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In Heather Clark’s novel, “The Scrapbook,” an American girl meets a German boy and falls head over heels — and headfirst into a history of fascism.

She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produced a candid guide to women’s health. It became a cultural touchstone and a global best seller.

Leigh Claire La Berge’s memoir looks back at her stint as a consultant for a Fortune 500 company at the turn of the millennium: “Is this how companies are put together?”

He was a master of long form narratives, often involving high-stakes topics. He reported for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?

He wrote best-sellers like “The Day of the Jackal” and “The Dogs of War,” often using material from his earlier life as a reporter and spy.

A Hungarian in London; a road trip in Canada.

That is, until war breaks out. “Endling,” by Maria Reva, is an ambitious whirlwind of a novel, set in Ukraine on the brink of disaster.

Many of the most popular shows welcome right-wing arguments and freewheeling conversation. Publishers of other political stripes are noticing, too.

John Birdsall’s “What Is Queer Food?” and Erik Piepenburg’s “Dining Out” both seek to define the place of cuisine in queer culture, history and expression.