'Our Man' Provides An Inside Look At The Life Of Richard Holbrooke
Impeccably sourced, George Packer's energetic prose carries the reader through the main acts of the man's diplomatic life — but leaves questions about his motivations for turning to Wall Street.
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Children’s Books: Elizabeth Acevedo’s New Novel Is Literary Soul Food
'Furious Hours' Tells The Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work
Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.
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Nonfiction: A Blundering Churchill, a Farsighted Roosevelt
'The Pioneers' Dives Deep Into Lives Of Northwest Territory Settlers
Like David McCullough's other books, this one succeeds because of the author's strength as a storyteller; it reads like a novel and is packed with information drawn from painstaking research.
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Fiction: In a Faux-Victorian Fantasy World, Bookbinders Capture Souls
Nonfiction: ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and the Man Who Made That
Nonfiction: What, Exactly, Do We Mean by ‘Democracy’ Anyway?
Fiction: A Debut Novel Revisits a Tragedy in an Asian-American Family
In 'Rough Magic,' A Young Woman Competes In The Mongol Derby
The real drama in Lara Prior-Palmer's memoir is the interplay of power and powerlessness; she is at once dominant and entirely at the mercy of the horse, the weather, the landscape and the reader.
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