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OCT. 22, 2012
Alternately sad, defiant, carefree and understated, this journey into a world hidden in plain sight is well worth taking. Full review >
JUNE 4, 2012
APRIL 26, 2012
The author’s compelling argument for Laguna Honda’s philosophy of “slow medicine” will make readers contemplate if perhaps... Full review >
FEB. 7, 2012
The best book yet written on India in the throes of a brutal transition. Full review >
AUG. 28, 2012
Cleareyed, compassionate and hopeful. Full review >
JUNE 12, 2012
A provocative discussion of the deeper causes of our current discontent, written with verve and meriting wide interest. Full review >
MAY 22, 2012
A deeply argued call to action from a lucid, impassioned polemicist. Full review >
FEB. 7, 2012
APRIL 24, 2012
An exquisitely reasoned, skillfully written treatise on big issues of everyday life. Full review >
JUNE 18, 2012
A call for a new American revolution, passionately proclaimed. Full review >
APRIL 1, 2012
A bracing cooperative effort taking readers as close to war as humanly possible. Full review >
JAN. 24, 2012
An intriguing and potentially life-altering examination of the human psyche that is sure to benefit both introverts and... Full review >
MARCH 27, 2012
An erudite discussion both profoundly sympathetic and richly analytical. Full review >
JUNE 26, 2012
A fascinating addition to the study of decision-making. File alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely and other similar... Full review >
JUNE 5, 2012
In each chapter, Blackwell finds he loves the polluted places for all the ways they aren’t ruined. With great verve, and... Full review >
APRIL 3, 2012
With humor and verve, Maddow lays a solid basis for that hoped-for interview with Cheney (fingers crossed). Full review >
JUNE 5, 2012
Superbly crafted tale of Cold War America’s dark underside. Full review >
JULY 10, 2012
An exquisite—and often exquisitely depressing—patchwork of joy and pain. Full review >
MARCH 26, 2012
A surprising, sobering look at one of the deadliest terror networks in history and the American spy agencies charged with... Full review >
MAY 1, 2012
Leaks, reserves, PACs, hydrofracking, bloated corporate profits and more: all pertinent concerns nicely handled by Coll in... Full review >
JULY 17, 2012
Rapturously irreverent, this book should kick-start plenty of useful discussions. Full review >
FEB. 28, 2012
A complicated, elegiac, beautiful attempt to reconcile the physical bayt (home) and the spiritual. Full review >
JULY 24, 2012
A courageous, insightful book that offers no cause for optimism. Full review >
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