A peek at what’s on tap this week.
Behold the Bird in Flight
By Terri Lewis
A young girl’s impetuous decision alters the course of her life.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
By Patchen Barss
The pioneering physicist gets his due in this exceptional biography.
Lazarus Man: A Novel
By Richard Price
Beleaguered New Yorkers find succor following a tenement collapse.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician
By James M. Bradley
Forget everything you thought you knew about our eighth president.
What are book lovers reading before lights-out? We asked one, and here’s what he said.
The Stone Witch of Florence: A Novel
By Anna Rasche
A woman seeks to save her beloved city from plagues and misbehaving men.
Fierce Ambition
By Jennet Conant
The brash, uncompromising journalist did it her way.
The Genius of Their Age
By S. Frederick Starr
Meet Central Asia’s original polymaths.
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