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GOOD PROSEby Tracy Kidder ; Richard Todd
Other writing guides have more nuts-and-bolts advice, but few combine the verve and plainspokenness of this book, which... Full review >
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P.G. WODEHOUSEby P.G. Wodehouse edited by Sophie Ratcliffe
Editor Ratcliffe’s (On Sympathy, 2009) generous annotations and judicious edits give scope to a rich, brilliant, happy,... Full review >
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THE UNIVERSE WITHINby Neil Shubin
An intelligent, eloquent account of our relations with the inanimate universe. Full review >
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FAREWELL, FRED VOODOOby Amy Wilentz
An extraordinarily frank cultural study/memoir that eschews platitudes of both tragedy and hope. Full review >
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THE REENACTMENTSby Nick Flynn
Flynn’s determination to better understand his life through the act of writing and remembering has yielded a truly... Full review >
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THE DISASTER DIARIESby Sam Sheridan
An upbeat and entertaining survival guide for the end of the world. Full review >
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NAKED STATISTICSA delightful, informative guide to an often-intimidating subject. Full review >
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ENGINEERS OF VICTORYby Paul Kennedy
An absorbing new approach to a well-worked field. Full review >
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THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKSEven though her refusal to give up her bus seat sparked a revolution, Rosa Parks was no accidental heroine. She was born to... Full review >
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USEFUL ENEMIESA richly researched, gripping narrative about war, suffering, survival, corruption, injustice and morality. Full review >
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UNKNOWN PLEASURESby Peter Hook
Electric transmissions from a bygone era, etched in blood by someone who was there in body and spirit. Full review >
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THE WORLD IS MOVING AROUND MEby Dany Laferrière translated by David Homel
Nonfiction with the resonance of literary fiction and the impact of real tragedy. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES
GOING CLEARA patient, wholly compelling investigation into a paranoid “religion” and the faithful held in its sweaty grip. Full review >
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FIVE MYTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONSby Ward Wilson
A provocative reframing of a problem that still awaits a solution. Full review >
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THE FUTUREby Al Gore
Provocative, smart, densely argued—and deserving of a wide audience and wider discussion. Full review >
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