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Finding Libraries in Unexpected Places

We usually think about libraries as staid and steady buildings, safely immobile on our city streets. Like, say, this rather ...

Riot Recommendation: Creative History Books

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Shakespeare’s Pub by Pete Brown. Welcome to the George Inn near London ...

4 Books to Help You Celebrate the Fourth

Independence Day is an underrated bookish holiday. So here are four Fourth of July books to help you celerate!

What Next?: Three Books to Read After THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Love The Count of Monte Cristo? Here are three books to read after it.

Holiday Buying Guide: History Books for Hard-To-Shop-For Dudes

This is a guest post from Steve Randolph. Steve enjoys reading weird science fiction and listening to history-type audiobooks in the ...

Skip LINCOLN, Read TEAM OF RIVALS

I read Team of Rivals the first Christmas I worked at a bookstore. The title came out in fall of ...

The Whites of Their Eyes: 3 Books of War History

Books about war, Victor Hanson, Battle of Shiloh, Sledge, Old Breed, Okinawa, Filkins, Forever War, Loyal Miles, the whites of their eyes, Fussell, Keegan

Is Snow White a Badass?

Unless you’re living under a pop-culture rock, you’re aware that the fairy tales are having a moment. On television, ABC’s ...

Are You Afraid of ‘Monsters in America’?

Whether you’re over the whole zombie thing or getting ready to read the next big literary zombie novel,  it’s difficult ...