Quietly masterful, the novel contains rich details of nineteenth-century Russian life. Sofia Khvoshchinskaya’s "City Folk and Country Folk" is a slyly captivating, contemporaneous novel of mid-nineteenth-century Russia. Khvoshchinskaya... Read More

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"The Pinks" reads like a historical thriller, with one fascinating plot twist: it is based wholly on truth. Chris Enss’s "The Pinks" offers an engrossing look at the women’s flank of the famed Pinkerton group, which provided services... Read More

With Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, the explosive year of 1967 got the album it deserved—delivered from a band desperate to replace its mop-top-boys persona with that of artists-basking-in-the-glow-of-psychedelia. Described as a... Read More

Everett extracts spiritual lessons from cycling, about loving one’s neighbor and adjusting to life’s rhythms. Laura Everett’s "Holy Spokes" is a refreshing blend of history, personal anecdotes, and encouragement toward exercise... Read More

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