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Old Head, Young Shoulders

Mark Morris

When one of the most influential choreographers alive today has a minute to himself, he reads

The Leaning Towers of Deutsche

The author of a new book exposes the widespread, historic corruption fueling the German bank’s downfall

Enemies’ Enemies

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To the Extreme

Blood, Toil, Tears, and Churchill

Alexandra Fuller

The African-born writer recommends books that depict the complex brutality of colonialism

Murder, They Wrote

Flipping the Hitchcock Script

The author of a new book on Joan Harrison re-writes the filmmaker’s prolific history to highlight the woman driving his success

Pozzi Scheme

Cloudy with a Chance of Doom

License to Burn

Bob Balaban

“I pretend for a living. But in real life, I’m a reality junkie”: the actor recommends his favorite nonfiction books

Coco d’Azur

Soviet Syndrome

You Can Take Galileo Out of Rome …

The author of a new history of the astronomical revolution explores the radical scientist’s conservative side

One Crept over the Falcon’s Nest

New York’s Got Game

Walk south on Sixth Avenue toward West Third Street at any time of the day or night and you’ll be hard-pressed not to see a basketball game in play. It’s a perpetual motion—has been for decades—throughout the city

Caroline de Maigret

De Beauvoir, Didion, Ernaux: the French style star on the essential women writers

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Sex (Time) Machine

A new history of sex reveals tales of Clarice Clatterbollocks, testicle thefts, and women keeping live fish in their knickers

Long and Winding Road

Claire Tomalin

Recommends four books spanning three centuries