Happy Monday! We’ve got a look at U.S. history and a Russian travelogue to kick your week off: THE TRUE FLAG: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire by Stephen Kinzer Two starred reviews! “A timely work on the vociferous sides taken over the Spanish-American War of 1898—and how that history relates […]
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Nonfiction Stars
We’re easing you back into the post-Thanksgiving work-week with some starred nonfiction titles: THE CORRESPONDENCE: Essays by J. D. Daniels “The debut collection by an essayist who writes like a rattlesnake, his sentences coiled yet always ready to strike with venomous impact. These essays…have a cumulative power that can leave readers devastated. An uncommonly auspicious […]
Pages on Politics
With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions happening this month, the 2016 presidential race shows no signs of slowing until November. Whether you lean left or right, there’s a book about politics for every reader: OUR REVOLUTION: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders The book by the U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential […]