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CITYby P.D. Smith
As exciting, sprawling and multifarious as a shining city on a hill. Full review >
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THE COST OF HOPEA moving, beautifully written chronicle of true love and a clarion call for health-care reform. 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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FULL BODY BURDENSuperbly crafted tale of Cold War America’s dark underside. Full review >
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LIVING, THINKING, LOOKINGAt once stimulating and warmhearted, with sentences of drop-dead beauty and acuity on nearly every page. Full review >
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THE MANSION OF HAPPINESSby Jill Lepore
A superb examination of the never-ending effort to enhance life, as well as the commensurate refusal to ever let it go. Full review >
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THE PRICE OF INEQUALITYAn impassioned argument backed by rigorous economic analysis. Full review >
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TUBESby Andrew Blum
A fascinating and unique portrait of the Internet not as "a physical world or a virtual world, but a human world." 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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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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WAITA fascinating addition to the study of decision-making. File alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely and other similar... Full review >
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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGSby Mark Twain & edited by R. Kent Rasmussen
A compact, generous entry into the comic sensibility of a thoughtful, adventurous life. Full review >
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BARACK OBAMAMaraniss stresses that Obama’s Muslim ancestors encompass only one facet to his complex, fascinating makeup. Another in the... Full review >
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THE (HONEST) TRUTH ABOUT DISHONESTYby Dan Ariely
Ariely writes in a conversational tone one might associate with a popular teacher, providing readers with a working... Full review >
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I AM SPARTACUS!by Kirk Douglas
An entertaining and informative look at the troubled gestation of a film of both artistic and social significance. Full review >
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THE SECOND WORLD WARA work of vast research, depth and insight—perhaps too vast for some readers. Full review >
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