All Book Reviews
"Mantle of Command" examines FDR's role as commander in chiefNigel Hamilton studies FDR's relatively overlooked role as military leader during World War II.
"Age of Ambition" by Evan Osnos profiles the highly ambitious in today's ChinaNew Yorker writer Evan Osnos examines the remarkable lives of China's strivers.
'No Place to Hide' by Glenn Greenwald portrays Edward Snowden as a 'whistleblower in shining armor'Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the Edward Snowden story, offers further details on his contacts with Snowden and the US government's surveillance system.
Clouds of GloryBestselling biographer Michael Korda examines the life of legendary general Robert E. Lee who, despite being the subject of many books, remains an enigma.
American RomanticWard Just's excellent novel about a foreign service officer posted to Indochina in the 1960s may be his finest work to date.
The Noble Hustle'Zone One' author Colson Whitehead explores the strange world of poker and the people who have built their lives around it.
BirdmenLawrence Goldstone tells the story of the decade when men took to the air.
Auto BiographyEarl Swift chronicles the history of a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon, blending cultural history with sharp personality profiles of those who owned the car.
Save the DateJournalist Jen Doll looks back at the weddings she's attended – and the hijinks that happened at them – with a witty, charming voice.
The French IntifadaJournalist Andrew Hussey examines the tumultuous history of France and its Arabs in the wake of the Algerian War.
A Broken HallelujahThis is not a biography of Leonard Cohen: it's a spiritual odyssey.
The Most Dangerous Man in AmericaHistorian Mark Perry has crafted a perceptive, authoritative biography of the legendary general.
Love & TreasureAyelet Waldman has built a haunting and clever story around the Hungarian Gold Train, which held the possessions of Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust.
Can't and Won'tUncoiling a Booker Prize winner's tightly wound collection of short – at times very short – stories.
The Little Girl who Fought the Great DepressionWhy Shirley Temple was one of the most iconic figures of 1930s.
Pushkin HillsA comedy of Russian art and politics finds a frustrated writer being torn apart at the seams.
American SpartanJournalist Ann Scott Tyson examines the complicated life of Army Special Forces Major Jim Gant.
A Fighting ChanceMassachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has a good story to tell and she tells it well.
A Window on EternityEntomologist Edward O. Wilson chronicles the audacious – yet successful – effort to bring Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park back to life after near devastation.
Border Patrol NationJournalist Todd Miller explores life under the expanding watch – and lucrative industry – of Homeland Security.
