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LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPERby Ross King
Thankfully, King’s book is an impressive work of restoration—the author helps readers see this painting for the first time. Full review >
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MARBLESby Ellen Forney illustrated by Ellen Forney
Forney’s story should resonate with those grappling with similar issues, while her artistry should appeal to a wide... Full review >
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KURT VONNEGUTby Kurt Vonnegut & edited by Dan Wakefield
Vonnegut’s most human of hearts beats on every page. Full review >
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THOMAS JEFFERSONby Jon Meacham
An outstanding biography that reveals an overlooked steeliness at Jefferson’s core that accounts for so much of his... Full review >
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NATURE WARSby Jim Sterba
An eye-opening take on how romantic sentimentalism about nature can have destructive consequences. Full review >
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FAR FROM THE TREEAn informative and moving book that raises profound issues regarding the nature of love, the value of human life and the... Full review >
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LOST AT SEAby Jon Ronson
Casual readers will find plenty to like about this excellent collection, but journalism and philosophy students should find... Full review >
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AMONG THE ISLANDSby Tim Flannery
A breathtaking, informative tour of faraway lands. Full review >
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THE AMISTAD REBELLIONA first-rate example of history told from the bottom up. Full review >
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THE STORY OF AMERICAby Jill Lepore
As smart, lively and assured as modern debunkery gets. Full review >
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THE LAST LIONby William Manchester and Paul Reid
Essential for Manchester collectors, WWII buffs and Churchill completists. Full review >
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THE ANTIDOTEThis broad approach toward harnessing our "negative capability" deserves wide readership; the author’s nonprescriptive... Full review >
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THE RICHARD BURTON DIARIESby Richard Burton edited by Chris Williams
A text that thrums with life and assures the rest is not silence. Full review >
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THE GREAT CHARLES DICKENS SCANDALA sexy story resting on a bed of comprehensive scholarship and pursued with Sherlock-ian imagination. Full review >
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THE CARBON CRUNCHby Dieter Helm
An optimistically levelheaded book about actually dealing with global warming. Full review >
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MENACHEM BEGINby Avi Shilon
A fully realized, important portrait of a significant 20th-century leader. Full review >
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THE INJUSTICE SYSTEMA wrongful-conviction saga different from most others because there is no justice at the end. Full review >
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THE PATRIARCHby David Nasaw
It did not, and nothing came easy to any of the Kennedys, that tragic clan, who continue to fascinate. Exhaustive yet... Full review >
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A LITTLE HISTORY OF SCIENCENonscientists especially will applaud Bynum’s lively narrative, which certainly delivers on his opening line: “Science is... Full review >
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IRON CURTAINA dark but hopeful chronicle that shows how even humanity’s worst can fracture and fall. Full review >
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JOHN KEATSby Nicholas Roe
Roe’s biography acutely displays the intensity, anguish and triumph of a great life for whom the clock was always ticking. Full review >
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THE ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE HELIXby James D. Watson edited by Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski
Readers old or new are in for a fine treat; there really has been nothing in the history of science writing comparable to... Full review >
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CUSTERThe distilled perceptions of a lifetime of study, beautifully illustrated. Full review >
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ELSEWHEREAn affecting yet never saccharine glimpse of the relationship among place, family and fiction. Full review >
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HALLUCINATIONSby Oliver Sacks
A riveting look inside the human brain and its quirks. Full review >
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THE GUERRILLA FACTORYby Tony Schwalm
An eye-opening, unconventional war story in which the war itself resides in the training. Full review >
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HOW TO CREATE A MINDby Ray Kurzweil
A fascinating exercise in futurology. Full review >
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REPORTING THE REVOLUTIONARY WARby Todd Andrlik
An impressive cache of primary-source documents, normally the province of scholars, presented here in an entertaining,... Full review >
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THROUGH THE WINDOWNot every piece will connect with every reader, but Barnes is a fine literary companion. Full review >
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