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‘The Race to the Future’ Review: From China to Paris by Auto
The Wall Street Journal· 14 hours agoOn June 10, 1907, five automobiles stuttered out of the French Legation parade ground in Peking to...
‘Enlightenment’ Review: Turning Eyes to the Heavens
The Wall Street Journal· 13 hours agoSarah Perry’s novel “Enlightenment” is a story of hopeless love, tested faith and wondrous science, all bracketed by two comets. The first of these,...
‘The Liberation Line’ Review: Engines of Victory
The Wall Street Journal· 14 hours agoTons of fuel, ammunition and supplies had to be moved across Europe in the assault on Nazi Germany. Railroad workers risked their lives to meet the need.
‘Work, Fight, or Play Ball’ Review: On the Diamond, Out of the Trenches
The Wall Street Journal· 14 hours agoIn 1918, Shoeless Joe Jackson of the Chicago White Sox announced that he had taken a job as a...
‘Sailing Alone’: Solo at Sea
The Wall Street Journal· 14 hours agoMariners who set off on their own face ferocious storms, rogue waves, unimaginable loneliness and chronic lack of sleep.
Fiction: ‘The Banana Wars’ by Alan Grostephan
The Wall Street Journal· 14 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...
Mysteries: Harry Dolan’s ‘Don’t Turn Around’
The Wall Street Journal· 15 hours agoKate Summerlin, the protagonist of Harry Dolan’s “Don’t Turn Around,” has written a pair of true-crime books about murdered women. The choice seems...
‘The Last of His Kind’ Review: Clayton Kershaw’s Journey
The Wall Street Journal· 14 hours agoClayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the greatest pitchers of his generation—and one...
‘A Walk in the Park’ Review: Grand Canyon Odyssey
The Wall Street Journal· 15 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.
‘Same As It Ever Was’ Review: Her Own Worst Enemy
The Wall Street Journal· 15 hours agoThe protagonist of Claire Lombardo’s novel has a compulsion toward self-sabotage.