Book Review: Killing the Messenger
/In his new book, David Brock, foremost champion of the Clintons, comes to the defense of Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
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/James Hamilton's fascinating new book looks behind the glorious paintings of the Victorian era at the men who designed the frames, discovered the paint pigments, and heated the galleries
Read MoreBook Review: Everland
/In 2012, a trio of Antarctic explorers re-traces the path of a doomed expedition from 1913
Read MoreBook Review: Voyage of the Sable Venus
/A stunning debut volume from poet and teacher Robin Coste Lewis
Read MoreBook Review: Six Poets
/British literary icon Alan Bennett looks at six poets whose work has meant a great deal to him over the years
Read MoreBook Review: Man of Destiny
/If a gushing new biography is any warrant, that's the wrong Roosevelt up on Mount Rushmore.
Read MoreBook Review: India at War
/When the Second World War erupted, the British Empire expected all its client states to do their duty for the Crown; but in India, as a sharp new book details, that duty was deeply complicated
Read MoreBook Review: The Spirit of '74
/Long before the famous date of the Declaration, Boston was breaking the King's Peace and warning other towns and colonies to do likewise - a lively new book tells the story
Read MoreBook Review: Renishaw Hall
/The great home of generations of the Sitwell family, Renishaw Hall, is the subject of Desmond Seward's latest book
Read MoreBook Review: Monsters
/The bad science behind the Hindenburg was made tragically obvious by its explosion in 1937; a new book warns that other miracles of science may be equally dangerous
Read MoreBook Review: Word by Word
/A new book assembles and studies the scattered writings of American slaves
Read MoreBook Review: The Invention of Nature
/The great German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt was fascinated by all of the natural world, and his work in studying it and writing about it has shaped our understanding ever since
Read MoreBook Review: Black Earth
/A harrowing and contentious new assessment of the Nazi war on the Jews of Europe.
Read MoreBook Review: I Can Give You Anything But Love
/A witty, unsparing memoir from author and critic Gary Indiana
Read MoreBook Review: The Desert and the Blade
/In the latest chapter of S. M. Stirling's "Emberverse" series, two courageous women embark on a quest for a supernatural sword
Read MoreBook Review: Sorcerer to the Crown
/In Zen Cho's exuberant debut, the magic of Napoleonic-era England is slowly dwindling, and it's up to the Sorcerer Royal to figure out why
Read MoreBook Review: Snowden
/The life of infamous NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, in comic book form
Read MoreBook Review: Self and Soul
/A spirited defense of humanist intangibles in a culture obsessed with material gain
Read MoreBook Review: A River Runs Again
/The huge environmental problems facing India form the backdrop for Meera Subramanian's fantastic first book
Read MoreBook Review: The Gates of Evangeline
/A mother grieving the loss of her own son investigates the 30-year-old disappearance of a powerful Southern family's little boy in this haunting debut
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