gleans at 2:30 PM MT, 7/6

 

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Wimbledon

Nadal Defeats Federer in a Classic Battle By REUTERS Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer’s five-year Wimbledon reign with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 victory in a rain-delayed match that stretched for nearly five hours.

 

'The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire' By PETER CLARKE  Reviewed by ISAAC CHOTINER  Peter Clarke shows how the end of British empire was hastened by the same Anglo-American alliance that was so successful in vanquishing fascism.

 

 

'High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families'

By PETER GOSSELIN
Reviewed by NOAM SCHEIBER

Peter Gosselin reports that setbacks like a serious illness or losing a job are now more likely to mean an economic disaster.

 

 

 

'The Wild Places'

By ROBERT MACFARLANE
Reviewed by HOLLY MORRIS

Robert Macfarlane hikes, climbs and swims through the British Isles in search of parts unspoiled.

 

 

 

'Hospital'

By JULIE SALAMON
Reviewed by D. T. MAX

Reporting from behind the scenes of a busy Brooklyn hospital.

• An Excerpt From 'Hospital' in The Times

 

 

 

'One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers'

By ANDREW HODGES
Reviewed by JORDAN ELLENBERG

An Oxford mathematician’s breezy tour through the integers and elsewhere.

 

 

EXPLORER | CZECH REPUBLIC; Cold War Legacy: Peaceful Hiking in Bohemia

By DAVID FARLEY