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‘Skies of Thunder’ Review: Over the Himalayas in World War II
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoThe travails of the Army Air Corps’ Air Transport Command are well-detailed and engagingly told in...
‘Work, Fight, or Play Ball’ Review: On the Diamond, Out of the Trenches
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoIn 1918, Shoeless Joe Jackson of the Chicago White Sox announced that he had taken a job as a...
‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ Review: The Court in Your Mind
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoWere there a Shelf of Fame for sports books, “The Inner Game of Tennis” would occupy a prominent...
‘The Last of His Kind’ Review: Clayton Kershaw’s Journey
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoClayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the greatest pitchers of his generation—and one...
Fiction: ‘The Banana Wars’ by Alan Grostephan
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoUrabá, the setting of Alan Grostephan’s “The Banana Wars,” is a region in northwest Colombia prized for having, in the author’s words, “fertile soil and...
‘Revolusi’ Review: How Indonesia Won Independence
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoRevisiting the Southeast Asian nation’s revolution, a fight for decolonization against the Dutch.
‘Same As It Ever Was’ Review: Her Own Worst Enemy
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoThe protagonist of Claire Lombardo’s novel has a compulsion toward self-sabotage.
‘Sailing Alone’: Solo at Sea
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoMariners who set off on their own face ferocious storms, rogue waves, unimaginable loneliness and chronic lack of sleep.
‘A Walk in the Park’ Review: Grand Canyon Odyssey
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoKevin Fedarko and Pete McBride set out to walk the length of the canyon, meeting mountain lions, snakes and lots of cliffs along the way.
‘Liberty’s Grid’ Review: An American Landscape
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoThe Romans constructed rigidly rectilinear army camps and arrow-straight roads that unfolded mile after arrogant mile in haughty disdain for local...
