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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
By Emily Wilson
A renowned translator questions the foundations of her discipline.
The Bookshop: A History of Bookselling from the Dawn of Print to the Twenty-First Century
By Andrew Pettegree
Tome-peddling has never been the most lucrative pursuit.
The Martians
By David Baron
When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men.
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.
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