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An early biography paints Pope Francis as 'The Great Reformer' of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis died Monday, leaving behind a legacy as "Pope of the People" and a change agent within the Catholic Church. Austen Ivereigh's The Great …
1 year, 2 months ago
Aided by new sources, Clay Risen's 'Red Scare' brings McCarthyism back to life
Journalist Clay Risen is out with a new narrative history of the Red Scare, based in part on newly declassified sources. In Red Scare, Risen depicts …
1 year, 2 months ago
Two new children's books view the natural world as a site of personal growth
Two new picture books explore how the outside world can transform our relationships with our communities and ourselves. First, Kiese Laymon is out wi…
1 year, 2 months ago
A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking
Asma Khan grew up in India, where late summer means monsoon season. But it wasn't until she moved to England in the '90s that she learned how to cook…
1 year, 2 months ago
Rex Ogle's 'When We Ride' is a novel-in-verse about a best friendship under pressure
Seventeen-year-old Benny is studying hard and working as a busboy, hoping to attend college. Meanwhile, his childhood best friend, Lawson, is on a di…
1 year, 2 months ago
'Adventures in the Louvre' will teach you how to fall in love with the famous museum
Elaine Sciolino has one mantra: "Never go to the Louvre on an empty stomach or with a full bladder." The former Paris bureau chief of The New York Ti…
1 year, 2 months ago
An obituary writer makes a grave error in John Kenney's 'I See You've Called in Dead'
John Kenney's I See You've Called in Dead is about an obituary writer named Bud Stanely. One late night after a particularly bad date and too many gl…
1 year, 2 months ago
Two new novels explore a world where technology has even greater access to our minds
Two new novels explore technology's increasing access to our most intimate thoughts. First, the protagonist in The Mechanics of Memory can't remember…
1 year, 3 months ago
A new oral history of Lollapalooza recalls the alt-rock music festival's wildest days
Lollapalooza is a popular music festival that takes place in Chicago's Grant Park each year. But it was conceived as a farewell tour for the band Jan…
1 year, 3 months ago
Emma Pattee's 'Tilt' imagines the aftermath of a life-changing earthquake
Annie is 37 weeks pregnant. She's shopping at IKEA in Portland, Oregon, when everything around her begins to shake. It's an earthquake – the big one.…
1 year, 3 months ago