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MURDER CITYA potent book that readers won’t soon forget, and a warning of what can come of an insatiable market that knows no borders. Full review >
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THE PUBLISHERA thoroughly researched, nuanced appreciation of a complex, talented and troubled man. Full review >
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MADISON AND JEFFERSONby Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
A superb book that greatly deepens our understanding of these founders. Full review >
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COMPOSEDby Rosanne Cash
An excellent memoir that ends on an encouraging note: “More to come.” Full review >
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CHASING THE SUNApollo, Ra, Inti or Huitzilopochtli—all would rock with delight at Cohen’s sweeping endeavor. Full review >
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PLAY THEIR HEARTS OUTA landmark achievement in basketball journalism. Full review >
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THERE IS POWER IN A UNIONby Philip Dray
In the end, Dray’s account is evenhanded—not all bosses are bad, not all activists good—but it is clear where his sympathies... Full review >
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TRAVELS IN SIBERIAby Ian Frazier
A dense, challenging, dazzling work that will leave readers exhausted but yearning for more. Full review >
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MENTORby Tom Grimes
Without wasting a word, Grimes presents a thoroughly readable view of how stories—and writers, at least of a certain... Full review >
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HITCH-22Revealing and riveting. There's little about his brother, his two marriages or his children, but other memoirs may follow. Full review >
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CHARLIE CHANby Yunte Huang
Multilayered, provocative and highly accessible, this will appeal to Chan fans, scholars and general readers. Full review >
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BONHOEFFERby Eric Metaxas
A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century. Full review >
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COLONEL ROOSEVELTRoosevelt never fails to fascinate, and Morris provides a highly readable, strong finish to his decades-long marathon. Full review >
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SOUL MININGThere’s really nothing like this oft-rapturous work in the canon of musical memoirs. Full review >
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THE BRIDGERemnick’s fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel,... Full review >
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CLEOPATRAby Stacy Schiff
Successfully dissipating all the perfume, Schiff finds a remarkably complex woman—brutal and loving, dependent and... Full review >
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REALITY HUNGERAs nonfiction increasingly verges on novelistic narrative and fiction continues to draw inspiration from “real life”... Full review >
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HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAILAn expertly written study in true crime, vividly recapturing the mood of 1968. Full review >
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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKSSkloot's meticulous, riveting account strikes a humanistic balance between sociological history, venerable portraiture and... Full review >
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SHOWTIMENot just a catalog or reference book, but a highly astute, integrative cultural history. Full review >
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AMEXICAby Ed Vulliamy
An impressively rendered, nightmare-inducing account. Full review >
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THE FIDDLER IN THE SUBWAYEvery page is a pleasure. Full review >
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THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNSAn impressive take on the Great Migration, and a truly auspicious debut. Full review >
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