Children’s Books: Learning the Art of the Pickpocket
Colin Meloy’s latest novel follows a wealthy, neglected boy who joins a legendary gang of child grifters. What could go wrong?
Nonfiction: A Grand Tour of the Crisis in Europe
In “Fractured Continent,” William Drozdiak presents Europe from its various capitals, highlighting the difficult, new reality of the 21st century.
World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict
Thomas E. Ricks surveys 12 new books of military history.
'Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life' Examines The Personal Traits That Marked FDR For Greatness
NPR's Ron Elving says historian Robert Dallek's latest tome "emphasizes the human scale of FDR's life, his interaction with the people around him and the interplay among his intimates."
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Children’s Books: Bookshelf: Capturing the Magic of Wintertime
Mice that ice-skate, kids who make a snowbear, twins who discover a winter wonderland and more in this season’s best cold-weather picture books.
'Mrs. Osmond' Presents A Portrait Of A Lady As Mopey Schemer
Author John Banville makes a valiant imaginative leap with Mrs. Osmond, his attempt to craft a new ending for the heroine of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, but he doesn't quite land it.
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'Radio Free Vermont' Offers A Modest Proposal For Resistance
Activist Bill McKibben answers his own call for topical fiction with Radio Free Vermont, a gently surreal tale about a septuagenarian troublemaker who inadvertently sparks a secession movement.
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Children’s Books: A Mark Twain Tale, Brought Back From the Dead
“The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine,” completed and illustrated by Erin and Philip Stead, unites old-fashioned storytelling virtues with a playful modern sensibility.
Nonfiction: Amid African Extremism, a Writer Finds an ‘Ordinary and Rare Kind of Bravery’
Alexis Okeowo’s book “A Moonless, Starless Sky” profiles regular people living in defiance of extremist movements across the African continent.
Children’s Books: These Kids Never, Never, Never Give Up
In new picture books from Mo Willems, Dan Santat, Lemony Snicket and others, young heroes and heroines get into — and out of — every kind of scrape
Fiction: The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’
Karen Shepard’s short story collection “Kiss Me Someone” vividly demonstrates that a woman can be another woman’s worst enemy.
Profile: In an Age of Fake News, a Historian of the Hoax
Every era gets the chronicler it deserves. Kevin Young, the poetry editor of The New Yorker, tracks the progression of bunk through the ages.
Open Book: New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
'Spineless' Dives Deep Into The World Of Jellyfish
Part memoir, part travelogue, part science tome, Juli Berwald's book is thoroughly entertaining, and makes the case for the jellyfish as both fascinating animal and a bellwether for climate change.
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Alan Bennett's Inimitable Voice Just Keeps 'Keeping On'
His new 700-page omnibus of collected bits and pieces shouldn't be read all at once — but taken in careful sips, it's a cheeky, crotchety, sometimes serious, sometimes satirical delight.
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Alan Bennett's Inimitable Voice Just Keeps 'Keeping On'
His new 700-page omnibus of collected bits and pieces shouldn't be read all at once — but taken in careful sips, it's a cheeky, crotchety, sometimes serious, sometimes satirical delight.
(Image credit: Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR)
Joe Biden Talks About His New Memoir, ‘Promise Me, Dad’
The former vice president writes about facing the death of his son Beau, deciding not to pursue a presidential run and dealing with foreign crises.
Children’s Books: Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories
Tales of sailing the high seas, rescuing a whale, and emulating Robinson Crusoe from Mordecai Gerstein, Peter Sis, the Fan brothers, and more
Children’s Books: Two New Wonderlands, Richly Imagined and Full of Peril
These tales deliver enchantment and suspense: A creature who’s half boy, half fox is in grave danger. A mystical alligator controls people’s fates.
Nonfiction: An Acclaimed Biographer Takes On Her Grandfather, the Atomic Scientist James B. Conant
Jennet Conant’s “Man of the Hour” explores the life of James B. Conant, Cold Warrior scientist and administrator of the Manhattan Project.
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