Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss Simon Sebag Montefiore’s timely history of the modern Middle East, the Madeline author’s madcap 1952 memoir, and a publishing powerhouse’s ode to editing
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
Editor’s Picks
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
Editor’s Picks
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
Editor’s Picks
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
Editor’s Picks
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