Back in the U.S.S.R.
A new book peels back the Iron Curtain with nostalgic photographs of life in the Soviet Union
Yuval Noah Harari
The author of Sapiens recommends three books for developing our sense of perspective
Doctors’ Orders
The story of two pioneering women doctors and the London hospital they founded amid the turmoil of World War I
Short List
What to read this week, from Roger Rosenblatt’s new essays to books on Venice and the origins of humankind
Night and Day
The centenarian Eddie Jaku, who survived Kristallnacht and Auschwitz, considers himself “the happiest man on Earth”
On Thin Ice
Confessions of a hockey dad
The Female Gaze
Alongside a show at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery, a book re-evaluates the history of photography through the lens of the New Woman
Hollywood Ending
History forgot Arthur Calder-Marshall, the popular writer whose novel was picked up by Orson Welles. Now his grandson plays Welles in David Fincher’s Mank
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2020
Music, film, history, and its bad boys: holiday reading for every type
Coyote Ugly
Among the stars of animation’s golden age—Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig—Wile E. Coyote is the most relatable of the bunch
Subterranean Writer’s Block Blues
Having trouble putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys)? Believe it or not, taking the subway might offer salvation
There and Back Again
A never-before-published collection of essays by J. R. R. Tolkien will reveal new details about The Lord of the Rings
