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'For the Sun After Long Nights' is a history of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement
Three years ago, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jina Amini was fatally beaten by Iran’s morality police. She’d been arrested for not followi…
9 months ago
Two new history books use the past to explain what’s important now
Two new history books make a strong case for why learning about the past is critical to understanding the world today. First, History Matters is a po…
9 months, 1 week ago
'F*** Approval, You Don’t Need It!' makes the case against ‘people pleasers’
In her new book, F*** Approval, You Don’t Need It!, therapist Lizzie Moult says people who seek the approval of others are doing a great disservice t…
9 months, 1 week ago
Angela Flournoy’s 'The Wilderness' focuses on a Black, female ‘chosen family’
The group of friends at the center of Angela Flournoy’s new novel, The Wilderness, are figuring out how to navigate life as they enter middle age. NP…
9 months, 1 week ago
Former senator Joe Manchin makes the case for the middle in the memoir 'Dead Center'
Former West Virginia senator Joseph Manchin III was a gadfly in the ear of his own Democratic party for many years, and a sometime Republican ally. M…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ian McEwan’s latest novel ‘What We Can Know’ is science fiction without the science
At 77, the Booker Prize-winning British novelist Ian McEwan shows no signs of slowing down. His new novel, What We Can Know, is set in Great Britain …
9 months, 1 week ago
‘Peacemaker’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ are personal histories of diplomacy
Two new books dive into the details of diplomacy. First, in the 1960s U Thant became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations. N…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ken Jaworowski’s new crime novel ‘What About the Bodies’ has a surprising tender side
Ken Jaworowski is out with a new crime novel with a surprising tender side. What About the Bodies is set in a fictional town past its glory days with…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Dark Renaissance’ historian on how Christopher Marlowe paved the way for Shakespeare
The Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe is known as Shakespeare’s greatest rival. But in his new book Dark Renaissance, historian Stephen Gree…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Beyond Fast’ chronicles one coach’s unlikely revolution in high school cross-country
When Sean Brosnan started coaching the Newbury Park High School cross-country team, the school hadn't qualified for a state championship in 25 years.…
9 months, 2 weeks ago