Scott Anderson’s “The Quiet Americans” describes how good intentions in foreign policy could lead to dire results.
“Out of Mesopotamia,” by Salar Abdoh, is as much a meditation on time and memory as it is a book about modern warfare.
Wolf Wondratschek’s “Self-Portrait With Russian Piano” is about an aging concert performer who comes to loathe the spotlight.
In Hari Kunzru’s novel “Red Pill,” a retreat to a peaceful study center in Berlin becomes a quest against the world’s dark forces.
Wolf Wondratschek’s “Self-Portrait With Russian Piano” is about an aging concert performer who comes to loathe the spotlight.
“Cry Havoc,” by Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., and “The Violence Inside Us,” by the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, grapple with racial tension, gun violence and errors of leadership.
“Unforgetting,” by the journalist Roberto Lovato, examines the long and bloody relationship between the United States and El Salvador through the prism of his family.
The stories in “Daddy,” the debut collection by the author of “The Girls,” follow the “trials” of the Hollywood and literary elite.
An excerpt from “We Germans,” by Alexander Starritt
Michael S. Schmidt’s “Donald Trump v. the United States” describes the uncomfortable tenures of two influential White House figures.
“Transcendent Kingdom,” by the author of “Homegoing,” features a Stanford Ph.D. student struggling to comprehend the addiction that killed her brother.
This year we had kids and caregivers in mind when we chose the genre for our summer poll — so here are 100 favorite kids' books, picked by readers and expert judges, to while away the hours at home.
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When you think of author and illustrator Arnold Lobel, you probably think of Frog and Toad, his amphibian forever friends — but this story of loving things and letting them go deserves a fresh look.
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A modern-day Scheherazade uses storytelling to survive the fifth grade.
Mikaila Ulmer’s “Bee Fearless” is that rarest of book breeds: the middle grade memoir.
“Squeeze Me,” Hiaasen’s new novel, is an unabashedly political satire full of his signature high jinks.
Author Ibi Zoboi and activist Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, turn his childhood pain into poetry in this new novel in verse, about a Black teenager convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
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In her first book since the critically acclaimed H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald urges us to reconsider our relationship with the natural world — and fight to preserve it.
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Author: Andrade, Fernando Grostein, 1981- film director, screenwriter. Ciampolini, Carlos Eduardo, film producer. Pinheiro, Noberto, Jr., film producer. Gullane, Caio, film producer. Gullane, Fabiano, film producer.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: ABE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. However, when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with his family and his passions and whether even the most lovingly cooked family dinner can heal old wounds.
Author: Giedroyc, Coky, film director. Moran, Caitlin, 1975- screenwriter. Owen, Alison, 1961- film producer. Hayward, Debra, film producer. Feldstein, Beanie, actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: HOWTO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Johanna Morrigan is a bright, quirky, sixteen-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine.
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