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June 24, 2024

The Throne by Franco Bernini

June 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Throne by Franco Bernini

Historical fiction about Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia

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June 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Throne, Franco Bernini, Oonagh Stransky, Cesare Borgia, Machiavelli, fiction, historical fiction, Italian Renaissance
June 24, 2024

Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton

June 24, 2024/ Eric Bies
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton

A review of Danielle Dutton’s new hybrid collection of fiction, nonfiction, and other impressions.

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June 24, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Prairie, Danielle Dutton
June 19, 2024

Old King by Maxim Loskutoff

June 19, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Old King by Maxim Loskutoff

Inevitably, a novel about the Unabomber

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June 19, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
June 06, 2024

John Quincy Adams by Randall Woods

June 06, 2024/ Spencer Peacock
John Quincy Adams by Randall Woods

A new biography of the second Adams president

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June 06, 2024/ Spencer Peacock/
Randall Woods, John Quincy Adams, biography, presidential biography, US presidential biography, US presidents
June 04, 2024

The Explorers by Amanda Bellows

June 04, 2024/ Will Ramsay
The Explorers by Amanda Bellows

A new history recounting some historical expeditions

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June 04, 2024/ Will Ramsay/
The Explorers, Amanda Bellows, history, European history, exploration
May 31, 2024

Sailing Alone by Richard J. King

May 31, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Sailing Alone by Richard J. King

A wonderfully literary look at single-handed sailing

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May 31, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Sailing Alone, Richard King, sailing, nautical fiction, nautical nonfiction
May 29, 2024

Outposts of Diplomacy by G. R. Berridge

May 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Outposts of Diplomacy by G. R. Berridge

A new history of foreign embassies and the things they do

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May 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
G.R.Berridge, Outposts of Diplomacy, history, European history, diplomacy, international relations, ambassadors
May 28, 2024

Write Like a Man by Ronnie Grinberg

May 28, 2024/ Hannah Joyner
Write Like a Man by Ronnie Grinberg

This scholarly consideration of both ethnic identity and gender ideology shines new light on a midcentury American intellectual movement.

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May 28, 2024/ Hannah Joyner/
Write Like a Man, Ronnie Grinberg, fictoin, fiction, literary criticismm, literary history, Hannah Joyner
May 21, 2024

Massacre in the Clouds by Kim Wagner

May 21, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Massacre in the Clouds by Kim Wagner

The history of a forgotten atrocity in US imperial history

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May 21, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Kim Wagner, Massacre in the Clouds, Bud Dajo, Philippines, US history, history
May 19, 2024

Look at the USA by Peter van Agtmael

May 19, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Look at the USA by Peter van Agtmael

A photo-chronicle of contemporary America

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May 19, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
Peter van Agtmael, Look at the USA, photography, history, US hsitory, US history
May 18, 2024

This Earthly Globe by Andrea di Robilant

May 18, 2024/ Will Ramsay
This Earthly Globe by Andrea di Robilant

A new history of Venetian explorers

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May 18, 2024/ Will Ramsay/
This Earthly Globe, history, European history, Venice, Venetian history, Andrea di Robilant
May 14, 2024

Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver

May 14, 2024/ Olive Fellows
Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver

The latest in Ashely Weaver’s WWII-set murder mystery series

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May 14, 2024/ Olive Fellows/
Locked in Pursuit, Ashley Weaver, mystery, murder mystery
May 12, 2024

Bloody Panico! by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

May 12, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Bloody Panico! by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

A free-wheeling autopsy of the contemporary Tory Party

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May 12, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Bloody Panico, politics, UK politics, Tory Party
May 09, 2024

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

May 09, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror and horror movies intertwine in the new novel by Stephen Graham Jones

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May 09, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 06, 2024

Power and Glory by Alexander Larman

May 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Power and Glory by Alexander Larman

A new book about the final years of England’s King George Vi

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May 06, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Power and Glory, Alexander Larman, Queen Elizabeth II, King George VI, English history, monarchy, Royals, House of Windsor
May 05, 2024

The Ant Collective

May 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Ant Collective

A fascinating illustrated look at the world of red ants

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May 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Armin Schieb, The Ant Collective, antis, ants, natural history, nature
May 03, 2024

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A review of Kaliane Bradley’s touted debut novel about a time-displaced Arctic explorer.

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May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 02, 2024

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

May 02, 2024/ Christina Nellas Acosta
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Helen Simonson’s new historical novel opens in the immediate aftermath of the First World War

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May 02, 2024/ Christina Nellas Acosta/
April 29, 2024

Shylock's Venice by Harry Freedman

April 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Shylock's Venice by Harry Freedman

A personality-driven history of Venice’s Jewish ghetto

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April 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Shylock's Venice, Venice, history, Harry Freedman
April 26, 2024

To Be a Jew Today by Noah Feldman

April 26, 2024/ Hannah Joyner
To Be a Jew Today by Noah Feldman

At a time when all eyes are on Gaza, a scholar considers different ways Jews consider God, religious observance, and the state of Israel.

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April 26, 2024/ Hannah Joyner/
Judaism, To Be a Jew Today, Noah Feldman, religion, Hannah Joyner
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