A new history by Luke Barr chronicles the innovations, excesses and chauvinism of the French chefs who spawned a revolution ...

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A master craftsman supposedly pours their soul into their work. In this book review of The Violin Maker’s Secret, we explore an instrument that possesses a soul and a memory entirely its own. Evie ...

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Nick Petrie’s finely calibrated novels about Peter Ash continue to explore how this former Marine deals with the aftermath of war, channeling his post-traumatic stress disorder into helping others and ...

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South African-born literary scholar Dennis Walder recently published an evocative life story called Amid the Alien Corn: A ...

While Love Story takes certain liberties with the romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, these books tell ...

I’ve always been drawn to the campus novel for the canvas it offers to explore class, ambition, and the urge to reinvent ...

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