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In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs. By Robert Sullivan In “Stag Dance,” Torrey Peters probes the ...

I have written about Albert Camus before, but haven’t written a formal review of one of his books. To usher Camus into the book review series, I am starting with “The Outsider.” ...

There are, it must be said, occasional felicities. Brodsky is quite good on Venetian lions and, far-fetched as it is, I quite enjoyed his comparison of the hideous modernist facade of the Hotel ...

By Alexandra Jacobs A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, she went on to write about “hookup culture” and young women’s sexual experiences for The Washington Post and in a best-selling book.

The Nazi regime’s fascination with the occult has long captivated and horrified people in equal measure. The idea that one of ...

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The topics of this fleet and vivid new account of the papacy’s recent history are familiar—disputes over sexual mores, war and peace, church and state, money, and the reach of Vatican ...

Miller’s “The Last Manager” is a biography of the fiery Orioles skipper who was ahead of his time as a strategist Katherine Stewart’s book attempts to debunk the notion that Trumpism is ...

Now that we have poems available for free on the internet, as well as seemingly countless poets to choose from, it can be challenging to find truly good poetry books. That’s why we’ve talked ...