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

September 18, 2022/ Micah Cummins
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

A historical novel in which the killers of King Charles I are ruthlessly hunted.

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September 18, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Historical Fiction
Act of Oblivion, Robert Harris, King Charles II, historical fiction, Micah Cummins
September 15, 2022

Catholicism by John T. McGreevy

September 15, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Catholicism by John T. McGreevy

A broad-ranging history of the Catholic Church in the last three centuries.

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September 15, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Catholicism, John T. McGreevy, Catholic Church, Catholic history, history
September 14, 2022

Boy with the Bullhorn by Ron Goldberg

September 14, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Boy with the Bullhorn by Ron Goldberg

A memoir of activism during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

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September 14, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture, History
Ron Goldberg, Boy with the Bullhorn, AIDS, ACT UP, AIDS activism, gay history, US history, Steve Donoghue
September 08, 2022

A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins
A Man of Iron by Troy Senik

A new biography touting the merits of Grover Cleveland.

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September 08, 2022/ Micah Cummins/
Biography/Memoir, History
A Man of Iron, Grover Cleveland, Troy Senik, politics, US presidents, US presidential biography, biography, Micah Cummins
September 06, 2022

The First Binding by R. R. Virdi

September 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The First Binding by R. R. Virdi

The first book in a new epic fantasy series.

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September 06, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The First Binding, R. R. Virdi, fantasy, Steve Donoghue
September 04, 2022

Eliot After "The Waste Land" by Robert Crawford

September 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Eliot After "The Waste Land" by Robert Crawford

The concluding volume of a great two-volume biography of TS Eliot.

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September 04, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Poetry
Eliot after the Waste Land, TS Eliot, Robert Crawford, biography, poets, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
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
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