A fast-moving and suspenseful account of a band of Iraqi intelligence operatives who countered al Qaeda and ISIS.
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Beijing seeks to blunt American order in Asia, build dependence on China throughout the region and expand its dominance globally.
Digital publishing and online sales have meant a revolution in books—again.
Presidential pals, the real story of pioneering women, Ha Jin’s novel of a singer in exile, murder in Dublin, ballet school suspense and more.
Confidants of power, from Franklin Pierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Richard Nixon and Bebe Rebozo.
Hitler’s obsession with his own rejection as a painter may have fueled his war on artistic modernism.
Annie Oakley wasn’t just a good shot: She also made sure to get equal pay from Buffalo Bill.
In Ha Jin’s novel, a Chinese singing star seeks freedom of expression outside of his country, but finds struggles anew.
To friends, lovers, rivals and himself, the writer was an emotional absolutist.
Plus ‘The Shimmering State’ and ‘Strange Beasts of China.’
A dual murder in Dublin foreshadowed the violent struggles to come.
Selected by Thomas Swick, the author, most recently, of ‘The Joys of Travel.’
‘I Love You With All of My Hearts,’ ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is,’ ‘What Do You Know?’ and ‘The Handsome Little Cygnet.’
To extract the raw materials of the African interior, French colonial authorities sacrificed tens of thousands of African lives.
Megan Abbott stages a dance of suspense and toxic obsession in a ballet school.
If your child were freezing to death, would you ignore the data about lifesaving techniques because they were gathered unethically?
A theoretical physicist explores the scientific power and possibility of counterfactuals—of thinking through ‘what if?’
The story of the forgotten American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler, as told by her great-great-niece.
Remember the day, before trolls and bullies poisoned the well, when Facebook and Twitter were credited with giving a voice to the powerless?
Callow youths, sold on the value of a sheepskin, have borrowed small fortunes to attend college. Was it worth it? Will the loans ever be repaid?
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