The Sword and the Cross

“[A] searing story of France’s attempt to colonize the vast Sahara desert and of two unforgettable men who dedicated their lives to the effort. . . . Effectively, Fleming contrasts…

Much Depends On Dinner

“Fascinating . . . Margaret Visser is a gifted informal writer, and these chapters combine a wealth of unusual information with extreme readability. . . . In short, Visser whetted…

Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the great heroines of American history, and Philip McFarland brings her to life in all her glory, in a book at once so dramatic…

Numbers

What We Are

“A rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi cultural sin and shame. Violent and smart and funny. I am excited by this new writer.” —Sherman Alexie…

Palestine

“Relating the story of Palestine through his own family, Karl Sabbagh (the son of a Palestinian father and an English mother) gives a poignant, often shocking account of how Palestine…

The Unfortunate Englishman

The second book in the new series featuring Joe Wilderness, a portrait of 1960s Berlin and Khrushchev’s Moscow, centering around the exchange of two spies, a Russian working for the…

Orbital

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the…

Grove at Home: July 26—August 1

…cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=AYbYLL7lLbM&feature=emb_logo   Viet Thanh Nguyen and Pankaj Mishra on free speech Last week in the Guardian, the brilliant Viet Thanh Nguyen and the brilliant Mankaj Mishra sat down for…

Remembering P. J. O’Rourke

…rare conservative who appeared to be having a better time, and doing better drugs, than everyone else. He was well-read; he was, it often seemed, the only funny Republican alive.”…