Correcting the record on the Salem witch trials
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How the killing of Yitzhak Rabin changed Israel
Dan Ephron, Newsweek’s former Jerusalem bureau chief, delivers the finest impact statement on PM Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination to date with ’Killing a King’
Searching for the soul of America
Marilynne Robinson combines politics, religion and a deep reading in American history
A dual portrait of Dietrich and Riefenstahl
Karin Wieland chronicles the lives of two powerful women born at the dawn of the 20th Century
Simon Winchester dives into the vast Pacific Ocean
Book review: ’Pacific’ tells the story of the significant, roiling ocean’s impact on our lives
Correcting a simplistic view of the Soviets
The Maisky Diaries provides a rare glimpse into Stalin’s Soviet Union
A nightmarish read from J.K. Rowling’s alter ego
’Career of Evil,’ J.K. Rowling’s latest under her nom de plume Robert Galbraith, presents a dark, twisted detective story
The great, wholly legal bank robbery
A new book looks at why it’s so expensive to be poor, and how it threatens democracy
Inside the machinations and magic of pop music
A writer delves into the largely anonymous, fascinating machine that churns out today’s pop hits and tells their human stories
City on Fire is a deeply engaging investment of time
The fall’s most anticipated fiction debut is also possibly its best-paid