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Christian Science Monitor - Entertainment
Books for wherever summer takes you. Beach blanket optional. -- Mysteries, histories, and romances blossom just in time for the summer reading season. -- Monitor reviewers
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'Cambridge Five' spies relied on their pedigrees to evade suspicion -- Bryn Stole5 days ago
A star player charts his life on and off the pitch -- Joan Gaylord11 days ago
'The Book of Birds' illustrates a world of wonder -- Heller McAlpin17 days ago
From the Magazine -- A battlefield volunteer in Ukraine war has a story. She wants Europe to hear it.5 days ago
NBA Finals: Knicks, Spurs, and Wemby, a big man unwilling to hide his emotions11 days ago
Books -- Maggie O'Farrell digs into her ancestral Irish roots in 'Land'17 days ago
Books -- 'Law on Trial': Making a case for moral reflection in law practice18 days ago
Books -- Holding the powerful to account: Lessons from an LA fire18 days ago
Middle East -- 'The first thing I thought about was the books': The fight for a Gaza library18 days ago
Books -- 'Far-Right France' author analyzes shifts in Marine Le Pen's National Rally party18 days ago
End of Stephen Colbert's show illustrates risks of stirring a polarized nation to laughter27 days ago
Books -- From Haiti to the Arctic, May's best reads transport18 days ago
Books -- Astute 'Transcription' asks readers, 'Do you copy?'18 days ago
Movies -- 'The Sheep Detectives' is a tender fable wrapped in a murder mystery18 days ago
Books -- When revolutionary news traveled at the speed of horseback18 days ago
Blockading the Strait of Hormuz creates a problem. Syria offers a solution. -- Tehran's most potent leverage vis-à-vis the U.S. and global economies has proved to be its ability to clamp down on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The search for overland routes for oil and other goods has led directly to Syria, an old crossroads revived. -- Taylor Luck1 day ago