May/June 2019

Every month, Amazon staffers sift through hundreds of new books searching for gems. Here’s what Amazon editor Chris Schluep chose especially for Post readers this summer.

This time, his tall tales could cost him a lifelong job.

A therapist describes the shocking leap from the abstraction of training to the real world of doing.

Step into the jury room of Rockwell’s The Holdout, in a haze of smoke and unbending wills.

From the archives: An American soldier on why he was fighting so far from home.

How would you rule?

Until recently, the choice was binary: mechanical or quartz. Then Apple crashed the party.

Pickling looked fun, Ed likes pickled food, and he had jars. It was meant to be.

Following years of meticulous top-secret planning the success of the greatest military operation in history still came down to one thing no one could control: weather.

With summer just around the corner, spice up mealtime with fresh ideas from our celebrity chef.

Why you get more done when you works less.

When families can’t afford beds, Suzanne Broad makes their dreams come true.

Fake news and smoking guns made the Kansas town a symbol of frontier lawlessness.

Joe Gutheinz is on a quest to recover the missing or stolen lunar samples collected by America’s space program.

The current lifestyle trend says minimalism is in and clutter is out, but what if you happen to like all your chaos? From the May/June 2019 issue.

When Philip Gulley was a kid, no self-respecting adult would be caught dead riding a bicycle.

Turns out, salt is good for your brain.

When news came that the Boer women of South Africa were fighting alongside men in their war against the British, the Post applauded.

Noted film critic Bill Newcott, creator of AARP’s “Movies for Grownups,” offers his picks.

In this jewel of a country, the light seems brighter, the leaves greener, and the sky bluer.

Test your language skills on these summer puzzlers.

Medicine’s ever-increasing focus on longevity is bad for society, says a prominent physician. (But, who’d voluntarily give up those bonus years?)

At the turn of the century, Post editors saw a dangerous trend in stately old trees being cut down to make way for paved roads, and responded with this sardonic editorial.

Historian John McManus explains how the invasion marked a turning point in America’s relationship with the rest of the world.