From mystery and history to fiction and memoir, these are the titles that captivated Monitor reviewers this year.
Donald Trump’s new national security strategy turns history on its head, dismissing a Europe it says faces “civilizational erasure” and praising far-right parties that Moscow supports.
A Catholic author argued feminism functions as secular "megachurch" rivaling Christianity in a new book examining the movement's religious-like structure and doctrines.
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...
Tokyo and Beijing continued to trade barbs over a claim that China locked military radar on Japanese fighter jets.
Police have revealed new details after a man was stabbed inside a busy shopping centre in Sydney. The man was jailed after he ...
Boston will place affordable housing above three of its public libraries, reports Troy Aidan Sambajon in the Christian ...
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he’d reveal his country’s secrets. But first he had a game ...
Now that Thanksgiving festivities are behind us and Christmas tunes resound throughout shopping malls, it is a good time to ...
Lots of churches in the Global North are cerebral, shaped by the impact of the Enlightenment on culture. Other churches ...
The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has has got wagging after providing an update regarding its ...