Saturday, October 17, 2026

Books: "REDS: A Global History of Communism" By Paul Mason

 



REDS: A Global History of Communism

By Paul Mason

Scribner; hardcover, 544 pages; $32.00

Paul Mason in an award-winning journalist and labor movement activist living in London. He is a columnist at The New World and an adjunct fellow at the Council on Geostrategy. Previously, he was the economics editor at both BBC Newsnight and Channel 4 News. He has authored seven books, including PostCapitalism, Rare Earth, and How to Stop Fascism.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Books: On Our Place In The World

There are two new books that examine our place in the world, through the prism of our perspectives on it: On the Equality of All Things: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy, by Carlo Rovelli, and A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint, by Wendy S. Walters.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Books: Hemingway's "The Annotated Sun Also Rises: 100th Anniversary Deluxe Edition"

 



The Annotated Sun Also Rises: 100th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Edited by Robert W. Trogdon; Introduction by Adam Gopnik

Library of America; hardcover, 376 pages; $39.95; available today, Tuesday, October 13th

Robert W. Trogdon is professor of English at Kent State University. He has served as the editor for The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway. A scholar of twentieth-century American literature and textual editing, he has published extensively on Hemingway's writings.

Books: "Our Hearts Burned For Home" By Emily Feng

 


Our Hearts Burned For Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria's Civil War

By Emily Feng

Columbia Global Reports; paperback, 128 pages; $18.00; available today, Tuesday, October 13th

Emily Feng is a White House correspondent for NPR. Her prior beat was as a foreign correspondent for NPR covering China, Taiwan, and more. She is the author of the 2025 book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China. Her reporting has been recognized by the Overseas Press Club, the Daniel Shorr Joirnalism Prize, the Shorenstein Journalism Award, two Human Rights Press Awards, and two Gracie Awards.

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Books: "Dodge City" By Patrick deWitt

 



Dodge City

By Patrick deWitt

Ecco; hardcover, 256 pages; $28.00

Patrick deWitt is the author The Librarianist and French Exit, which were both national bestsellers; The Sisters Brothers, a New York Times bestseller short-listed for the Booker Prize; and the critically acclaimed Undermajordomo Minor and Ablutions. He was born in British Columbia, Canada, and now resides in Portland, Oregon.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Books: "Unhittable" By Rob Friedman

 



Unhittable: How Technology, Mavericks, and Innovators Engineered Baseball's New Era of Pitching Dominance

By Rob Friedman

Harper; hardcover, 288 pages; $32.00

Rob Friedman is the creator of PitchingNinja, as he identifies himself on social media. He is a pitching analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN College Baseball and Major League Baseball. He also has written for Fox Sports and given pregame analysis on Apple TV. 

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Yankees Have Forgotten There's Only One Metric That Matters

Yankee Stadium. Photo by Jason Schott.


On Wednesday night, the Yankees were swept in the American League Division Series by the Tampa Bay Rays.