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Grove at Home: September 6—12
…recently as 1957, the Supreme Court had ruled in Roth v. United States — a case involving a bookseller who sent erotic literature through the mail — that the First…
Grove at Home: May 24—30
…able to safely tour the United States, reading from their books and meeting their readers. Early last year, the incredible Sandra Newman did just that, reading from her breathtaking novel…
Eccentric Orbits
by John BloomHow the largest man-made constellation in the heavens was built by dreamers in the Arizona desert, targeted for destruction by Motorola, and saved by a single Palm Beach retiree who…
Editors on Editing
by Gerald Gross“A superb collection of essays–wise, original, and “educational” in the best sense of the word. Every publisher, editor, writer and agent should buy at least one copy and then a…
Liberty’s First Crisis
by Charles SlackThe tumultuous early years of the United States are brought to life in this gripping account of the Sedition Act and its victims, including a firebrand congressman, a famous muckraking…
Neither Snow Nor Rain
by Devin LeonardFew institutions are as loved, as loathed, and as historically important as the United States Post Office, the subject of this landmark century-spanning social, political, and economic history.
Palden Gyatso
…the United States to call attention to the plight of the hundreds of political prisoners still behind bars in Tibet. In 1995 he gave evidence at the United Nations Commission…
The Breaking of Nations
by Robert Cooper“Essentially an attempt to bridge the ideological divide between hard and soft power. Both, he suggests in this short, elegant collection of essays, are necessary in today’s messy world.” –The…
Octavio Paz
The Nobel Prize winning Octavio Paz was born in 1914, near Mexico City. His family was forced into exile, which they served in the United States, after the assassination of…
Ten Little Indians
by Sherman Alexie“In [Alexie’s] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . ….
