Each year we’re gifted a plethora of photo books that are beautifully designed and contain wide-ranging imagery and a variety of subjects. 2024 did not disappoint—and was a particularly ...

When Masayoshi Son made a surprise appearance at Mar-a-Lago alongside Donald Trump last week, the founder of Japan's SoftBank Group vowed to invest a stunning US$100 billion in the US over the ...

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In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.