BOOKS: 'Accomplice to Evil'

John R. Coyne Jr.

The Devil and Tehran

Michael Ledeen has written prolifically and spoken eloquently on political extremism, terrorism and America's role in the world.

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• Obama's half brother recalls abusive father

  10 AM William Foreman ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about ... Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women'

  4 AM Marion Elizabeth Rodgers

  

  Every now and then, there appears a writer who has tracked a subject for so long through space and time that the resulting product ranks it superior to any of the facile interpretations or extended ... Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'Baseball Americana'

  4 AM James C. Roberts

  

  "Baseball Americana: Treasures From the Library of Congress" is a stunning book — lovingly illustrated with images and documents from the library's matchless collection. Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'The Sisters Who Would Be Queen'

  4 AM Muriel Dobbin

  

  Leanda de Lisle has called her book "a Tudor tragedy" and she cannot be accused of exaggeration. Cruelty and tragedy roll through her well researched pages, making clear that life in the Tudor days held ... Continue reading »

• BOOKS: 'The American Civil War: A Military History'

  4 AM John M. Taylor

  

  Winston Churchill once called the American Civil War the noblest and least avoidable of the great wars up to that time. Now, distinguished British historian John Keegan has turned his attention to North America's most ... Continue reading »