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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.
Winter: The Story of a Season
By Val McDermid
Even the cold, dark months can feel warm and bright.
Are we hurtling toward an inevitable cliff?
Embers of the Hands
By Eleanor Barraclough
The legendary pillagers led charmingly ordinary home lives.
The Dead of Winter
By Sarah Clegg
A rollicking look at things that go bump in the Yuletide night.
Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
By Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko
A fascinating assemblage of sites (intentionally) obscured.
Four Points of the Compass
By Jerry Brotton
Did you ever wonder why north is up and south is down?
Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking
By Alice Vernon
A sympathetic look at our endless search for the dearly departed.
