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Two nonfiction books take critical views of bankruptcy and microlending systems
Published: 11/22/2024 -
'Say Nothing' tells the story of 'The Troubles' through one woman's murder
Published: 11/21/2024 -
In 'Citizen,' former President Clinton reflects on his post-White House years
Published: 11/20/2024 -
In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic
Published: 11/19/2024 -
In the new novel 'Pony Confidential,' a crime-solving pony seeks revenge
Published: 11/18/2024 -
Two new books on Johnny Carson and Shirley MacLaine offer intimate views of celebrity
Published: 11/15/2024 -
Brit Barron's new book is a guide on maintaining relationships in a polarized world
Published: 11/14/2024 -
With 'Mystical Lotería,' Yvette Montoya reimagines a traditional Latino party game
Published: 11/13/2024 -
A parenting book by author Kelley Coleman focuses on the care of disabled children
Published: 11/12/2024 -
A shocking discovery follows an artist's death in Paula Hawkins' 'The Blue Hour'
Published: 11/11/2024 -
'Tías and Primas' and 'Linguaphile' are new nonfiction books on family and language
Published: 11/8/2024 -
'Big Jim and the White Boy,' a new graphic novel, reinterprets a Mark Twain classic
Published: 11/7/2024 -
Stanley Tucci records 12 months of eating in his food diary 'What I Ate in One Year'
Published: 11/6/2024 -
In Winsome Bingham's 'The Walk,' a community bands together to head to the polls
Published: 11/5/2024 -
Bob Woodward's new book 'War' invites readers into a world of back-channel diplomacy
Published: 11/4/2024 -
'Patriot' is a posthumous memoir by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Published: 11/1/2024 -
'American Scary' documents a cultural obsession with horror in the United States
Published: 10/31/2024 -
In 'Ottolenghi Comfort,' Yotam Ottolenghi takes an expansive view of comfort food
Published: 10/30/2024 -
Al Pacino's memoir 'Sonny Boy' is a story of adventure, starting in the South Bronx
Published: 10/29/2024 -
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha bears witness to war in 'Forest of Noise'
Published: 10/28/2024
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