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We may soon have a new category for hurricanes, and that’s bad news
NONFICTION: “Category Five” says those catastrophic events are commonly being eclipsed, because of climate crisis.
August 27, 2024
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Book shows how intertwined history of man and ‘The Horse’ shaped our world
NONFICTION: Loving that new pair of jeans you bought? Thank a horse.
July 24, 2024
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Give that man a trophy! Humorist Simon Rich amuses again with ‘Glory Days’
NONFICTION: The Thurber Prize-winning writer of “New Teeth” and TV’s “Miracle Worker” has a new humor collection.
July 17, 2024
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Book says no jewel was safe when Texas’ ’King of Diamonds’ was in town
NONFICTION: He was the ‘60s answer to Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” but his jewel heists never were solved.
April 2, 2024
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How Calvin Trillin mastered ‘The Lede’ and other annoyingly brilliant writing things
NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
February 7, 2024
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Crime novelist Michael Connelly just keeps getting better with 'Resurrection Walk'
FICTION: Heroes Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller team again in a search for justice.
October 31, 2023
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Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others
NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.
May 19, 2023
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Review: 'Silent Spring Revolution,' by Douglas Brinkley
NONFICTION: Historian charts the rise of the U.S. environmental movement.
December 2, 2022
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How Calvin Trillin mastered ‘The Lede’ and other annoyingly brilliant writing things
NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
February 7, 2024
Books
Crime novelist Michael Connelly just keeps getting better with 'Resurrection Walk'
FICTION: Heroes Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller team again in a search for justice.
October 31, 2023
Books
Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others
NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.
May 19, 2023
Books
Review: 'Silent Spring Revolution,' by Douglas Brinkley
NONFICTION: Historian charts the rise of the U.S. environmental movement.
December 2, 2022