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Her 1983 book “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” is a master class in grit, empathy, curiosity and hustle.

But first, she’s publishing a children’s book, “Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin,’” because “I wanted to inspire young people to fall in love with music.”

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

She was so immersed in “The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones” that she forgot to eat dinner.

In “Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings,” Jared Diamond considers the impact leaders might have had on the course of their civilizations.

“The Everest Mystery” takes on the enduring puzzle of two climbers’ fates — and pays tribute to the often-overlooked Sandy Irvine.

Our columnist on three of the month’s best new releases.

In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy.

“American Scoundrel” traces the career of Roy Cohn, whose smash-mouth politics continue to shape our own.

Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight.