India’s War
An excerpt from Srinath Raghavan’s new book about India in WWII
America’s Snake
An excerpt from Ted Levin’s new book about the rise and fall of the rattlesnake
My Life with Wagner
An excerpt from Christian Thielemann’s book about a lifetime of conducting
The Edge of the Empire
Travel ancient Britannia in this excerpt from Bronwen Riley’s new book
The Jazz of Physics
Read an excerpt from Stephon Alexander’s book about the music of the universe
67 Shots
Read an excerpt from Howard Means’s new history of the Kent State shootings
Black Hole Blues
Read an excerpt from Janna Levin’s new book about the soundtrack of the universe
Nothing Ever Dies
Read an excerpt from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book about Vietnam and the memory of war
The Mechanical Horse
Read an excerpt from Margaret Guroff’s new history of the bicycle in America
The Rarest Bird in the World
Read an excerpt from Vernon R. L. Head’s new memoir about the search for the Nechisar Nightjar
