The Disappearing Act by Florence de Changy On 8 March 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and then disappeared. In the days that followed, the journalist Florence de Changy, then writing for
Le Monde, was sent to Malaysia to cover the incident. Immediately she witnessed an alarming mix of misleading statements and insensitivity towards the passengers’ families; the investigation was clearly overwhelming officials. In this eerie yet brilliant work of investigative journalism, de Changy pieces together the truth behind the greatest mystery in the history of modern aviation.
HarperCollins, 432pp, £14.99 The Librarian by Allie Morgan It is no overstatement to say that a new job at a library saved Allie Morgan, whose experiences of depression and trauma had left her disillusioned with life. From behind her new desk, she learned how the library saved its regulars, too: the residents of the local tenement flats who relied on the b
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Toni Morrison would have been 90 today.
Here’s what you should check out this weekend:
Big news in the universe: Remember when we talked about exploring life on Mars? Space nerds can watch the NASA livestream of Perseverance, the roving robot, landing on the red planet today. Learn about why this is a dangerous Mars landing and read up on what to know before you watch with this explainer from Smithsonian magazine. Thursday 2/18 at 2:15 PM; Free, watch it here.
Ethan Hawke's new book, "A Bright Ray of Darkness," is the work of a mature artist, one of the most interesting working today, writes Biblioracle columnist John Warner.