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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 […]