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Moving Mountains

The first American woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen explains how she did it—and why

Lisa’s Mystery Picks

This week, don’t miss a whodunit set on Catalina Island, an Audrey Hepburn–meets–Agatha Christie murder mystery, and a new Tom Thorne police procedural

Poison Pen

Treasure Trove

Confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War, works by everyone from Cézanne to Picasso collected by a Jewish Holocaust survivor go on show in Australia

Elliott Erwitt’s Last Hurrah

A new coffee-table book celebrates the photographer’s eye for life’s absurdities

Down to Earth

Emily Kam Kngwarray’s first major European exhibition, in London, showcases the late Aboriginal painter’s deep connection to her native Australia

Megan Stalter

From Hacks to Lena Dunham’s new TV show, the Ohio-born actress isn’t afraid to be sensitive, theatrical, and “way too loud”

The Miracle at the Truck Stop

At the height of his fame, Burt Reynolds had a dream: to open a dinner theater in the middle of nowhere

Beyond the Paley

The life and times of the model, actress, and muse Natalie Paley are the subject of a new exhibition

The Dancing Queen Reigns Forever

Despite Abba’s unpopularity in Sweden, the Eurovision sensation managed to appeal to both the West and the East—in the middle of the Cold War

Who Was Thomas Crooks?

On this week’s podcast, Rich Cohen looks at the Trump shooting, one year later, and the mysteries around the gunman

Robert Doisneau’s Paris

Hundreds of the French photographer’s pictures of everyone from miners to countesses to artists—including Picasso—go on display

The Making of A View to a Kill

Forty years ago, a less than sprightly Roger Moore made his final appearance as 007, alongside Christopher Walken and Grace Jones

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

When Robert Evans Got High on Himself

On this week’s podcast, James Sikura takes us behind the scenes of the Hollywood producer’s bizarre anti-drug special

Match Point-and-Shoot

From Italian cities to French coasts to Scottish hills, a new coffee-table book collects photographs of the world’s most beautiful tennis courts

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Imogen Waterhouse

The 31-year-old British actress and sister of Suki Waterhouse revives her American accent for the second season of The Buccaneers

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Bob Evans’s Rolodex to the Rescue

The making of the starriest, most hastily forgotten, and least effective anti-drug special of all time

Affairs of the Heart

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch

A thriller inspired by a true-crime documentary about a suburban-housewife pyramid scheme turned deadly, and more

The Riddle Behind the Enigma Code

Britain’s Commando comics tell a sugarcoated version of W.W. II—especially when it comes to the Enigma machine’s role in the Allied victory

How I Eat My Steak

What does your tenderloin say about you?