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![The red, white and blue book jacket for John Rennie Short’s “Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals about America and Democracy,” which depicts a watermark-like image of the QAnon shaman holding an American flag.](jpg/book_insurrection0cdb.jpg?itok=FNs-CYSU)
Insurrection
Scott McLemee reviews John Rennie Short’s Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals about America and Democracy.
![The book cover for Anthony Grafton’s “Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.”](png/duplicate%20only%20(18)0d0d.png?itok=aMQ_zaSl)
The Scholar-Magician
Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.
![The book cover for Tessa Hill and Eric Simons’s “At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans,” featuring white text against a blue, ocean-like background.](png/duplicate%20only%20(17)5ceb.png?itok=GVGxF6wJ)
Knowing Our Fast-Changing Ocean
Scott McLemee reviews Tessa Hill and Eric Simons’s At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans.
![The spare black and white cover of Svend Brinkmann’s book, “Thing: In Defense of a Thoughtful Life.”](png/duplicate%20only%20(15)0c00.png?itok=nTqI1OUe)
In Defense of the Thoughtful Life
fsvScott McLemee reviews Svend Brinkmann’s Think: In Defense of the Thoughtful Life.
![The book cover of Carl Öhman’s “The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care.” The cover features an image of a human skull against a red background.](png/duplicate%20only%20(14)1aca.png?itok=Ak5m7m1P)
Between the Living and the Dead
Scott McLemee reviews Carl Öhman's “The Afterlife of Data.”
![The book cover for Jason Blakely's "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" features yellow lettering against the background of a black and white maze.](png/duplicate%20only%20(13)e791.png?itok=hJ1xpRvM)
Lost in Ideology
Scott McLemee reviews Jason Blakely’s Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life.
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Before the Court
The Supreme Court looms large in this spring’s university press releases, Scott McLemee writes.
![The book cover for Tobias Becker’s "Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia" features a pastel-like cloudy sky blending into a sandy ocean beach.](jpg/book_yesterday_014002.jpg?itok=GvofEcjP)
Good Old Nostalgia
Scott McLemee reviews Tobias Becker’s Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia.
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