Penguin PressAn excerpt from The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter HesslerOn January 25, 2011, on the first day of the Egyptian Arab Spring, nothing happened in Abydos. There were no demonstrations, no crowds…15 min read·May 9, 2019----
Penguin PressPeter King’s Football Morning in AmericaBook Review: ‘Big Game’4 min read·Sep 18, 2018----
Penguin PressThe Speed Bump EffectAn excerpt from Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It22 min read·Apr 24, 2018----
Penguin PressTales of Two Americas: The Best of Times and Worst of Times in Today’s Divided Countryedited by John Freeman13 min read·Jan 23, 2018----
Penguin PressThe President vs. The Vice PresidentAn Excerpt from Gordon S. Wood’s Friends Divided12 min read·Dec 11, 2017----
Penguin PressLetters from World War I: My Fellow Soldiers by Andrew CarrollFrom the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters and Behind the Lines, My Fellow Soldiers draws on a rich trove newly uncovered…13 min read·May 24, 2017----
Penguin PressBrainwashed: Growing up in North KoreaAn excerpt from the memoir In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park.5 min read·Apr 17, 2017----
Penguin PressThe American healthcare system is for profit, not patientsAn excerpt from An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal7 min read·Apr 17, 2017--2--2
Penguin PressFifty Shades of Grey, the viral myth, and the truth about how things get popularAn excerpt from Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction13 min read·Feb 23, 2017--1--1
Penguin PressLove in a Second LanguageAn excerpt from When in French by Lauren Collins.11 min read·Dec 19, 2016----