Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the history of how Hitler dismantled Germany’s democracy, a guide to the psychology behind investing, and a romp through the abodes of the British monarchy
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the posthumous memoir of Hollywood restaurateur Dan Tana, a New York Times journalist’s case for opting out, and the layman’s guide to disaster preparedness
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This week, don’t miss the story of how debris from 9/11 was repurposed, a jaunty history of punctuation, and a look into the making of Paul Simon’s Graceland album
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This week, don’t miss the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; a harrowing new account of Hiroshima; and an illustrated field guide to endangered bird species
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This week, don’t miss: the five Cambridge grads who spied for Stalin, how birds evolved from dinosaurs, and a W.W.II novel following two Black U.S. soldiers and a Jewish boy
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This week, don’t miss a history of the North Korean personality cult, a Nobel laureate’s memoir of growing up in Communist Romania, and new essays by David Sedaris
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This week, don’t miss a fresh look at Mary Todd Lincoln, the real story of Rome’s gladiators, and a narrative examination of the Murdaugh murders
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This week, don’t miss a reckoning with the greatest atrocity of the Russo-Ukrainian war, a survey of gold’s role in history, and an investigation into the afterlife of Adolf Hitler’s death