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A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

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The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Our critic A.O. Scott breaks down a scene from Kiran Desai’s lavish new novel, “The Loneliness of Sonia and ...

For almost as long as baseball has existed as an organized sport, team owners have been trying to suppress payrolls ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers.

In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast.

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