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A failed writer seizes on a most unlikely inspiration for his great book: the catastrophically unlucky life of his best friend
Read MoreA polite conversation by two intellectuals about an explosive subject: the rise of militant Islamic groups throughout the world, and the world's response
Read MoreThe ancient Chinese classic of divination gets a brisk new English-language translation
Read MoreThe venerable sub-genre of the Washington, DC history gets a substantial new update
Read MoreA revelatory new volume brings to English-language readers a selection of the verses of St. Petersburg poet Aleksandr Kushner
Read MoreThe new entry in Oxford University Press' "Great Battles" series focuses on the long and potent afterlife of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War
Read MoreIn the latest crime novel from Stuart Neville, two young killers are getting paroled - much too soon for the son of their victim
Read MoreFrom the McCarthy era to the Watergate era and beyond, Mary McGrory ruled the Washington press corps, as a wonderful new book details
Read MoreGrowing up in suburban Illinois, author Michael Clune discovered the world of gaming - and nothing was ever the same again
Read MoreIn his new book, David Brock, foremost champion of the Clintons, comes to the defense of Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Read MoreJackie Collins
Read MoreA slim new novel works hard at being clever, with mixed results. Justin Hickey reviews "The Beautiful Bureaucrat"
Read MoreJames 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 MoreThe author of several well-regarded but unprofitable novels about sensitive misfit boys turns to the industry's top money-maker: epic fantasy. Disaster promptly ensues.
Read MoreIn 2012, a trio of Antarctic explorers re-traces the path of a doomed expedition from 1913
Read MoreA stunning debut volume from poet and teacher Robin Coste Lewis
Read MoreBritish literary icon Alan Bennett looks at six poets whose work has meant a great deal to him over the years
Read MoreIf a gushing new biography is any warrant, that's the wrong Roosevelt up on Mount Rushmore.
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreThe fierce, epic height of WWII's Pacific War is the subject of Ian Toll's gripping new volume
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