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Katherine May’s attention to detail and poetic voice in The Electricity of Every Living Thing clear a path for readers to pause and reflect.

Katherine May’s attention to detail and poetic voice in The Electricity of Every Living Thing clear a path for readers to pause and reflect.

With fast-paced storytelling, Dan Jones introduces the kings, philosophers, clerics, bankers, theologians, scientists and navigators who defined the Middle Ages.

With fast-paced storytelling, Dan Jones introduces the kings, philosophers, clerics, bankers, theologians, scientists and navigators who defined the Middle Ages.

This absorbing biography explores the public and very private life of Angela Merkel, the woman who served for 16 years as the head of the German government.

This absorbing biography explores the public and very private life of Angela Merkel, the woman who served for 16 years as the head of the German government.

In Cumming’s second memoir, he pivots easily from sassy and self-effacing to sensitive and serious, perhaps because he embodies all those qualities himself.

In Cumming’s second memoir, he pivots easily from sassy and self-effacing to sensitive and serious, perhaps because he embodies all those qualities himself.

Ai Weiwei’s heartrending yet exhilarating memoir gives a rare look into how war and revolution affect innocent bystanders who are just trying to live.

Ai Weiwei’s heartrending yet exhilarating memoir gives a rare look into how war and revolution affect innocent bystanders who are just trying to live.

Judith Mackrell’s biography of six female journalists during World War II feels almost like a novel with its rich details.

Judith Mackrell’s biography of six female journalists during World War II feels almost like a novel with its rich details.

Years from now, historians will search for evidence of how we felt during the COVID-19 plague days. They would do well to turn first to What Just Happened.

Years from now, historians will search for evidence of how we felt during the COVID-19 plague days. They would do well to turn first to What Just Happened.

This encyclopedia dedicated to the women of hip-hop is full of funky artwork and fascinating minibiographies.

This encyclopedia dedicated to the women of hip-hop is full of funky artwork and fascinating minibiographies.

This might just be the book that pulls the couch potato in your life away from the TV.

This might just be the book that pulls the couch potato in your life away from the TV.

By revisiting films that tell the story of New York City’s history, film critic Jason Bailey also traces America’s evolution.

By revisiting films that tell the story of New York City’s history, film critic Jason Bailey also traces America’s evolution.

Don’t be surprised if Colorization ends up on film studies syllabi for years to come.

Don’t be surprised if Colorization ends up on film studies syllabi for years to come.

Patented: 1,000 Design Patents is thicker than an old phone book but much more fun to thumb through.

Patented: 1,000 Design Patents is thicker than an old phone book but much more fun to thumb through.

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