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- Fast and fabulous: Cookbooks with recipes that come together in a snap
Busy people relish cookbooks with recipes that call for less time, more taste. A recent set of titles provides clever tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
- What’s really worth doing? A philosopher weighs in.
Adam Adatto Sandel’s “Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life” points out three keys to lasting satisfaction and joy.
- Collage artists layer meaning and delight
Eric Carle’s books, like “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” inspire collage artists to express themselves through this “rebel” technique. Their art honors his legacy.
- The ‘improbable’ presidency of Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was the “self-made, scrupulously honest” person Americans say they want in a president. So why isn’t he better remembered?
- Matthew Teller’s Jerusalem: A rich tapestry of humanity
Jerusalem’s Old City swirls with a mix of peoples, cultures, and religions. A book by a veteran Middle East correspondent explores lesser-known tales of a diverse city.
- Geena Davis memoir shows how she learned to stand up for herself
Actor Geena Davis’ memoir “Dying of Politeness” tells the story of how her movie roles gave her the confidence to move beyond extreme deference.
- Baseball columnist Tyler Kepner sets up a history of the World Series
“The Grandest Stage” by Tyler Kepner tells the offbeat stories behind MLB’s World Series with an eye toward the players who rose to the occasion.
- Appalachian survival: ‘Demon Copperhead’ is a riveting, epic tale
Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead” re-imagines Dickens’ “David Copperfield” as a story of survival set in the Appalachian Mountains.
- Lincoln, JFK, and an Adams: October books go patriotic
Featured among October’s 10 best books are JFK, Lincoln, and Sam Adams – and the crises that shaped their roles as presidents or political insiders.
- For men torn down by war, getting back up is a battle worthy of hope
Combat veteran Bill Glose’s short stories in “All the Ruined Men” crack open the challenges faced by Gulf War soldiers and their families.
- Vienna: City of ‘charm and flair,’ from Trajan to Mozart and beyond
Angus Robertson’s “The Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Vienna” provides readers with a deep background on this glittering city.
- Humans use tech to connect. A novelist explores whether it’s working.
In “The Candy House,” novelist Jennifer Egan explores the human need to be seen and to connect with others, in real life and through technology.
- Manzanar camp novel explores moral culpability during World War II
A sweeping novel tells of a California ranching family in the 1940s, and the building of Manzanar camp to detain Japanese American citizens.
- How the Pineapple Express saved 1,000 Afghans from the Taliban
Amid the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a retired Green Beret and a cohort of volunteers asked themselves, “What can I do?” The answer saved 1,000 Afghans from the Taliban.
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault: ‘I want to tell the truth about our people’
Veteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about civil rights and her new book, “My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives.”
- First LookAuthor Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize for 'courage' and 'acuity'
Annie Ernaux of France has won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for her ability to chronicle events in her life and the lives of those around her. Ms. Ernaux is the 17th woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature, out of 119 total laureates.
- Don’t drain the swamp: Annie Proulx extols the virtues of wetlands
In “Fen, Bog and Swamp,” Annie Proulx eloquently argues the case for cherishing wetlands as critical to Earth’s ecosystems.
- What the military could learn from the civil rights movement
Civil rights leaders waged nonviolent campaigns as carefully as if they were military operations. A historian unpacks lessons from their strategy.
- ‘Hester’ imagines a backstory to Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’
Hester Prynne refused to be shamed for her actions in “The Scarlet Letter.” Was Hawthorne writing about someone he knew?
- US poet laureate Ada Limón: ‘Things can grow here, and I can grow here.’
Poetry helps us “walk into the room of ourselves” and reconsider who we are, says Ada Limón, the new U.S. poet laureate.