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ANDREW, The Secret World: A History of Intelligence “A comprehensive exploration CHRISTOPHER of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.”—Ben Macintyre, “By the Book,” New York Times Book Review KNAUSGAARD, Inadvertent, translated from the Norwegian by Ingvild Burkey “For any KARL OVE Q writer seeking reassurance of the virtue of rewriting, [Knausgaard’s] description of ‘eight hundred pages of beginnings’ is a kind of balm . . . . A light-footed meditation on the literary life.”—Kirkus Reviews Why I Write Q

TONY SPAWFORTH, The Story of Greece and Rome “[An] excellent survey . . . . This conversational yet erudite history is a treat.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

SUSAN NAPIER, Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art“Packed with interesting details about the film maker’ s life, interests, and inspirations.”—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post

, When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation “A scintillating, original, PAULA FRED RIK SEN and brilliant concise synthesis.”—Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography “Eloquent, informed, Q and provocative.”—Amy-Jill Levine, author of Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi

TIPLING, The Empire of the Eagle: An Illustrated Natural History “A MIKE UNWIN AND DAVID singular effort. Unwin and Tipling have assembled a spectacular account of the eagles of the world.”—Tony Angell, author of The House of Owls and co-author of In the Company of Crows and Ravens

FARTHING, OnColor “A sparkling and erudite meditation . . . DAVID SCOTT KASTAN WITH STEPHEN a rich perspective . . . gorgeous to look at, too . . . . A full-spectrum discussion of a phenomenon as wondrous as it is commonplace.”—Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

, Jerome Robbins: A Life in Dance “Through Robbins’s dances, Lesser intelligently WENDY LESSER and critically examines his work. Her writing inspires an exciting dialogue with the reader—and with Robbins’s art and process—that makes you feel up close and inside his dances.”—Pam Tanowitz Jewish Lives Q