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Black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Michael Carney (standing left) with friends, and (seated) brothers Tom, Martin, and Paddy.

Recent books on evolution, island Ireland, Jonathan Swift, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections

An Aero L-39 Albatros (foreground) and Dassault Falcon 2000 over the Golden Gate Bridge

Jessica Ambats shoots air-to-air photographs of airplanes

Jessica Ambats '95 makes amazing photographs of airplanes from the air.

by Craig Lambert

Dean Norris, at right, in the television series <i>Breaking Bad</i> with Bryan Cranston

“Breaking Bad”’s Dean Norris is a prime-time stalwart

Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris ’85, a prime-time stalwart

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

illustration of praising books

Adam Kirsch reviews Lawrence Buell on the Great American Novel

A literary critic on the Great American Novel

by Adam Kirsch

Derek Reist's painting <i>Downtown Gold</i>

Cityscapes by Derek Reist feature sunlight and shadow

Sunlight and shadow star in Derek Reist’s urban landscapes.

by Steve Potter

The Atlantic’s Scott Stossel on anxiety

Scott Stossel ’91 probes anxiety in a personal, revealing, and funny book about a serious subject.

Poet and physician Rafael Campo relaxes at home with a book.

Alterrnative Medicine, poetry book by physician Rafael Campo

Rafael Campo, M.D., straddles medicine and metonymy.

by Stephen Burt

Who knew? One result of combining the profit motive with musicals: an American-Standard product tribute in song

Recent books on reading, Bernard Berenson, neutrino hunters, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections

Seedpods of <i>Magnolia x soulangeana</i> (dispersed by animals)

Seedpod photographs by Anna Laurent

Little packages of DNA that explode with beauty

by Craig Lambert