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Books – Everything in Hand

The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.

UNHOLY TRINITY

“Kinds of Kindness.”

HERO BALL

Who was the main character of the N.B.A. Finals?

MEDIEVAL LONGING

The fourteenth-century love songs of Guillaume de Machaut.

THE NORTH STAR

Harriet Tubman’ radical faith.

THE TAIWAN TANGLE

Can we deter belligerence in the strait without provoking it?

VINCENT'S PARTY

The party was in full swing. Evelyn could hear the sexy blare of the trad jazz almost as soon as she got off the bus at St. Mary Redcliffe and began walking over to the Steam Packet, the pub that Vincent—who was a friend of Evelyn’s older sister, Moira—had commandeered for the evening.

GROWING PAINS

In Phoenix's upscale suburbs, authorities slowly realized that the Gilbert Goons might be a violent teen gang.

JOHN FETTERMAN'S WAR

Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?

BEST INBREED

The rise of canine clones.

DOC HOLLYWOOD

Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.

His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.

God Explains the Rules of His New Board Game

Guys, want to play this new board game? It’s called Life. No, it’s not “one of God’s impossible-to-understand games that take three hours to learn.” It’ll be fun, I promise!

THE SPACE BETWEEN

\"Janet Planet.\" The first time we meet Janet in \"Janet Planet,\" a wondrous début feature from the celebrated playwright Annie Baker, she is standing on a rural road a little way from the camera.

LABOR PAINS

Lucy Kirkwood's \"The Welkin\" assesses women's work.

OFFLINE

Lizzy McAlpine on the power and pitfalls of viral fame.

HEAT RISING

The era of the line cook.

UNSHATTERED

How the philosopher Charles Taylor would reënchant the world.

THE PLAGUE DOCTOR

Anthony Fauci on what's ailing America.

the buggy RODDY DOYLE

There were people at the far end of the beach. Some adults, a lot of children.

GHOSTS ON THE WATER

Glass eels are mysterious creatures—and worth a fortune to those who catch them.

SMALL WONDER

How will nanomachines change our lives?

MIDDLE-AGE FANTASIES

You are seated on the examination table when the nurse enters. She’s tall and raven-haired, with enormous blue eyes and candy-red lips. She says hello with a husky Eastern European accent, which reminds you of a recent episode of “The Daily” about Polish elections.

GREAT MIGRATIONS

\"Home\" and \"What Became of Us.\"

SICK, SAD WORLD

What COVID did to fiction.

MOVE IN FOR THE CULL

The complicated calculus of killing some wild creatures to protect others.

CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS

I used to tell myself stories on the job, to make it feel exciting—spy stories, exfiltration stories, war stories. I used to come up with poignant little details that turned the repatriation cases I worked on into “Saving Private Ryan,” into “Johnny Got His Gun.”

A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE

How life in a co-living community changed after October 7th.

SCREEN GRAB

How CoComelon conquered children's television.

FOND OF FLAGS

My wife is fond of fast food. I am not. My wife is particularly fond of the Wendy’s Baconator. I argue that it’s less expensive to order a Dave’s Double with a side of bacon, then put your own pretzels on top. (I’m fond of the Rold Gold Tiny Twists Original.)