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Culture
What to read to understand tariffs
Four books and an essay that provide insight into a trade-war weapon
Culture
What to read about the end of the second world war
Five books about history’s bloodiest conflict
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Books for young children that you can read over and over and over
Parents will enjoy these, too
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Books that imagine that history took a different course
What if Hitler had won and Hillary Rodham had broken up with Bill Clinton?
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What to read about America’s culture wars
Four books on controversies that helped to shape the presidential election
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What to read about grief and bereavement
Six books about feelings that are both universal and unique to the person experiencing them
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Books that probe the secrets of the Mossad
Seven books on Israeli intelligence agencies, which are spearheading the offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon
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An introduction to Lebanon, perhaps the next front in a wider war
Four books and a film on a pivotal Middle Eastern country
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What to read about modern feminism
An introduction to a large, evolving and controversial subject
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How Christianity shapes politics in America
Four books and a podcast explain a complicated relationship
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What to read about the British economy
Britain used to be the world’s richest country. These six books explain how it came to be, and why it is no longer
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Six novels about India, perhaps the world’s most interesting place
Works of fiction about a country whose global clout, already large, is growing