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Christian Caryl
How Germany Remade Itself

A close look at the postwar history of Germany suggests that its progress toward democracy has not always been as stable or straightforward as modern-day observers might assume.

Brenda Wineapple
Peaceable Revolutions

In her history of American social movements, Linda Gordon argues that they are vital and transformative partnerships that, by challenging the status quo, are indispensable to the health of the nation.

Ben Mauk
A Nation Deranged

Matt Eich’s photobook series, “The Invisible Yoke,” is an exorcism of the country’s demons.

Adam Shatz
‘Where Should the Birds Fly?’

The new record by the Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem reflects the fury, sorrow, and grief that the war on Gaza provoked in him.

Sally Rooney
Angles of Approach

“Bad snooker would be painful to watch; mediocre snooker is notoriously boring; but great snooker is sublime. And it is generally agreed that even among those legends of the game…one player stands alone.”

Nicole Eustace
An Expanding Vision of America

Major new books about the peoples who lived in North America for millennia before the arrival of Europeans are reshaping the history of the continent.

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