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The B&N Podcast: Doris Kearns Goodwin on Leadership

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The Pulitzer-winning biographer of presidents looks back through history for lessons on how they led America in moments of crisis.

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CRIME

Only to Sleep

By LAWRENCE OSBORNE

Reviewed by Anna Mundow ×

Philip Marlowe returns -- pursuing a mystery into the Mexican desert -- in Lawrence Osborne's new novel.

The B&N Podcast: Sally Field on “Going to the Places I Didn’t Want to Go”

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The B&N Podcast: Sally Field on “Going to the Places I Didn’t Want to Go”

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The Academy Award-winning actor joins us for an in-depth conversation about her journey into the writing of her haunting memoir.

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs

FASHION

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs

By BILL CUNNINGHAM

Reviewed by Sheila McClear ×

The photographer who captured fashion on the streets of Manhattan left behind a memoir of a life devoted to beauty.

Ingrid Rossellini: “Know Thyself” and The Inspiration of History

INTERVIEW

Ingrid Rossellini: “Know Thyself” and The Inspiration of History

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A journey through the ages with scholar and writer Ingrid Rossellini, in pursuit of that most tantalizing of mysteries -- the nature of the self.

The B&N Podcast: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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The B&N Podcast: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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The bestselling author, astrophysicist, and champion of science talks about how his field can't escape its close connection to the art of combat.

The Real Lolita

BEYOND CATEGORY

The Real Lolita

By SARAH WEINMAN

Reviewed by Tom Carson ×

In her new book, Sarah Weinman unearths the forgotten kidnapping case behind Vladimir Nabokov's literary sensation.

Hunting the Primal Spark

DAYBOOK

Hunting the Primal Spark

By Steve King ×

Ten years ago this month, scientists got a new tool for examining the fabric of reality....

The B&N Podcast: Jacqueline Woodson

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The B&N Podcast: Jacqueline Woodson

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The National Book Award-winning author and current Ambassador for Young People's Literature talks about helping young readers see themselves on the page.

The B&N Podcast: Andy Weir Wants to Keep You Up at Night

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The B&N Podcast: Andy Weir Wants to Keep You Up at Night

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The author of "The Martian" and "Artemis" on the science fiction classics that inspired him, and the one thing he's always aiming at.

SPECULATIVE FICTION

The Mere Wife

By MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY

Reviewed by Paul Di Filippo ×

Maria Dahvana Headley's new novel is a bold new re-imagination of an Anglo-Saxon tale of monsters and revenge.

A Life of My Own

A READING LIFE

A Life of My Own

By CLAIRE TOMALIN

Reviewed by Katherine A. Powers ×

A celebrated biographer applies her searching eye to her own life -- one of literary achievement shadowed by tragedy.

The B&N Podcast: Cory Doctorow on Hope and Science Fiction

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The B&N Podcast: Cory Doctorow on Hope and Science Fiction

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The author of "Walkaway" and other visionary books explains why neither pessimism nor optimism is the right way to imagine tomorrow.