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Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
By Imogen Willetts
The cool kids have always known where best to be seen.
This Past Was Waiting for Me: A Chronicle at Quarter Century
By Sarah Trembath
An astute, multi-genre analysis of gentrification’s destructiveness.
Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
By Mary Beard
An erudite exploration of antiquity’s allure.
Eminent Jews
By David Denby
A quartet of remarkable — if not equally eminent — American Jews.
Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine
By Peter Richardson
An exceptional chronicle of the hip newsstand mainstay.
Alaska Literary Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
Edited by Marybeth Holleman, Nancy Lord, and Shaelene Grace Moler
A book as vibrant and varied as the land it portrays.
Black in Blues
By Imani Perry
A mesmerizing ode to a hue and a history.
The Neighborhood: Space, State, and Daily Life in a Manchurian City
By Nianshen Song
An unremarkable Chinese crossroads proves anything but.
