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'Ruin their Crops on the Ground' tracks the history and politics of food in the U.S.
Published: 9/2/2024 -
'The 15-Minute City' and 'Rethinking Rescue' reimagine existing systems
Published: 8/30/2024 -
'How to Leave the House' follows a quest for a missing package
Published: 8/29/2024 -
In 'On the Edge,' Nate Silver analyzes professional risk-takers
Published: 8/28/2024 -
'Hurdles in the Dark' is a memoir about a kidnapping, juvenile detention and racing
Published: 8/27/2024 -
Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague
Published: 8/26/2024 -
'Us, After' and 'A Haunted Girl' tackle mental health
Published: 8/23/2024 -
Gabino Iglesias' 'House of Bone and Rain' is a tale of vengeance in Puerto Rico
Published: 8/22/2024 -
'Drawn Testimony' is a courtroom sketch artist's memoir spanning 40 years
Published: 8/21/2024 -
Rufaro Faith Mazarura's 'Let the Games Begin' is a rom-com set in the Olympic village
Published: 8/20/2024 -
'We Were Illegal' examines Texas history through multiple generations of one family
Published: 8/19/2024 -
Two books revisit the cultural impacts of Tina Turner, Duke Ellington and more
Published: 8/16/2024 -
Sheetal Sheth pens a children's book about Raksha Bandhan in 'Raashi's Rakhis'
Published: 8/15/2024 -
In 'Bringing Ben Home,' Barbara Bradley Hagerty examines a wrongful conviction
Published: 8/14/2024 -
In 'Five-Star Stranger,' a man gets hired on an app to pretend to be a girl's father
Published: 8/13/2024 -
In 'Midnight in Moscow,' a U.S. ambassador recounts his time in Russia
Published: 8/12/2024 -
Nancy Pelosi opens up about how she wields 'The Art of Power'
Published: 8/9/2024 -
M.T. Anderson's 'Nicked' follows a heist to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas
Published: 8/8/2024 -
Juli Min's novel 'Shanghailanders' unfolds in reverse
Published: 8/7/2024 -
Cory Richards' memoir covers mountains, photography and mental health
Published: 8/6/2024
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