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January 13, 2025

The Suicides by Antonio di Benedetto

January 13, 2025/ Eric Bies
The Suicides by Antonio di Benedetto

A new translation of the concluding volume of the author’s Trilogy of Expectation

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January 13, 2025/ Eric Bies/
The Suicides, Antonio di Benedetto, Esther Allen, literature in translation, fiction
January 12, 2025

My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

A novel in which a father searches for his wayward son

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January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
My Darling Boy, John Dufresne, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 11, 2025

Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

A new account of the long shadow cast by an infamous serial killer.

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January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Postmortem, Courtney Lund O'Neill, John Wayne Gacy, serial killerm, true crime, Rob Piest, Kim Byers
January 10, 2025

Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough

January 10, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough

A new history of the social side of the Vikings

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January 10, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Embers of the Hands, Eleanor Barraclough, Vikings, Viking Age, history, European history
January 09, 2025

Leonardo Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life by Stephen J. Campbell

January 09, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Leonardo Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life by Stephen J. Campbell

A pointedly unconventional life of the great Renaissance artist

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January 09, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, Stephen J. Campbell, biography, Italian Renaissance
January 08, 2025

Viaggi, edited by James Lingwood

January 08, 2025/ Tom LeClair
Viaggi, edited by James Lingwood

A new book collecting the photos of Luigi Ghirri

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January 08, 2025/ Tom LeClair/
Viaggi, Luigi Ghirri, James Lingwood, photography
January 08, 2025

Dark Brilliance by Paul Strathern

January 08, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Dark Brilliance by Paul Strathern

A personality-driven new look at the Age of Reason

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January 08, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Dark Brilliance, Paul Strathern, The Age of Reason, history, European history
January 07, 2025

Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

A lightweight new novel about ordinary people living in London

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January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Another Man in the Street, Caryl Phillips, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 06, 2025

Against Platforms by Mike Pepi

January 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Against Platforms by Mike Pepi

A manifesto about how online platforms can be used to benefit humanity

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January 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Against Platforms, Mike Pepi, technology, the Internet
January 05, 2025

George Cukor's People by Joseph McBride

January 05, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
George Cukor's People by Joseph McBride

A new look at the films of the legendary George Cukor

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January 05, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
George Cukor's People, George Cukor, Joseph McBride, Katharine Hepburn, movie criticism, movies, film history, Hollywood
January 04, 2025

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Kurt Beals

January 04, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Kurt Beals

A new translation of the great war-novel

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January 04, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, Kurt Beals, literature in translation, German literature, war fiction, fiction
January 03, 2025

Plato: A Civic Life by Carol Atack

January 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Plato: A Civic Life by Carol Atack

A slim new overview of Plato’s life and works

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January 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
December 08, 2024

The Divine Comedy, translated by Michael Palma

December 08, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Divine Comedy, translated by Michael Palma

A new translation of Dante’s Commedia

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December 08, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Divine Comedy, Dante, Michael Palma, poetry, literature in translation
December 03, 2024

Robert Hooke's Experimental Philosophy by Felicity Henderson

December 03, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
Robert Hooke's Experimental Philosophy by Felicity Henderson

An insightful biography of the pioneering scientist

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December 03, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
Robert Hooke's Experimental Philosophy, Felcity Henderson, Robert Hooke, biography
December 02, 2024

The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher

December 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher

The author’s look at all the many people who’ve walked the famous roads of Rome

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December 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Roads to Rome, Catherine Fletcher, Ancient Rome, Roman history, travel writing
November 29, 2024

Dear Unknown Friend by Alexis Peri

November 29, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
Dear Unknown Friend by Alexis Peri

What a Cold War pen-pal program reveals about its era

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November 29, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Dear Unknown Friend, Alexis Peri, history, American hsitory, American history, Soviet history
November 27, 2024

Hungry Beautiful Animals by Matthew Halteman

November 27, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas
Hungry Beautiful Animals by Matthew Halteman

An argument in favor of becoming vegan

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November 27, 2024/ Nikolas Mavreas/
Hungry Beautiful Animals, Matthew Halteman, diet, veganism
November 26, 2024

Book of Exercises II by George Seferis

November 26, 2024/ Eric Bies
Book of Exercises II by George Seferis

A new translation of the Greek poet’s posthumous work

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November 26, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Book of Exercises II, George Seferis, poetry, literature in translation, Jennifer Kellogg
November 25, 2024

Vita Nuova by Dante, translated by Joseph Luzzi

November 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Vita Nuova by Dante, translated by Joseph Luzzi

A new translation of Dante’s little handbook of rapture

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November 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
La Vita Nuova, Dante, poetry, Renaissance poetry, Joseph Luzzi, literature in translation
November 24, 2024

Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

Critic Tom LeClair reflects on two major prize-noticed new novels

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November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
james, James, Percival Everett, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, fiction, contemporary fiction
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