All Books
- 'Kin' expresses Pieter Hugo's discomfort with his homeland South Africa
Hugo's photgraphs in 'Kin' might best be called thoughtfully uncomfortable.
- Lucy Maud Montgomery: From hat box novelist to Google Doodle tribute
On the Canadian author's birthday, Google honors Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous novel 'Anne of Green Gables.'
- What to read while thinking of Paris? Pick up Montaigne, mon cher.
Montaigne didn’t come to any clear conclusions about man’s place in the cosmos or the dimensions of his soul, but his essays gave us something almost as good: the story of one man sitting alone, thinking for himself, refusing to let some craven orthodoxy do his thinking for him.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates packed the house at Davidson College talking on race
Coates – journalist, commentator, and National Book Award-winner – is seen by many as the voice of his generation on black America.
- 'Sam Phillips' chronicles the life of the man who incubated rock 'n roll
Phillips dreamed of capturing 'the excitement from the music in the cotton fields.'
- Are you truly thankful for the good books you already have?
On Thanksgiving Day, after the dishes are cleared, scan your own home library and remind yourself how lucky you are to have so much great writing at your fingertips.
- 'The Gratitude Diaries' explains why a grateful heart is a happy heart
An author takes a hard look at gratitude and finds her life transformed.
- Mark Twain's turkey tale – perhaps the funniest in American literature
What Twain eventually learned, after an interminable time on the trail, is that turkeys have a genius for feigning injury.
- 'S.P.Q.R.' offers a learned, intimate view of ancient Rome
The survival of what Romans wrote about themselves gives Mary Beard’s project its heft.
- Bestselling books the week of 11/24/15, according to IndieBound* Created by the American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week.