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 McLynn’s ability to bring history alive triumphs again in this vivid and elegant story of a pivotal moment in world history….

South Beach

“South Beach: The Novel, Brian Antoni’s candy-colored and warmhearted second work of fiction, would make a terrific opera . . . Rich with club scenes and descriptions of off-beat forms…

Birth

“Well-researched and engaging . . . Birth is a clever, almost irreverent look at an enduring everyday miracle. (A-)” —Entertainment Weekly…

Grove at Home: May 23-29

…To celebrate, here’s the sublime trio of Myrna Loy, William Powell, and the fox terrier Asta in W.S. Van Dyke’s pre-Code film adaptation of Hammett’s The Thin Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9cnYeFFeC4  …

Grove at Home: January 17-23

…Mirren and McCann’s splendid performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l0RUKe98uU   Roxane Gay on reproductive freedom Today marks the 48th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s historic decision in Roe v. Wade, which established…

Father’s Day Reads: The Technologist

…to his first novel, searching for a form that will express the world as it has become. Pop-up ads, search results, web chats, snippets of conversation, lines of code, and…

Mezzanine

“A very funny book . . . Its 135 pages probably contain more insight into life as we live it today than anything currently on the best-seller list.” —The New…

World Made by Hand

“Far from a typical post-apocalyptic novel. It caters neither to a pseudo-morbid nor faddishly slick vision of the future. Though grim with portent, it is ultimately, as Camus’s novel The…

Vietnam Plays Vol 2 [Streamers]

All the Trouble in the World

“One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” –Los Angeles Times…