'The Sentinel State' Review: China's Citizen Spies
A vast network of informants may be the regime's most effective tool of repression.
Dialectical Man: Two Books on Hegel
In the German philosopher's conception, history was driven by inexorable forces in an upward spiral.
'Combee' Review: Harriet Tubman, Fighting for Freedom
The heroine of the Underground Railroad played a vital role when Union forces raided South Carolina rice plantations.
'The World Will Never See the Like' Review: Reunion at Gettysburg
Veterans of both Union and Confederate forces met, half a century later, at the pivotal battlefield of the war.
'Dreyfus' Review: A Nation on Trial
Exiled to Devil's Island in 1894, Dreyfus retained his confidence in French justice and refused to denounce his country.
Fiction
Francis Spufford's 'Cahokia Jazz'
Plus Tommy Orange's 'Wandering Stars.'
'The Midnight Washerwoman' Review: Tales From Brittany
Setting out to capture Northern France's oral traditions, a folklorist collected tales told around firesides amid song and gossip.
Art and Ideas
Why Surrealism Matters: Utopia of the Imagination
The poet André Breton became fascinated by Freud's theories of the unconscious and deployed them to champion a movement in art and ideas.
Mysteries
'The Wharton Plot' by Mariah Fredericks
Plus Derek B. Miller's 'The Curse of Pietro Houdini' and Jonathan Santlofer's 'The Lost Van Gogh.'
Journalism
When They Were Read All Over: Breslin and Beyond
"Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings" and "The Freaks Came Out to Write" celebrate the irreverent voices that once dominated New York City journalism.
Saab Secures Order for Hungary
H&R Block Allegations
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