When Airplanes and Zeppelins Competed to Conquer the Skies
Alexander Rose’s “Empires of the Sky” recounts the race to dominate the air.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger?
In “The Inevitability of Tragedy,” Barry Gewen traces the roots of political realism to the generation of Jewish intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
John Grisham Returns to Camino Island, This Time in Hurricane Season
In “Camino Winds,” a bookstore owner and two other characters team up to solve a murder and the mystery behind it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Virus Upends the World in a Sweeping New Novel
Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October” is about the scientific challenge, political turmoil and social horror of a pandemic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Amid Family Upheaval, a Heroine Finds Comfort in the Concrete
The protagonist of Rebecca Stead’s “The List of Things That Will Not Change” ends in a different place than she began, but her essential self remains.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice in 19th-Century Martha’s Vineyard
“Papa was right,” Mary Lambert tells herself and the world in Ann Clare LeZotte’s “Show Me a Sign.” “We are fine as we were made.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme?
Until recently, gay literary characters had to hide their identities. But even now the closet — and the lies and concealment it implies — remains a surprisingly potent metaphor.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Girl Gone Viral' Is A Peach Of A Read
In Alisha Rai's latest, a former model escapes unwanted viral fame by hiding out with her bodyguard, on his family's peach farm. It's packed with humor, drama — and a pair of very sexy eyebrows.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Shocks and Aftershocks of the Great Alaska Quake of 1964
Jon Mooallem talks about “This Is Chance!” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Charlie Mackesy’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What Is a Conservative? And Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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