Monologists

Voices in the dark.

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Pasta

The shapely pleasures of a favorite food.

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Astronomy

Heavenly reading for backyard stargazers and armchair astronauts.

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Digital War

Cryptographers, hackers, and combat by virus: reports from the next front.

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Dangerous Minds

Revolutionaries, geniuses, and master manipulators of history.

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Fashion

Reading with style.

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Celebrating Steig

It's hard to pick just five of William Steig's enchanting books, but that didn't stop us from trying.

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Tennis

The U.S. Open is this week, so we decided to offer up some literary power serves.

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Spain

Works to trace the grandeur of a nation's history.

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Video Games

History, myths, and stories of the digital playground.

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Sailing

Voyages, stories, and adventures at sea.

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Getaway Tales

Books that put the "beach" in beach read.

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Mountaineering

Exhilaration, heroics, death and laughter atop the world's tallest peaks.

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Grilling

Tips, techniques, and tasty recipes for amateurs, experts, and connoisseurs.

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Heists

Cracking capers, real and imaginary.

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Pulp Fictions

A glorious age of storytelling, collected, revisited, and re-imagined.

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Independence Day

A historical, biographical, and literary celebration.

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Pseudonyms

Great writers under covers.

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Golf

Humor, drama, and history on the links.

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Navigators

Page-turning journeys around the world and into the unknown.

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Authors and Editors

Partnerships, struggles, and collaborations.

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Americans in Paris

From the Home of the Brave to the City of Light.

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The Cold War

Understanding the global struggle that defined half a century.

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On Foot

It's how you get there that matters.

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Venice

Stones, stories, and Bellinis from La Serenissima.

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The Telephone

Hook ups, hang ups, history, and one hot conversation.

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William Styron

The work -- and the life -- of one of America's most accomplished novelists.

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Due Dates and Deadlines

With tax day looming, a set of books that shed insight on the power of a schedule.

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Hoaxes, Frauds, and Con Men

A cavalcade of diverting deceptions.

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Fly Fishing

Dip into a fresh stream of words and images.

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May 21: Alexander Pope was born in London on this day in 1688. Barred from politics and university, deformed by tuberculosis, Pope seemed destined to be an outsider; this created the distance necessary for firing the satiric darts…

"Rock and roll," says Robert Christgau,  "has produced a surprising bounty of old men with something to say. Leonard Cohen fits this paradigm, with two significant differences.…

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Old Ideas

With dates announced for his upcoming Old Ideas concert tour, we celebrate the inimitable Leonard Cohen: bard, survivor, legend. His most recent album is a return to form for the balladeer, exploring signature themes of lust and longing, spirituality and struggle, all overlaid with a droll sense of humor as familiar as Cohen's prophetic voice.

Wish You Were Here

When Jack Luxton hears that his estranged brother has been killed in combat, long-buried memories begin to well up like groundwater, and difficult choices Jack thought he reconciled himself to years ago turn out to be close at hand. Man Booker Prize-winner Graham Swift's novel plumbs timeless themes of regret, renewal, and the bonds of love.

The Sovereignties of Invention

The opening story in Matthew Battles's electric collection, "The Dogs in the Trees", documents the inexplicable appearance of arboreal canines. Further gorgeous fantastika follows, producing a volume sure to draw comparisons to Borges and George Saunders.