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In “Pride and Pleasure,” the biographer Amanda Vaill tells the story of these complex women with warmth, humor and insight.

In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores what words make the official grade.

In “Motherland,” the journalist Julia Ioffe charts the Russian campaign to emancipate women — and the country’s failure to live up to that promise.

A huge cache of documents, which includes drafts of the famed madeleine passage, is for sale. France’s National Library is raising money to buy it.

“The Land of Sweet Forever” includes stories and essays by a writer who grappled with her Southern roots.

In “Capturing Kahanamoku,” the historian Michael Rossi argues that an ugly pseudoscientific movement had its roots in a beautiful sport.

The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first time, trace a life of literary brilliance, turbulent loves and everyday pleasures.

The tidying expert has just published a new book about travel’s impact on her life. She shares tips for how to encounter the world, and, maybe, leave it a little better after your visit.

In Nic Stone’s new book, “Boom Town,” a dancer at a strip club in Atlanta must search for her peers who have disappeared.

Joe Hill’s wild horror novel follows a group of friends and the mythic demon that haunts them for the rest of their lives.