American Battles

The life and times of U.S. soldiers in five uniquely chronicled wars.

 

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Dante Alighieri

A quintet celebrating The Divine Comedy author's wickedly rich poetics.

 

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Mothers & Children

A library of maternal tales -- funny, fateful, and forever.

 

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Painting Painters

Profiles of the artists who've captivated our culture.

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Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013

The life and times of Britain's first female Prime Minister.

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Gardening

A cultivated patch of fertile plots and well-tended prose.

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Modern Ireland

Great reads from the Emerald Isle's new voices.

 

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March Madness

A reading list to celebrate college basketball's annual apex.

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Numbers

From Big Data to The Education of T. C. Mits, an exploration of the powers and pleasures of mathematics.

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Wild Marvels

Charting the most unusual creatures inhabiting our sea, earth, and sky.

 

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Making Movies

For your consideration: great books on shooting Oscar-caliber films.

 

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Abraham Lincoln

Chronicling the president, emancipator, and man of letters.

 

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Black History Month

Five works celebrating African-American culture and the pursuit of civil rights.

 

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The End Zone

Eclectic football titles that expand our love of the game.

 

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Happiness

Reading in support of an endless pursuit.

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Home Life

From cabin to castle.

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Navigators

Page-turning journeys around the world and into the unknown.

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Pseudonyms

Great writers under covers.

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Predictions

Dreamers of the world to come, and their (not always accurate) visions of tomorrow.

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Winter

Season's Readings

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Toy Stories

The plaything's the thing.

 

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Seriously Trivial

For the lover of lists, charts, and compendia of facts.

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For 5 and Under

Essential books for the youngest book lovers.

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The Beatles

Five titles to shed light on the Fab Four's lives and music.

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The Cold War

Understanding the global struggle that defined half a century.

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Ghost Stories

Tales of terror from Edith Wharton, M. R. James, and others.

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The World Series

Classic reading about the October Classic.

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Trees

Sylvan reading for the season of changing leaves.

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Presidential Debate

From the town hall to the teleprompter.

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Fragrance

The art and science of the world of scent.

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She Left Me the Gun

Emma Brockes' mother Paula escaped from South Africa with a smuggled pistol and a dark secret.  A daughter unravels her family's covert past -- and a suspenseful legal drama -- in this hard-boiled memoir of survival.

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Expand your memory, puzzle-solving skills, and sense of metaphysical wonder with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett's tasting menu of user-friendly neuroscience and poetic lingual pursuits.

When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results. 
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