From Kafka to Kushner, Touring the 20th Century’s Jewish Canon
In “The Blessing and the Curse,” the critic Adam Kirsch offers a literary survey covering the last 100 years of Jewish history.
Book Review: ‘The Zealot and the Emancipator,’ by H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands’s “The Zealot and the Emancipator” looks at how two opponents of slavery chose very different paths to abolition.
Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided
In this debut novel set on the river that separates Cleveland from Ohio City, an orphan builds a mythology around his big brother.
To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope
Her new novel, “Earthlings,” asks: If you don’t belong in the “Baby Factory,” do you even belong on Earth?
Where Does American Foreign Policy Go From Here?
Two books, Philip H. Gordon’s “Losing the Long Game” and Charles A. Kupchan’s “Isolationism,” offer suggestions to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Book Review: ‘War,’ by Margaret MacMillan
In “War: How Conflict Shaped Us,” Margaret MacMillan examines the impact of war, both bad and good.
Book Review: ‘Bland Fanatics,’ by Pankaj Mishra
Mishra’s “Bland Fanatics” argues that many of liberalism’s exalted ideas have collapsed.
Book Review: ‘The Hole,’ by Hiroko Oyamada
Hiroko Oyamada’s novel “The Hole” is a surreal and mesmerizing tale about gaps in memory and a woman’s transformation.
Book Review: ‘Missionaries,’ by Phil Klay
Phil Klay’s “Missionaries” follows the lives of four characters involved in the violent, decades-long conflict.
When Witches Run in the Family
In this prequel to “Practical Magic,” Alice Hoffman revisits the lives of women who refuse to do as they’re told.
‘Dear Child,’ by Romy Hausmann: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Dear Child,” by Romy Hausmann
America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence
Elliott Currie’s “A Peculiar Indifference” traces the history of violence in Black communities and the reasons for it.
After Chasing Threats Abroad, Former CIA Chief John Brennan Says The Risk Is At Home
The former spy chief has dealt with almost all of the country's major security challenges over the past two decades. In his memoir Undaunted, he directs his ire at President Trump.
(Image credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue
“Snow” is a classic policier like the novels written under Banville’s pen name, Benjamin Black. But it is a superbly rich and sophisticated one.
Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth
In “Black Heroes of the Wild West,” James Otis Smith introduces a new audience to Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves and Bob Lemmons.
From Sharecropping to the Voting Booth in 3 Generations
In “Loretta Little Looks Back,” a novel in monologues, Andrea Davis Pinkney invites young readers to “go tell it” by reciting along with the characters.
It's Not Quite Dark Enough In 'The Midnight Library'
Critic Jason Sheehan says the new novel from Matt Haig — about a mystical library that lets people sample all the ways their lives might have gone — is a little too gentle and straightforward.
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Rogue [DVD]
Author: Bassett, M.J., film director, screenwriter, film producer. Bassett, Isabel, screenwriter. Hassell, Molly, film producer. Bakker, Delon, film producer. Fox, Megan, 1986- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: ROGUE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Team leader O'Hara leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels, and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: ROGUE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Team leader O'Hara leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels, and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.
Retaliation [DVD]
Author: Shammasian, Ludwig, film director. Shammasian, Paul, film director. Thompson, Geoff, screenwriter. Talwar, Sheetal Vinod, film producer. Bloom, Orlando, 1977- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: RETALIAT
Format: Video disc
Summary: A victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past.
Published: 2020
Call Number: RETALIAT
Format: Video disc
Summary: A victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past.
Becky [DVD]
Author: Murnion, Cary, 1975- film director. Milott, Jonathan, 1973- film director. Morris, Nick, screenwriter. Skye, Ruckus, screenwriter. Skye, Lane, screenwriter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BECKY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Spunky and rebellious, Becky is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick, suddenly invade the lake house.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BECKY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Spunky and rebellious, Becky is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick, suddenly invade the lake house.
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