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The Adventures of Captain Crunch Sam Tanenhaus’s great white whale of a biography about the conservative author William F. Buckley Jr. is finally here

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I Love Lucy’s Other Half Raised as a prince in pre-Guevara Cuba, Desi Arnaz fled to America and revolutionized TV with Lucille Ball—but he couldn’t escape the trauma of his youth


Albert Einstein’s Eureka! Moment How a spiritual tradition with origins in ancient Greece shaped the greatest scientific minds of the millennium

The Making of The Thick of It: Part II The creators and cast reflect on the Britcom’s stickiest moments—including a scandal that nearly derailed the whole thing—and the show’s legacy today

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Dog Days With an essay by P. G. Wodehouse, a newly reissued coffee-table book collects 820 photographs of Elliott Erwitt’s most unexpected muse

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Holding Court Former tennis world No. 1 Rafael Nadal was as much a worrier in his sport as he was a warrior, his nervous habits extending from elaborate pre-point rituals to clocking issues with the courts he won Grand Slams on

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s quasi-divorce memoir, an investigation into a Manhattan-art-gallery scandal, and a short-story collection capturing life in northern China


Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch A Bonfire of the Vanities for our times, and a family drama that follows a wealthy patriarch’s sudden death

Front Lines In his illustrations of war, the British artist George Butler adds color to the oft overlooked human experiences behind global conflicts

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Air Supply

To Have and to Hold Wedding season and gift-giving go hand in hand. AIR SUPPLY’s trove of thoughtful, timeless gifts—Anderson & Sheppard cuff links, Emporio Sirenuse champagne flutes—has the happy couple, the bridal party, and your future spouse and in-laws covered

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Working from Yacht Forget W.F.H.—with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-Internet service, the rich are taking remote work to new depths

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