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Social life and customs

The Odd Couple

by Jean Stein,

From West of Eden: An American Place, an oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by Jean Stein, published this month by Random House. Stein is the author of Edie:…

Demoniac Babble

by Estelle Hanania,

The Queen and I

by Tanya Gold,

The awful seduction of the British monarchy

Blast from the Past

by Nat Segnit,

The Battle of Waterloo turns 200

The Counterparty

by Elisabeth Zerofsky,

Can Bosnia escape the stranglehold of ethnic politics?

Cattle Calls

by Ted Conover,

The vanishing breed of the country vet

Pakistan in Miniatures

by Sage Mehta,

Can the artists of Lahore keep violence at bay?

Barrow Cabin 07

by Eirik Johnson,

Romancing Kano

by Glenna Gordon,

Photographs from northern Nigeria

The Story of a New Name

by Anna Badkhen,

By Anna Badkhen, from Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah, out this month from Riverhead Books. Badkhen is the author of several previous books, including…

House of Fire

by Nell Freudenberger,

Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?