The Harsh Realities of Being Indigenous in North America
Two new memoirs, Alicia Elliott’s “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” and Toni Jensen’s “Carry,” sketch harrowing portraits of Native life today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Man Who Made Us Feel for the Animals
In “A Traitor to His Species,” Ernest Freeberg tells the story of Henry Bergh, the 19th-century eccentric who founded the A.S.P.C.A.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In This Novel of Exile, Sulaiman Addonia Writes From Experience
“Silence Is My Mother Tongue” witnesses a young brother and sister coming of age in a Sudanese refugee camp.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Widow Discovers That Her Marriage Wasn't 'Monogamy'
As the central character struggles with grief and shock at her late husband's infidelity, author Sue Miller keeps deftly shifting what readers might anticipate to be the ending of this novel.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
‘Agent Sonya,’ by Ben Macintyre: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Agent Sonya,” by Ben Macintyre
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘The Abstainer,’ by Ian McGuire: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Abstainer,” by Ian McGuire
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Best Post Office Novel You Will Read Before the Election
Vigdis Hjorth’s “Long Live the Post Horn!” follows a 35-year-old woman through an identity crisis — and a campaign in support of postal workers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Why Government Is Failing the People It Is Supposed to Serve
“The Wake-Up Call,” by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, criticizes the performance of Western governments and suggests ways to improve it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Future of Energy
Daniel Yergin’s “The New Map” is a comprehensive look at the world of energy, its past, present and future.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Bumbling 1960s Data Scientists Who Anticipated Facebook and Google
In “If Then,” the historian Jill Lepore recounts the story of the Simulmatics Corporation, which tried to use primitive computing power to shape Americans’ behavior.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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