One of the best nonfiction books I’ve read is Too Big to Fail, a moment-by-moment reconstruction of the 2008 financial crisis by New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin. I was also a journalist during those frenetic days and was frankly envious of Sorkin’s extraordinary access to key figures that gave him a fly-on-the-wall view of how the U.S. economy nearly collapsed. I therefore had pretty high expectations for 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History – And

Here in New York City, it's still very cold and icy outside following this past weekend's blizzard. So, what better way to contemplate the elements than to snuggle up with a book about an even colder and snowier place — the Nordics! Extreme North , a 2022 book by historian Bernd Brunner, promises a sweeping cultural history of the world's northernmost regions. I wasn't familiar with this book until I picked up a copy in the sale section at my local bookstore. I’ve been intere