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The day that Unite the Right marched in CharlottesvilleJournalist Deborah Baker follows the trail of far-right agitators, city officials, and church leaders in ”Charlottesville: An American Story.”
Cool midsummer reads to help you get by in JulyThe Monitor’s 10 best books for July take you on a spin through humor, history, true crime, and nature.
Test your killer instincts: Here are 4 summer mysteries to solveA cavalcade of crime stoppers is hot on the trail of murderers and miscreants in this quartet of entertaining mystery novels.
Charity begins at home for a privileged family in ‘The Greatest Possible Good’Ben Brooks pokes gentle fun at a wealthy do-gooder and his materialistic family in this morality tale that asks: How far would you go to help others?
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4 picture books that roar with stories of courage and friendshipEven the smallest among us can lead change. That’s the message of this charming quartet of children’s picture books.
The vanilla orchid gave up its secrets to an enslaved Black botanist“The Rarest Fruit” depicts how Edmond Albius, a 19th-century Black wunderkind, solved a pollination puzzle.
Dip into the pool of the 10 best books of JuneThe 10 best books of June are perfect for al fresco reading, whether hammock, park bench, or beach blanket.
A burned-out nature writer gets a radical reset breeding ducksBeloved author James Rebanks takes a hiatus from his farm in the Lake District for a sojourn on a far-flung island among the “duck women.”
The man who helped shape the modern Republican Party – before TrumpColumnist William F. Buckley Jr. articulated a vision of American conservatism that guided politicians from Goldwater to Nixon to Reagan.
Democratic ideals and the rule of law have persisted across nations and erasAmitav Acharya’s “The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West” examines roots of self-government.
Mollusks and matchmaking combine in this zany mashup of a novelMaria Reva’s novel involves the Ukraine war, matchmaking, nearly extinct gastropods, and a malacologist trying to save them.
‘The Spinach King’ tosses together a tale of greed and greensNew Yorker staff writer John Seabrook recounts his family’s history of innovation and exploitation, creativity and excess, in “The Spinach King.”
This thriller about a musical prodigy delivers a virtuoso performanceIn witness protection, a budding cellist and his family must develop new talents in Brendan Slocumb’s “The Dark Maestro.”
Blowing their cover: A dossier on the Russian spies who lived next doorShaun Walker interviewed former Soviet agents for “The Illegals,” a highly readable account of Russian operatives and their missions in the West.
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