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David Hockney’s world vibrates in living colorIn “David Hockney,” the artist’s work jumps off the page, pulsing with life. A retrospective and a book capture his vitality and inventiveness.
Alaska beckoned. A young adventurer trades screen time for wilderness savvy.Ben Weissenbach found himself tamed by the Alaskan wilderness, schooled by skilled outdoorspeople, and rescued from hubris by an eagerness to learn.
How Monopoly games rescued POWs from German prison campsIn “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes explores the ingenuity and resourcefulness behind the creation of special game boards with hidden tools.
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.”
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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?
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.”
In Johannesburg, a library sparks hope for the city’s futureJohannesburg’s central library recently reopened after a five-year closure, a signal of the city’s revival after years of decline.
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.
Everyone’s doom-scrolling about the AI apocalypse. This book stays down to Earth.Adam Becker, author of “More Everything Forever,” says tech titans are trying to decide the future of humanity. Here’s what their techno-domination narratives miss.
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Trump’s tariff map takes shape, reordering global trade
What makes Finland the ‘world’s happiest nation’? In a word, simplicity.
