This Indigenous Author and Artist Team Have an Important Message
Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade collaborated on “We Are Water Protectors.” The rest is history.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Botched Execution Leads To A Search For Answers In 'Two Truths And A Lie'
Ellen McGarrahan was a young reporter for The Miami Herald, when she witnessed an execution that went horribly wrong. She revisits the case of Jesse Tafero in an intense new true crime book.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
In ‘Summer Brother,’ Sibling Bonding During a Season of Turmoil
In Jaap Robben’s “Summer Brother,” a 13-year-old finds himself the default caregiver for his severely disabled brother. His dad’s a swindler. The bills are due. Disaster is inevitable.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
On 'The Kitchen Front,' 4 Women Cook Their Way To Victory
In Jennifer Ryan's new novel, set in England in 1942, four women from different backgrounds compete in a cooking contest with a possibly life-changing prize: The chance to cohost a BBC cooking show.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway.
“Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us,” by Joseph Andras, revisits a thorny episode in the Algerian war of independence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
It’s Tom Stoppard’s World and We Don’t Live in It
The playwright David Ives reviews Hermione Lee’s latest biography, “Tom Stoppard,” which meticulously recounts an extraordinary life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Humanoid Who Cares For Humans, From the Mind of Kazuo Ishiguro
“Klara and the Sun,” the eighth novel by the Nobel laureate, portrays a near future of sinister portent, in which artificial intelligence has encroached on every sphere of human existence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Pigeons: Nuisance Animals, or Expert Accomplices in Diamond Smuggling?
In “Flight of the Diamond Smugglers,” Matthew Gavin Frank details the surprising role pigeons play in South African diamond smuggling.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Pigeons Star In A Tale Of Mining In 'Flight Of The Diamond Smugglers'
Journalist Matthew Gavin Frank exposes the history of South Africa's nefarious diamond industry, accompanied by a tale of pigeons and their role in subversion, in crisp and poetic prose.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact?
In her new novel, “The Smash-Up,” Ali Benjamin takes readers on an exhilarating ride through a crisis propelled by real-life events.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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