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July 30, 2024

Iron Imperator by Iskander Rehman

July 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Iron Imperator by Iskander Rehman

A well-illustrated new history of ancient Rome’s enigmatic Emperor Tiberius

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July 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Iron Imperator, Emperor Tiberius, Roman history, Roman emperors, Ancient Rome, ancient history, Iskander Rehman
July 28, 2024

The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn

July 28, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn

An examination of the women of ancient times

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July 28, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Daisy Dunn, The Missing Thread, A Women's History of the Ancient Woerld, A Woman's History of the Ancient World, ancient history, women's history
July 25, 2024

The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon by Heath Hardage Lee

July 25, 2024/ Spencer Peacock
The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon by Heath Hardage Lee

A new biography of Richard Nixon’s First Lady

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July 25, 2024/ Spencer Peacock/
The Mysterious Mrs Nixon, Pat Nixon, Heath Hardage Lee, biography, presidential biography, First Lady Nixon, American history
July 24, 2024

Death on the Tiber by Lindsey Davis

July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Death on the Tiber by Lindsey Davis

The daugher of Marcus Didius Falco catches another case in ancient Rome

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July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Death on the Tiber, Lindsey Davis, ancient Rome, Roman historical fiction, murder mystery, historical murder mystery
July 24, 2024

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

A new history recounts the turbulent beginnings of the Civil War

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July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
July 23, 2024

Westlessness by Samir Puri

July 23, 2024/ Joe Spivey
Westlessness by Samir Puri

A scholar’s look at the precarious state of the West

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July 23, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
Westlessness, Samir Puri, history, politics
July 22, 2024

Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser

July 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser

A new account of the final years of Alexander the Great

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July 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Alexander the Great, Alexander at the End of the World, ancient history, biography, classical history
July 16, 2024

The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

July 16, 2024/ Spencer Peacock
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

Love and profanity in Kevin Barry’s new novel set in the Old West

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July 16, 2024/ Spencer Peacock/
July 07, 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk

July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Parade by Rachel Cusk

In Rachel Cusk’s new book, an artist turns his art on its head

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July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Parade, Rachel Cusk, fictoin, fiction, contemporary fiction
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
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