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October 18, 2024

Vietnam: A Military History by Geoffrey Wawro

October 18, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Vietnam: A Military History by Geoffrey Wawro

A contentious new history of the Vietnam War

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October 18, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Geoffrey Wawro, Vietnam: A Military History, Vietnam, the Vietnam War, military history, history, US history, General Westmoreland
October 17, 2024

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere

October 17, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere

A new history of the great powers of the ancient world

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October 17, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Guy de la Bedoyere, The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome, history, ancient history, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome
October 14, 2024

Adaptation by Anastasia Samoylova

October 14, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Adaptation by Anastasia Samoylova

A look at the latest collection of Anastasia Samoylova's photography

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October 14, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
October 12, 2024

Violence in the Forum by Natale Barca

October 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Violence in the Forum by Natale Barca

A new history of the social and political convulsions of late Republican Rome

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October 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Natale Barca, Violence in the Forum, ancient Rome, Roman history
October 11, 2024

The Clock in the Sun by Pierre Sokolsky

October 11, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
The Clock in the Sun by Pierre Sokolsky

A new history of solar physics

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October 11, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
The Clock in the Su, The Clock in the Sun, Pierre Sokolsky, science, astronomy, popular science
October 05, 2024

The Talnikov Family by Avdotya Panaeva

October 05, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Talnikov Family by Avdotya Panaeva

A new translation of a century-old Russian novel

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October 05, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
The Talnikov Family, Avdotya Panaeva, Fiona Bell, fict4ion, fiction, historical fiction
October 04, 2024

The Letters of Seamus Heaney

October 04, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Letters of Seamus Heaney

A big, bursting collection of the great Irish poet's correspondence

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October 04, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
October 01, 2024

Keeping the Faith by Brenda Wineapple

October 01, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Keeping the Faith by Brenda Wineapple

A new narrative account of the famous Scopes "Monkey" Trial

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October 01, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Keeping the Faith, Scopes trial, Clarence Darrow, Brenda Wineapple, history, American history, Darwin
September 30, 2024

Reagan by Max Boot

September 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Reagan by Max Boot

Max Boot's authoritative new biography of Ronald Reagan

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September 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Reagan, Ronald Reagan, history, biography, American history, presidential biography, Max Boot
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
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