From homework to presentations, when a group of students gather to complete a task, things don’t always run smoothly, and the person in charge just has to deal with it. Queena Lau Kei-kwan, 18 ...
It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.
By Linda Holmes Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has ...