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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By Cynthia Carr
A timely, tragic portrait of a transgender actress whose ambition couldn’t overcome discrimination.
The Blazing World
By Jonathan Healey
A sweeping account of an especially volatile British era.
Ringmaster
By Abraham Josephine Riesman
Did the wrestling mastermind really destroy politics in the U.S.?
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By Daniel de Visé
An outstanding chronicle of Belushi and Aykroyd’s magical, comical bond.
What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom
By Arash Azizi
A heartening glimpse at recent protests inside Iran.
A detailed if dry portrait of 16th-century Central Asia.
Our nation has a long record of just barely doing the right thing.
Armageddon
By Bart D. Ehrman
What to make of the Book of Revelation?