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An almost cinematic examination of antiquity's seminal killing.
The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn
By Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Interweaving science, philosophy, and personal anecdotes, the author explores the history of animal training.
The Wright Brothers
By David McCullough
A rich, readable account of the daring young men in their flying machine.
Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
By Shelby Steele
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A diagnosis of our nation's fissures that misses the mark.
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
By Stephen Church
Though fact-filled, this biography sheds little new light on a complex monarch.
The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones — Confronting A New Age of Threat
By Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum
How to balance liberty and security in a world in which new technology offers great benefits and terrifying threats?
Young Eliot: From St. Louis to The Waste Land
By Robert Crawford
This biography fails to capture the power of the great poet’s work.
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
By Eugene Rogan
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This history gives voice to Arab and Turkish witnesses to World War I and the eradication of an empire.
