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September 28, 2024

The Green Ages by Annette Kehnel

September 28, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Green Ages by Annette Kehnel

An innovative new history of how medieval people actually dealt with each other

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September 28, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
The Green Ages, Annette Kehnel, history, medieval history, Gesche Ipsen
September 27, 2024

A History of Western Music by August Kleinzahler

September 27, 2024/ Eric Bies
A History of Western Music by August Kleinzahler

A review of the great poet's latest offering

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September 27, 2024/ Eric Bies/
August Kleinzhaler, A History of Western Music, poetry, contemporary poetry
September 25, 2024

Capital by Karl Marx, translated by Paul Reitter

September 25, 2024/ David Murphy
Capital by Karl Marx, translated by Paul Reitter

A new translation of Marx's seminal volume

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September 25, 2024/ David Murphy/
Karl Marx, Capital, economics, economic theory, history, financial history
September 23, 2024

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons

September 23, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons

A stand-alone fantasy novel in which a young woman deals with the legends that have grown up around her.

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September 23, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
Jenn Lyons, The Sky on Fire, fantasy
September 22, 2024

The Good Allies by Tim Cook

September 22, 2024/ Spencer Peacock
The Good Allies by Tim Cook

A new history of Canada's partnership with the US in the Second World War

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September 22, 2024/ Spencer Peacock/
Tim Cook, The Good Allies, Canada, WWII, World War II, Second World War, Second World War history
September 21, 2024

Mapmatics by Paulina Rowinska

September 21, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
Mapmatics by Paulina Rowinska

A new book overlays mathematics onto the contours of the real world

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September 21, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
Mapmatics, Paulina Rowinska, mathematics, science, science writing
September 18, 2024

A Day in September by Stephen Budiansky

September 18, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
A Day in September by Stephen Budiansky

Stephen Budiansky's new book about the Battle of Antietam and its long aftermath

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September 18, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
A Day in September, Stephen Budiansky, Antietam, Battle of Antietam, history, American history, military history, American Civil War, Civil War era
September 17, 2024

Playground by Richard Powers

September 17, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Playground by Richard Powers

A review of the latest novel from the great American writer Richard Powers

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September 17, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
Playground, fiction, American fiction, Richard Powers
September 16, 2024

Is Earth Exceptional? by Mario Livio & Jack Szostak

September 16, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Is Earth Exceptional? by Mario Livio & Jack Szostak

A basic new primer to the science of life, on and off Earth

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September 16, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Is Earth Exceptional, Mario Livo, Jack Szostak, exoplanets, astronomy, abiogenesis, chemistry, science, science writing
September 16, 2024

First Lady of Laughs by Grace Kessler-Overbeke

September 16, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
First Lady of Laughs by Grace Kessler-Overbeke

A new biography of a groundbreaking comic artist

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September 16, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
First Lady of Laughs, Jean Carroll, biography, comedy, Grace Kessler Overbeke
September 14, 2024

The Bible: A Global History by Bruce Gordon

September 14, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Bible: A Global History by Bruce Gordon

A history of the Bible's spread through the world

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September 14, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Bible: A Global History, Bruce Gordon, biblical history, european history
September 14, 2024

Squanto by Andrew Lipman

September 14, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Squanto by Andrew Lipman

A biographical reconstruction of Squanto, of Mayflower fame

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September 14, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
squanto, andrew lipman, history, biography
September 13, 2024

Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon

September 13, 2024/ Eric Bies
Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon

A new volume of poems from the protean Paul Muldoon

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September 13, 2024/ Eric Bies/
September 11, 2024

What Nails It by Greil Marcus

September 11, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
What Nails It by Greil Marcus

A collection of ruminations from the famed rock critic

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September 11, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
What Nails It, Greil Marcus, criticism, music, music criticism
September 05, 2024

Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief by Ronald Hutton

September 05, 2024/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief by Ronald Hutton

A new study of Cromwell as military leader

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September 05, 2024/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku/
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief, Ronald Hutton, Cromwell, English history, Protectorate, Stuart History
September 01, 2024

The Strategists by Phillips Payson O'Brien

September 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Strategists by Phillips Payson O'Brien

A new history of how the leaders of the Second World War conducted their strategies

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September 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Strategists, Churchill, Stalin, Mussolini, Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Second World War, World War II, Phillips Payson O'Brien, military history
September 01, 2024

Rat City by Jon Adams & Edmund Ramsden

September 01, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Rat City by Jon Adams & Edmund Ramsden

A thought-provoking exploration of overcrowding ... in rats and humans

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September 01, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden, Rat City, rats, urban studies, John B. Calhoun
August 26, 2024

Kent State by Brian VanDeMark

August 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Kent State by Brian VanDeMark

A vivid new history of the infamous Kent State massacre of 1970

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August 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Kent State, Kent State: An American Tragedy, American history, US history, Brian VanDeMarkm
August 25, 2024

Hitler's People by Richard Evans

August 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Hitler's People by Richard Evans

The Third Reich seen through a series of biographies

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August 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
August 24, 2024

Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out by Katherine Bucknell

August 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out by Katherine Bucknell

A big new biography of Christopher Isherwood

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August 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Christopher Isherwood, Inside Out, Katherine Bucknell, biography, literary biography
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