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March 17, 2024

The Formula by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

March 17, 2024/ Joe Spivey
The Formula by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

An inside look at the high-stakes world of fast cars

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March 17, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
The Formula: How Rogues, The Formula, Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg, Racing, sports writing
March 07, 2024

Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn

March 07, 2024/ Hannah Joyner
Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn

Using newly available sources, Mary V. Dearborn explores the complicated life of a brilliant writer of Southern Gothic fiction.

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March 07, 2024/ Hannah Joyner/
Carson McCullers, Mary Dearborn, biography, literary biography, Hannah Joyner
March 06, 2024

The Last of Its Kind by Gisli Palsson

March 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Last of Its Kind by Gisli Palsson

A newly-translated account of the great auk and the men who chronicled its extinction

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March 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Last of Its Kind, Gisli Palsson, Anna Yates, the great auk, nature, natural history
March 05, 2024

Saturated Facts by Dr. Idrees Mughal

March 05, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Saturated Facts by Dr. Idrees Mughal

A new book attempts to demystify diet

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March 05, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Dr. Idrees Mughal, Saturated Facts, Diet, Nutrition, nonfiction
March 01, 2024

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines by Nicholas Money

March 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines by Nicholas Money

An enthusiastic exploration of fungus, God help us all

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March 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
February 29, 2024

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

February 29, 2024/ Ryan Davison
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

An ultra-meta maybe-murder mystery with more trickery than infrastructure

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February 29, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
The Fury, Alex Michaelides, fiction, contemporary fiction
February 27, 2024

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev

February 27, 2024/ Joe Spivey
How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev

A new history of the British radio broadcasts designed to subvert Nazi propaganda

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February 27, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
How to Win an Information War, The Propagandists Who Outwitted History, Peter Pomerantsev, World War II, history
February 26, 2024

Big Meg by Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery

February 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Big Meg by Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery

A little book about a big subject: an infamous 60-foot extinct killer shark

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February 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery, Big Meg, sharks, megalodon, Steve Alten, science, natural history
February 23, 2024

Time Stood Still by Paul Cohen-Portheim

February 23, 2024/ Ash Caton
Time Stood Still by Paul Cohen-Portheim

A reprint bringing to life the world of WWI internment camps

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February 23, 2024/ Ash Caton/
Time Stood Still, Paul Cohen-Portheim
February 20, 2024

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

February 20, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

A full, quirky novel about grief and mystery and humor

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February 20, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, Shubnum Khan, historical fiction, fiction
February 19, 2024

The Qur'an translated by M.A.H. Habib & Bruce Lawrence

February 19, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Qur'an translated by M.A.H. Habib & Bruce Lawrence

A new translation of the Koran with some scholarly aspirations

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February 19, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Qur'an, M.A.H. Habib, Bruce Lawrence, literature in translation, Muhammad
February 12, 2024

A Nasty Little War by Anna Reid

February 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
A Nasty Little War by Anna Reid

A wonderfully lively history of the West’s attempt to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution

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February 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
A Nasty Little War, Russian Civil War, Russian history, European history, World War I, Anna Reid, military history
February 06, 2024

Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen

February 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen

A skimpy book about the big subject of artificial intelligence

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February 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Literary Theory for Robots, Dennis Yi Tenen, artificial intelligence, computers, AI
February 03, 2024

It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett

February 03, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett

Old friends become unexpected lovers in this latest Regency romance from Anna Bennett

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February 03, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
It Takes a Rake, Anna Bennett, romance, Regency romance
February 02, 2024

Errand into the Maze by Deborah Jowitt

February 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Errand into the Maze by Deborah Jowitt

A marvelously readable biography of the great dancer and choreographer

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February 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
biography, Errand into the Maze, Martha Graham, dance, modern dance, Deborah Jowitt
February 01, 2024

A View of Venice, edited by Kristin Love Huffman

February 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
A View of Venice, edited by Kristin Love Huffman

A gloriously detailed scholarly analysis of one remarkable Renaissance print

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February 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
A View of Venice, Portrait of a Renaissance City, Venice, Kristin Love Huffman, Jacopo de' Barbari, history, Italian history
January 31, 2024

Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones

January 31, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones

In this sequel, Dan Jones continues the adventures of his band of warriors during the Hundred Years War

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January 31, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Wolves of Winter, Dan Jones, Essex Dogs, fiction, historical fiction, Hundred Years War
January 29, 2024

The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery

January 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery

A fantasy novel in which a mysterious event shatters the procession of the seasons

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January 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Longest Autumn, Amy Avery, fiction, YA fiction, fantasy
January 27, 2024

How To Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness by Galen and Katherine Van Schaik

January 27, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
How To Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness by Galen and Katherine Van Schaik

A new selected translation that attempts to glean useful health tips from the writings of Galen

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January 27, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
How To Be Well: An Ancient Guide to Wellness, Galen, Katherine Van Schaik, classics, Greek classics, ancient history, health care, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
January 25, 2024

Goodbye Russia by Fiona Maddocks

January 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Goodbye Russia by Fiona Maddocks

A study of Rachmaninoff’s life and work outside of Russia

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January 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Goodbye Russia, Rachmaninoff in Exile, Rachmaninoff, Fiona Maddocks, classical music, biography, Russia
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