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November 23, 2024

At Wit's End by Michael Maslin and Alen MacWeeney

November 23, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
At Wit's End by Michael Maslin and Alen MacWeeney

Profiles of some of the New Yorker’s signature artists

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November 23, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Alen MacWeeney, Michael Maslin, the New Yorker, New Yorker, New Yorker cartoons
November 22, 2024

American Rapture by CJ Leede

November 22, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
American Rapture by CJ Leede

A novel about a young woman coming of age during a diabolical pandemic

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November 22, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
American Rapture, CJ Leede, fiction, pandemic fiction
November 21, 2024

The Last Tsar by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

November 21, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Last Tsar by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

A fresh new history of the fall of the Romanos

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November 21, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Last Tsar, Nicholas II, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Russian history, history, the Romanovs
November 20, 2024

Cassino '44 by James Holland

November 20, 2024/ David Murphy
Cassino '44 by James Holland

A new history of the battle for Rome during WWII

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November 20, 2024/ David Murphy/
Cassino '44, James Holland, World War II, World War II history, military history, Second World War, Italian campaign
November 18, 2024

Fires Seen from Space by Betsy Fagin

November 18, 2024/ Eric Bies
Fires Seen from Space by Betsy Fagin

A review of the author’s latest volume of poetry

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November 18, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Betsy Fagin, poetry, modern poetry, Fires Seen from Space, contemporary poetry
November 15, 2024

The Endless Refrain by David Rowell

November 15, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
The Endless Refrain by David Rowell

A new look at the state of rock music

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November 15, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
The Endless Refrain: Memory, Music, Rock music, David Rowell
November 14, 2024

Is Anyone Listening? by Denise Herzing

November 14, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Is Anyone Listening? by Denise Herzing

A new look at the ways nonhuman animals communicate

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November 14, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Is Anyone Listening, nature, animal communication, Denise Herzing
November 12, 2024

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones

November 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones

Textual analysis of how collaborative Shakespeare’s writing world must have been

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November 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Darren Freebury-Jones, Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers, Shakespeare, Thomas Kyd, Shakespeare studies, Elizabethan theater
November 11, 2024

The Power and the Glory by Adrian Tinniswood

November 11, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Power and the Glory by Adrian Tinniswood

Stories of English country house life before WWI tore it to pieces

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November 11, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Adrian Tinniswood, The Power and the Glory, history, English history, the English country house
November 11, 2024

Day Lasts Forever by Mario dell'Arco

November 11, 2024/ Eric Bies
Day Lasts Forever by Mario dell'Arco

The first English-language translation of this Roman poet’s work

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November 11, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Day Lasts Forever, Mario dell'Arco, Marc Alan Di Martino, poetry, poetry review
November 10, 2024

Republic by Alice Hunt

November 10, 2024/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku
Republic by Alice Hunt

A new history of England’s kingless period

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November 10, 2024/ Aaron Kyereh-Mireku/
Republic, Oliver Cromwell, British history, history, Alice Hunt
November 08, 2024

Far District by Ishion Hutchinson

November 08, 2024/ Eric Bies
Far District by Ishion Hutchinson

A printing of poet Ishion Hutchinson’s debut collection

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November 08, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Ishion Hutchinson, Far District, poetry, contemporary poetry
November 05, 2024

The Courage of Birds by Pete Dunne

November 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Courage of Birds by Pete Dunne

An illustrated book about the strategies birds use to deal with cold weather

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November 05, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Pete Dunn, The Courage of Birds, birds, nature, nature writing
November 02, 2024

The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

November 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

A new biography of the handsome favorite of two kings

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November 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Scapegoat, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, King James I, King Charles I, history, Jacobean history, English history, biography
October 31, 2024

The Brothers Grimm by Ann Schmiesing

October 31, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Brothers Grimm by Ann Schmiesing

A new life of the famous storytellers

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October 31, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Ann Schmiesing, Brothers Grimm, biography, literary biography
October 26, 2024

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country by Robert Hilburn

October 26, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country by Robert Hilburn

A biography of the beloved musician Randy Newman

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October 26, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country, Randy Newman, Robert Hilburn, biography, American music, music biography
October 26, 2024

The Medieval Scriptorium by Sara Charles

October 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Medieval Scriptorium by Sara Charles

A wonderfully made and very lively history of the medieval manuscript

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October 26, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Medieval Scriptorium, Sara Charles, books, medieval history
October 21, 2024

Beyond Power Transitions by Xinru Ma & David C. Kang

October 21, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Beyond Power Transitions by Xinru Ma & David C. Kang

A new perspective on East-West relations

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October 21, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Xinru Ma, David C. Kang, Beyond Power Transitions, East Asian history, history, US Politics
October 20, 2024

Roman Year by Andre Aciman

October 20, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Roman Year by Andre Aciman

The best-selling author reflects on his formative years in the Eternal City

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October 20, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
October 19, 2024

The Drowned by John Banville

October 19, 2024/ Ryan Davison
The Drowned by John Banville

Crime fiction is elevated in John Banville's darkly deceptive new mystery

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October 19, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
The Drowned, John Banville, fiction, mystery fiction
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