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July 02, 2024

The Presidents and the People by Corey Brettschneider

July 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Presidents and the People by Corey Brettschneider

A new history of corrupt US Presidents — and some of the people who opposed them

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July 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Corey Brettschneider, The Presidents and the People, Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It, US history, US presidents
July 01, 2024

Later Montale by Eugenio Montale

July 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Later Montale by Eugenio Montale

A reprint of translations of Eugenio Montale’s late verse

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July 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Later Montale, Eugenio Montale, George Bradley, poetry, poetry in translation, literature in translation, Italian poetry
June 29, 2024

The Island by Nicholas Jenkins

June 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Island by Nicholas Jenkins

A fascinating new study of young Auden & co. in the interwar years

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June 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Nicholas Jenkins, The Island, WH Auden, poetry, English history, history, literary history
June 27, 2024

Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott

June 27, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott

A lavishly documented life of the great poet

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June 27, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
June 27, 2024

The Unraveling by Bob Bauer

June 27, 2024/ Izzy Rosen
The Unraveling by Bob Bauer

A memoir of US politics in the calamitous modern moment

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June 27, 2024/ Izzy Rosen/
The Unraveling, Bob Bauer, politics, US politics, Presidential politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, memoir, political memoir
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
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