Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 7:00am
By Juanita Giles
Kids' books columnist Juanita Giles says message books are often nutritious and boring — but LeBron James's new I Promise combines beautiful art with real emotional impact that her kids loved.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 6:57am
An excerpt from “The Glass Kingdom,” by Lawrence Osborne
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Anthony Doerr
The planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson and the astrophysicist Sara Seager write about the allure of studying space.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Louise Doughty
Lawrence Osborne’s “The Glass Kingdom” follows an American woman who is hiding out in Thailand as civil unrest grows around her.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Jemar Tisby
In “White Too Long,” Robert P. Jones argues that, in America, white Christianity has been a decisive force in propping up white supremacy.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Helen Fremont
Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s “The Erratics” and Gretchen Cherington’s “Poetic License” reveal childhoods marred by narcissistic, abusive parents.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Harriet A. Washington
In “The Organ Thieves,” Chip Jones tells the story of a heart transplant in 1968 that raised troubling questions about medical ethics and brutal realities of segregation.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Ian Morris
“God’s Shadow,” by Alan Mikhail, argues that world history was shaped by the West’s fears of Turkish domination.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Héctor Tobar
In “Soul Full of Coal Dust,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hamby tells the story of black lung and the mining companies who refused to take responsibility for its harm.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 5:00am
By Kelly Conaboy
Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel, “Grown Ups,” will force you to rethink your own unhealthy obsession with social media.