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‘Travels With George’ Review: A President Hits the Road

Retracing Washington’s journey through an infant America. Review by Jonathan Horn

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‘Water’ Review: The Stuff of Life

Access to water—and who controls it—still shapes human civilization. Review by Gerard Helferich

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‘Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories’ Review: The Terrible Truth

Tadeusz Borowski’s fiction sought to preserve an unbearable reality. Review by Benjamin Balint

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Five Best: Books On Dogs

Selected by Rick Bragg, the author, most recently, of ‘The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People.’

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‘What’s Eating the Universe?’ Review: A Pocket Guide to the Cosmos

Paul Davies puts the vast wonder of space and time into human perspective. Review by Richard Lea

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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: Two by Stanislaw Lem

The Polish writer is little known in America, but his imagination has had an outsize impact. Review by Liz Braswell

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Fiction: Joy Williams’s ‘Harrow’ Review

Plus ‘Three Rooms’ by Jo Hamya and ‘Matrix’ by Lauren Groff. Review by Sam Sacks

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‘Two-Way Mirror’ Review: The Poet Persevered

From an early age, Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote with freedom in mind. Review by Abigail Deutsch

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Children’s Books: The Joy of a Little Scare

Thrills for middle-grade readers (and younger ones, too) in four new books. Review by Meghan Cox Gurdon

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‘Pump’ Review: The Pulse of Life

Across the animal kingdom, hearts vary widely—but they all keep the beat. Review by John J. Ross

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