In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden. By Jennifer Howard Leonard S. Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new ...

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The topics of this fleet and vivid new account of the papacy’s recent history are familiar—disputes over sexual mores, war and peace, church and state, money, and the reach of Vatican ...

The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration the timing seemed too good to be true. Den of Spies ...

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Government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats plan to oppose GOP stopgap funding bill Senate Democrats announced their opposition to a Republican stopgap funding bill, increasing the risk of a ...

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Miller’s “The Last Manager” is a biography of the fiery Orioles skipper who was ahead of his time as a strategist Katherine Stewart’s book attempts to debunk the notion that Trumpism is ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...