By Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan Our critic on November’s best new books. By Sarah Weinman Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century.

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

In “Nationalism: A World History,” Eric Storm examines how nations became the dominant form of political organization of our era.

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