chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.

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This animal, from before the age of the dinosaurs, was a dog-like creature that was ... Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly ...

What are the best life games on PC? Well, it depends on what you’re looking for and what kind of fantasy you envision. As we look ahead to the likes of Life by You and The Sims 5, we’ve built ...

Born into a poor peasant family of six children at the end of the 19th century in Italy, Maria Goretti's life was difficult from the beginning. Her family worked as farm hands and the children had ...

By The New York Times Books Staff She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing ...

President-elect Donald Trump gave serious consideration to naming Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo as his ... according to a new book. Trump “was dead serious about Bartiromo and ...

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‘Life Writing’ is all the rage nowadays ... As anyone who has spent time in a publishing house knows only too well, the notion that ‘there’s a book in everyone’ is a cruel lie. Be that as it may, ...