Democracy & Fascism | Four Key September 2018 Titles
Barbara Hoffert - @barbarahoffert

Whither democracy in our contemporary political climate? That's everyone's concern, with some citing rising populism worldwide and others identity politics. Madeline Albright's Fascism: A Warning and Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity are two major forthcoming titles on the subject. Here are four more, including a graphic-format biography of Hannah Arendt, whose  The Origins of Totalitarianism has seen a resurgence of sales.

Beevor, Kubica, Ruiz Zafón, & More | Barbara’s Picks
Thirteen major titles, ranging from works by historians Antony Beevor, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Jill Lepore to thrilling works from Mary Kubica and Carlos Ruiz Zafón to a contemporary novel set in India that echoes King Lear.

Graham, Robb, Jance, & More | Chiller Previews
From Andrew Gross's Button Man, a thriller set in the early 20th century, to J.D. Robb's Leverage in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel, set in the mid-21st century, thrillers are everywhere.

Eliza Hamilton, Mohandas Gandhi, & Pirates | History & Biography Previews

Biographies of Eliza Hamilton, Mohandas Gandhi, and a young Benjamin Franklin, studies of antebellum violence in Congress and the relationship between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Al Smith, and a penetrating look at the pirates who swarmed the Atlantic in the 1600s and 1700s. All from top writers.

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