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In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy
By Jeff Biggers
A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation.
Shakespeare’s Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare
By Chris Laoutaris
A superb account of how the Bard’s compendium came to be.
The World: A Family History of Humanity
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
A staggering work of scholarship that also delights in the naughty bits.
Fixer-Upper
By Jenny Schuetz
Will affordable shelter for all ever be a reality?
Manhattan Phoenix
By Daniel S. Levy
This problematic history portrays Gotham as hell in more ways than one.
American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life
By Jennifer Lunden
Seeking (but seldom finding) succor in U.S. healthcare.
Into the Groove: The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl
By Jonathan Scott
How did those vibrations get so good?
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
By Scott J. Shapiro
A smart, sweeping look at the web’s more nefarious actors.
