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The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires
By Sophie Pinkham
How the country’s relationship to its trees shaped its place in the world.
One Aladdin Two Lamps
By Jeanette Winterson
A mesmerizing treatise on better living inspired by an ancient Arabic tale.
Righteous Strife
By Richard Carwardine
Was Abe’s spiritual transformation an honest one?
Cold Kitchen
By Caroline Eden
A heartfelt if unsatisfying exploration of what nourishes us.
An overly wordy ode to word games and the nerds who love them.
Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
By Howard Bryant
More than anything, the Cold War was a chess match.
Evelyn in Transit: A Novel
By David Guterson
Is a woman’s young son a reincarnated Buddhist lama?
Cromwell’s Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George Downing
By Dennis Sewell
The famous London street was named for a rather infamous character.
