Books

The Bridgehampton Museum’s new lecture series brings historians and authors of books with a historical focus for talks, Q&A sessions, and the inevitable wine and cheese.

New work based hard experience from a contributor of long standing.

Alafair Burke’s latest comes with a truckload of twists, turns, and entanglements — plus an East Hampton setting.

Mark Prins’s debut novel, “The Latinist,” is an academic thriller with interpersonal toxicity at full boil.

Bill Bratton’s memoir provides an excellent recap of a sensible top cop’s extraordinary record of crime reduction.

In “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace,” John Avlon’s argument is that Lincoln’s intentions following the Civil War demonstrate the true path to peacemaking after armed conflict.

Mel Brooks delivers what his title promises, exclamation point and all — an unedited account of a life that must have been fun to live, but can be a chore to read about.

Meet the Authors Night, a new monthly series from the Springs Historical Society and the Springs Library, brings Randye Lordon, known for her Sydney Sloane mysteries, to Ashawagh Hall on March 16 at 6 p.m.

In “Going There,” her memoir, Katie Couric spares no one, least of all herself, in coming clean on a 40-year career in on-air news reporting. 

The Shelter Island Library is offering a chance for poets to win some recognition and $1,000.

All the ethical quandaries of a Henry James novel transposed to Gardiner’s Island? Read on.

A new one from our man in Springs.