What The Rise Of Amazon Has To Do With The Rise Of Trump
The new book Fulfillment, by Alec MacGillis, looks at America's economic history — as well as its future — through the lens of Amazon.
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May's YA Brings Unlikely Connections Between Very Different Stories
At first glance, The Ones We're Meant to Find and Luck of the Titanic don't have much in common — one's historical, one's dystopia. But as you read, you'll see surprising thematic connections.
In David Yoon's New Novel, Resetting The Internet To 'Version Zero'
David Yoon draws on his own experience working in tech for his new novel, about a disillusioned data whiz who decides to, literally, reboot the internet — with some catastrophic consequences.
For May, 3 Romances About Staying True To Your Passions, Whatever They May Be
This month, Romancelandia brings us three tales of staying true to what you love, whether that's old cars, wedding dresses or even a grade school crush — while still pursuing the future you want.
How Weight Lifting Helped One Writer Work Through Her PTSD
A personal trainer and trauma specialist explores how a mindful approach to strength training can help people heal emotional trauma.
We've Been Evolving For Millions Of Years, So Why Are Our Bodies So Flawed?
In his debut book Evolution Gone Wrong, Alex Bezzerides mixes the technical anatomical stuff we need to know with vivid examples and humorous phrases — in offering us some answers.
'Unsettled Ground' Lets Its Oddballs Stay Defiantly Odd
Claire Fuller's beautifully written new novel follows 51-year-old twins who never left home, forced finally to cope with the outside world and some unpleasant family secrets after their mother dies.
Rachel Cusk's 'Second Place' Offers Sharp Perceptions About Love And Creativity
A writer offers up her guest house to a famous painter in hope that something transcendent will happen. But he's selfish, amoral and flagrantly misogynistic — and monstrously at ease with all this.
Sebastian Junger Tackles The Idea Of 'Freedom' But Arrives At No Conclusion
Freedom, Junger's latest book, follows the author and a group of acquaintances as they embark on a long walk from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh, tracing railroad lines.
One Of The Falsely Accused Central Park Five Tells His Story In 'Better, Not Bitter'
In 1989, five kids were falsely accused of the brutal rape of a Central Park jogger. Yusef Salaam writes about systemic racism — and how his family and faith got him through seven years in prison.