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Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Now paralysed from the neck down he is finally telling his side of the story. The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were ...

Rhiane Fatinikun founded Black Girls Hike U.K. to provide a safe and inclusive community for Black women to explore the English countryside. Her book is full of practical advice about making the ...

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