Year: 2018

History, politics, power—and the world’s best free museums. Experience the best of Washington DC in a few days with this itinerary.

Thompson watched from the balcony. When the convention was over he’d write in a letter to Ribicoff (whom he’d never met): “Everything you did that night seemed to rest on a bedrock of human decency . . .There was an awesome dignity in your han- dling of Daley and his thugs, and for a moment…

Samaha gets at this by weaving in the history of the town and its residents, the persistence of gang violence and the circumstances that enabled it, and the nationwide threats on the lives of black boys and men. That Samaha is able to give such an intimate view of this large cast of characters is…

Ruth Ware's chilling, locked room mystery set on the high seas is a must-read.