The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Carolyne Larrington
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A lively new look at how Norse mythology pervades modern culture.
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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf
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An experienced economic commentator takes America’s financial temperature.
Read MoreClose to Home by Michael Magee
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A debut novel in which a young man tries to escape his past.
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The King's Pleasure by Alison Weir
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A prolific historian and novelist turns her attention to King Henry VIII.
Read MoreHow Not To Kill Yourself by Clancy Martin
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A brutally personal look at suicide and alcoholism.
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American Breakdown by Jennifer Lunden
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The author’s struggle with chronic illness prompts her to search for examples buried in history.
Read MoreLand of War by William Nester
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A new history covers thousands of years of European history.
Read MoreThe Science of Reading by Adrian Johns
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A new book studies what we’re actually doing when we’re reading.
Read MoreThe Shotgun Conservationist by Brant MacDuff
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A new book argues that killing animals is really the best thing for them, the miserable ingrates.
Read MoreTudor Children by Nicholas Orme
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A sweeping study of what childhood was like in Tudor times.
Read MoreBruno Schulz by Benjamin Balint
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A new book tells the story of murdered writer Bruno Schulz and the murals he created to save his life.
Read MoreBiography of X by Catherine Lacey
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Catherine Lacy’s new novel is full of literary ambition and game-playing — but does it work?
Read MoreDon't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
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The latest thrilling novel by Stephen Graham Jones explores trauma.
Read MoreGeorge VI and Elizabeth by Sally Bedell Smith
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A new book telling the story of the “We Four” Windsor family during WWII.
Read MoreNinth Building by Zou Jingzhi
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The Cultural Revolution looms large in Zou Jingzhi’s newly-translated novel.
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