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A Change of Time
By Ida Jessen; translated by Martin Aitken
This quiet tale of rural Denmark celebrates life’s small, intimate moments.
Superlative: The Biology of Extremes
By Matthew D. LaPlante
What can we learn from the biggest, smallest, shortest, and tallest?
Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon
By C.M. Kushins
The underappreciated songwriter’s praises are finally being sung.
The Great Pretenders: A Novel
By Laura Kalpakian
A bloated, overwrought melodrama of 1950s Hollywood.
Savage News: A Novel
By Jessica Yellin
This uneven media critique sadly proves that good politics doesn’t always make for good writing.
Tattered Banners
By Paul Rodzianko
In the first American edition of this 1939 classic, a high-ranking Russian horseman recounts the gruesome tribulations of war and waxes nostalgic for the aristocratic order.
Tesla
By Richard Munson
An entertaining, sympathetic glimpse into the life of the under-appreciated genius.
Everything Is Just Fine: A Novel
By Brett Paesel
A postmodern, epistolary take on the imploding centers of American communities.
