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The Pale Horseman
Genre novels, by their nature, are meant to be predictable, and Cape Codder Cornwell's latest historical fiction is no exception. But it is a rowdy […]
The Art of Civilized Conversation
Any handbook that presumes to teach its reader the basic tenets of conversation will risk coming across as insulting. True enough, there are considerable swaths […]
A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies
In this wintry novel about self-discovery and men in tight britches, we meet Charlotte Heath, a vivacious redhead living in 1900 Massachusetts. Betrayed by her […]
Every Book Its Reader
In his fifth book about the history of books and the people who love them, Basbanes shows us the reading lists of famous authors including […]
Curse of the Narrows
In an age when “disaster relief” is a familiar trope and FEMA has become a punch line, it’s interesting to read how our predecessors dealt […]
The Education of a Coach
Halberstam delves into the strange genius of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Halberstam gives us less a recap of the victorious Pats seasons than […]
The Untied States of America
Neither an academic treatise nor a polemic, this book by the founding director of Harvard Business School’s Life Sciences Project asks the question: Will the […]
Now I Can Die in Peace
In this collection of sports columns augmented with fresh comedic riffs, ESPN The Magazine’s “Sports Guy” Simmons tries to deliver the reader from the frustration […]
A Wedding in December
It's a high school reunion in the Berkshires, Anita Shreve–style, when seven old friends divided by a tragic accident come together for a wedding. What […]
The Vendetta
Boston University professor Purvis recounts the true story of his father, Melvin, once America's most famous FBI agent and the scourge of public enemies, from […]
One Bullet Away
This memoir by a former captain in the Marines' Recon Battalion takes us inside boot camp and combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. While much of […]
Liquids: Nightcaps
Call me a Neanderthal, but I’ve always been amused that we call the year’s most romantic date (or, rather, forced-to-be-romantic date) Valentine’s Day, when the […]