All Books
- 'The Conservative Case for Trump': Is there one?
Three noted conservatives work hard to paint Trump as a contemporary Ronald Reagan.
- 'The Durrells in Corfu': PBS adapts Gerald Durrell’s 'Corfu' trilogy
Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist whose passion for animals blossomed when his oddball family, headed by his widowed mother, decided to leave England for Greece, hoping for milder weather, new adventures, and a cheaper cost of living.
- 'Reputations' tells of a political cartoonist, haunted for decades by the events of a single night
In Vásquez's new novel, the protagonist thinks of Colombia as an 'amnesiac country obsessed with the present, a 'narcissistic country where not even the dead are capable of burying their dead.'
- Young boys practice reading out loud – to their barbers?
Barbershop Books hopes to make good use of time spent in the barber's chair to connect young boys to books.
- 'Hero of the Empire' wonderfully recreates the epic of a young Churchill
Candice Millard's account of Churchill's capture and imprisonment while in Africa covering the Boer War as a journalist is vivid and full of life.
- Bob Dylan lyrics as literature: First songwriter to win a Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan: The legendary folk singer and songwriter won the Nobel Prize in Literature, receiving recognition for his poetic lyrics.
- 'Worst President Ever' names a name: James Buchanan
Although highly qualified for the job, James Buchanan failed massively as 15th president of the United States. Journalist and author Robert Strauss explains why.
- Bestselling books the week of 10/13/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
- 'Napoleon's Island' is a mesmerizing portrait of the deposed emperor
This deft, engaging historic novel makes delightfully good use of Napoleon's six dreary years of final exile.
- 'Forty Autumns' tells of one family, divided for decades by the Berlin Wall
An American intelligence officer dramatizes the dangers and heartbreaks of a divided Germany by telling the story of her family, particularly her grandparents.
- 'Bolshoi Confidential' weaves history, scandal, art into a compelling survey
Morrison, who is a professor of music at Princeton University, gives the story of the Bolshoi a first-rate historical treatment.