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- 'The Misfit’s Manifesto' argues in favor of compassion, justice, and love for all
Based on her 2016 TED Talk, “The Beauty of Being a Misfit,” Lidia Yuknavitch argues that life's most difficult moments can be portals to a new experience.
- Philip Pullman releases 'The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage,' to rave reviews
Critics note that the new book is dark, but most agree that it's 'a stunning achievement.'
- 'Blood Brothers' details the strange, history-defying friendship of Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull toured with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show for a four-month period in 1885.
- 'The Second Coming of the KKK' explores the largely forgotten 1920s resurgence of the Klan
The Klan was 'the biggest social movement of the early twentieth century,' one whose 'ideas echo again today,' writes New York University historian Linda Gordon in her startling new book.
- 'A Disappearance in Damascus' is the story of a journalist’s hunt for a kidnapped Iraqi colleague
The thriller, mystery novel-quality of this true story will keep readers turning pages.
- Must an author’s wishes be honored after death?
Authors once turned to fire to be rid of writing they didn’t want the world to read. Terry Pratchett took a slightly more creative – and modern – route. He ordered that his hard drive be crushed by a steamroller after his death.
- 'Red Famine' chronicles the ruin wrought upon Ukraine by Joseph Stalin
'Gulag' author Anne Applebaum gives a chorus of contemporary voices to the tale, and her book is written in the light of later history.
- 'Devotions' collects five decades of poetry by Mary Oliver
Oliver's work charts those moments when the temporal is touched by the transcendental.
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- 'Leonardo da Vinci' may be Walter Isaacson's most unusual subject ever
Isaacson concludes that Leonardo’s outsider status helped to feed his development.
- History-making librarian of Congress checks in one year later
When Carla Hayden was sworn in as the librarian of Congress on Sept. 14, 2016, she made history as the first woman and the first African-American to hold that position.