By Jennifer Krauss THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War, by Catherine Grace Katz. (Mariner, 432 pp.,…
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Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections
By Tracy O’Neill THE RUIN OF EVERYTHINGBy Lara Stapleton123 pp. Paloma Press. Paper, $18. If love conquers all, in Stapleton’s second story collection it’s not…
Historian answers pressing questions about food
How to improve a crumby sarnie: just add crisps! Historian answers pressing questions about food in BBC Radio 4 programme The Kitchen Cabinet’s first ever…
A History of Modernity That Puts Africa at Center Stage
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nigel Cliff BORN IN BLACKNESS Africa, Africans, and the…
Cursed for Life? Not So Fast, Say Alice Hoffman’s Witches
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Joanne Ramos THE BOOK OF MAGICBy Alice Hoffman “Some…
John le Carré’s Last Completed Spy Novel Crowns a Career Attuned to Moral Ambivalence
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Joseph Finder SILVERVIEW By John le Carré Sixty years…
Bookmobiles, Anderson Cooper and Other Letters to the Editor
Books on Wheels To the Editor: Thank you for Erica Ackerberg’s feature on bookmobiles (Sept. 19), which brought back the joy I felt driving a…
A Jailed Indian Boy Chases His Scrap of Sky
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Shaila Dewan BORN BEHIND BARSBy Padma Venkatraman In 2013,…
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