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In “Embers of the Hands,” the historian Eleanor Barraclough looks beyond the soap-opera sagas to those lost in the cracks of history.

In “Emilio Pucci,” the subject’s niece and her husband explore the early life of the Italian designer who dressed the jet set.

In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century.

The classicist Mary Beard examines the excesses and tedium of imperial rule, sorting fact from gossip and tall tales.

Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.

In “Empire of Skulls,” Paul Stob explores how a mania took over America.

“Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American magazines in their heyday.

In his lively “Empire of the Sum,” Keith Houston looks at the best — and worst — years of the pocket calculator’s life.

Ikbal and Idries Shah delighted London society with their romantic tales of the East. The only problem? They made them up.

In “Empresses of Seventh Avenue,” the fashion writer Nancy MacDonell tells the story of the New York women who created modern style.