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A FREE MANby Aman Sethi
Alternately sad, defiant, carefree and understated, this journey into a world hidden in plain sight is well worth taking. Full review >
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GOD'S HOTELThe author’s compelling argument for Laguna Honda’s philosophy of “slow medicine” will make readers contemplate if perhaps... Full review >
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BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERSThe best book yet written on India in the throes of a brutal transition. Full review >
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FIRE IN THE ASHESCleareyed, compassionate and hopeful. Full review >
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TWILIGHT OF THE ELITESA provocative discussion of the deeper causes of our current discontent, written with verve and meriting wide interest. Full review >
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PREDATOR NATIONA deeply argued call to action from a lucid, impassioned polemicist. Full review >
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WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUYAn exquisitely reasoned, skillfully written treatise on big issues of everyday life. Full review >
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DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLTby Chris Hedges & illustrated by Joe Sacco
A call for a new American revolution, passionately proclaimed. Full review >
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NIGHTCAP AT DAWNby J.B. Walker
A bracing cooperative effort taking readers as close to war as humanly possible. Full review >
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QUIETby Susan Cain
An intriguing and potentially life-altering examination of the human psyche that is sure to benefit both introverts and... Full review >
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WHEN GOD TALKS BACKAn erudite discussion both profoundly sympathetic and richly analytical. Full review >
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WAITA fascinating addition to the study of decision-making. File alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely and other similar... Full review >
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VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYLIn each chapter, Blackwell finds he loves the polluted places for all the ways they aren’t ruined. With great verve, and... Full review >
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DRIFTWith humor and verve, Maddow lays a solid basis for that hoped-for interview with Cheney (fingers crossed). Full review >
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FULL BODY BURDENSuperbly crafted tale of Cold War America’s dark underside. Full review >
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TWELVE PATIENTSAn exquisite—and often exquisitely depressing—patchwork of joy and pain. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES
THE HUNT FOR KSMby Terry McDermott & Josh Meyer
A surprising, sobering look at one of the deadliest terror networks in history and the American spy agencies charged with... Full review >
FULL REVIEW >BUSINESS
PRIVATE EMPIREby Steve Coll
Leaks, reserves, PACs, hydrofracking, bloated corporate profits and more: all pertinent concerns nicely handled by Coll in... Full review >
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HOW TO BE A WOMANRapturously irreverent, this book should kick-start plenty of useful discussions. Full review >
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HOUSE OF STONEA complicated, elegiac, beautiful attempt to reconcile the physical bayt (home) and the spiritual. Full review >
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BAILOUTA courageous, insightful book that offers no cause for optimism. Full review >
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