"To an extent acknowledged by neither Churchill nor his previous biographers, Churchill's outlook--his political instincts, his understanding of the means and ends of power, his commitment to empire--was shaped decisively by his family, his friends, and adversaries, for good and for ill. Historian David Reynolds extricates the reality of Churchill from the legend, revealing a lifelong struggle to overcome his political shortcomings and his evolving...

"Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety shows to the muddy trenches of Ukraine's war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, Shuster tells the intimate and revealing story of the...