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John D. MacDonald was eerily prescient about the risks of human-driven climate disasters in the region.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

In “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.

In “The Message,” Coates grapples with questions about which stories are told, and how, through his visits to Senegal, South Carolina and the West Bank.

In “The Bog Wife,” a West Virginia family must reckon with secrets, betrayals and the destruction of their legacy when a supernatural covenant that protected them begins to falter.

In “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” the TV cooking icon asks, “How easy is that?” The answer? Not very.

James Richardson’s aphorisms; Nora Lange’s novel “Us Fools”

Our columnist reviews September’s new horror releases.

In Louise Erdrich’s new novel, “The Mighty Red,” a high school jock proposes to the Ojibwe daughter of a woman who works for his family’s sugar farm.