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El Generalísimo: A Biography of Francisco Franco
By Giles Tremlett
A masterful account of Spain’s former dictator.
Did Elizabeth I, on her deathbed, truly anoint a successor?
Twisting in Air
By Carol Bradley
A scintillating, sickening look at how we used to treat movie mounts.
Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life
By Todd Goddard
The late author embraced machismo but revered poetry.
Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
By Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko
A fascinating assemblage of sites (intentionally) obscured.
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
By Ashley D. Farmer
Meet a surprisingly influential woman you’ve likely never heard of.
Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses
By Moisés Naím and Quico Toro
Why do we keep falling for — and electing — con men?
The Price of Power
By Michael Tackett
The Kentucky senator long intended to bend Congress to his will.