I Don’t Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony
By Nick Corasaniti
Greetings from Asbury Park!
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
We came, we read, we gushed.
The Martin Chronicles
By John Fried
This deceptively simple "ordinary boy" tale offers readers space to contemplate their own childhoods.
The Eichmann Trial (Jewish Encounters Series)
Deborah E. Lipstadt
In honor of Patricia Wald, a trailblazing judge who passed away yesterday at 90, we share here a review she wrote for the Independent in 2011.
One Station Away
By Olaf Olafsson
A page-turner whose elusiveness leaves us longing for more.
Fools and Mortals
By Bernard Cornwell
This fictional take on Shakespeare and his brother could have used more excitement.
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
By James Holland
Recalling the Allies' quest to own the skies.
The Day the Sun Died: A Novel
By Yan Lianke; translated by Carlos Rojas
From today’s China, a sardonic fable about social conformity and the impulses it suppresses.
A rabbi recalls his years spent teaching alongside the Nobel laureate.
Escaping the Big Apple in favor of flyover country.
