Coming Close to Nuclear Holocaust
Martin J. Sherwin’s “Gambling With Armageddon” reveals how the United States and the Soviet Union nearly fought a nuclear war in 1962.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Is This a Good Time to Be Born? Comparatively Speaking, Yes
In her new book about child mortality, Perri Klass explores the science.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Was Churchill a Great Man?
Two new books, Richard Toye’s “Winston Churchill: A Life in the News” and “The Churchill Myths,” by Steven Fielding, Bill Schwarz and Toye, examine Churchill’s career and legacy.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Sauce Makers and Scoundrels: Four Hot Romance Novels
New releases take you inside a Tang Dynasty palace, behind the scenes at a reality-TV set and into the fields of a 1970s British farm.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Black and White and Living Color
“The Talk” and “This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes” offer two very different approaches to helping children understand and confront bias.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Training Tomorrow’s Newshounds
Two new books about the press urge young people to leave their social media feeds and read reliable news and information from many different sources.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Code For Love And Heartbreak' Isn't 'Emma' — But It Is Charming
Jillian Cantor's new YA novel lifts some of the elements of Jane Austen's classic — like character names — wholesale. But you'll enjoy it more if you don't expect the plot to follow exactly.
(Image credit: Inkyard Press)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Teenagers in Turmoil
Whether undead, unloved or unjustly incarcerated, these star-crossed young-adult protagonists face their demons.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Life of James Beard Stocked With Tasty Morsels
“The Man Who Ate Too Much,” by John Birdsall, a food critic and former cook, offers a thoroughly researched, sensitive portrait of the man known as the “dean of American cookery.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Louise Penny’s Most Haunting Novel Yet
In her crime fiction column, Marilyn Stasio weighs in on four new books, including the 16th Inspector Armand Gamache mystery.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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