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The Genius of Their Age: Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the Lost Enlightenment
By S. Frederick Starr
Meet Central Asia’s original polymaths.
Exploding the myths surrounding sanctified, small-town flyover country.
Play All Night!
By Bob Beatty
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An erudite, exuberant look at the early Allman Brothers Band.
Soul Mates of the Lost Generation
By Lewis M. Dabney
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Lovers are thwarted by the conventions of their era.
The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
By Daniel Schulman
An able, if incomplete, look at Manhattan’s long-ago financiers.
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By Mary Beard
It’s lonely (and occasionally perverted) at the top.
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
By Elizabeth Rush
Antarctica’s ice is speaking. Are we listening?
