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MARCH 11, 2014
An excellent contribution to the truth telling of the American Indian story. Full review >
MARCH 4, 2014
A fast-paced, riveting account of exploration and settlement, suffering and survival, treachery and death. Full review >
APRIL 15, 2014
A disturbing, transformative text that veers toward essential reading. Full review >
FEB. 11, 2014
Instructive, yes, but also as engrossing as good detective fiction. Full review >
MAY 6, 2014
A scholarly enough social history but one with plenty of sex appeal. Full review >
MARCH 25, 2014
An engaging history that raises provocative questions about the future of nuclear science. Full review >
FEB. 4, 2014
Deeply researched, ingeniously argued. Full review >
MARCH 18, 2014
A multifaceted story artfully woven by an expert historian. Full review >
JUNE 3, 2014
A haunting and illuminating book marking the centennial of the assassination. Full review >
AUG. 5, 2014
A grand and grim narrative of thrilling exploration for fans of Into Thin Air, Mountains of the Moon and the like. Full review >
JULY 29, 2014
Gripping and as well-crafted as an episode of Smiley’s People, full of cynical inevitability, secrets, lashings of whiskey... Full review >
AUG. 5, 2014
A compelling, astute chronicle of the politics and culture of late-20th-century America. Full review >
SEPT. 9, 2014
Though some readers may find the narrative occasionally tedious, this is a complicated story involving staggering... Full review >
AUG. 5, 2014
A profound historical portrait of Paris for anyone who loves the city. Full review >
OCT. 14, 2014
An exhaustive feat of research with a focused structure and robust prose. Full review >
SEPT. 16, 2014
A unique moment in history superbly captured. Yet another triumph for Wright. Full review >
JAN. 14, 2014
Deeply researched and well-written, this book will appeal to general readers and specialists alike. Full review >
NOV. 13, 2014
A lucid, first-rate history of the results of a war whose beginning a century ago we are busily commemorating. Full review >
NOV. 25, 2014
A well-documented, evenhanded work that will delight urban scholars and lay travelers. Full review >
DEC. 30, 2014
An important—even necessary—addition to the groaning shelves of Civil War volumes. Full review >
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