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SURVIVING SURVIVALSurvivors of traumatic events often do not recover without help from others, and Gonzales’ excellent book is an education... Full review >
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HOW CHILDREN SUCCEEDby Paul Tough
Well-written and bursting with ideas, this will be essential reading for anyone who cares about childhood in America. Full review >
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THE DANGEROUS ANIMALS CLUBA copiously examined life rendered with humor and heart. Full review >
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WALKING THE AMAZONby Ed Stafford
A gripping celebration of physical and mental endurance. Full review >
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LINCOLN'S CODETruly remarkable, composed with all the precision and insight you expect from a law professor, marked by all the elegance... Full review >
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WHEN AMERICA FIRST MET CHINAA rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that... Full review >
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THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPA brilliant exposition of the possibility of science and religion, each in its own way, contributing to a better world. Full review >
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ON A FARTHER SHOREA poignant, galvanizing, meaningful tribute. Full review >
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A REAL EMOTIONAL GIRLA contemplative, profoundly moving meditation on life, love and death. Full review >
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CITY OF PROMISESby Deborah Dash Moore & edited by Howard B. Rock & Annie Polland & Daniel Soyer & Jeffrey S. Gurock Diana Linden
Such a large historical project could have easily descended into tedious and dry academia, but instead, all three volumes... Full review >
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REINVENTING BACHby Paul Elie
The author’s passion, thorough research and imaginative heart produce one revelation after another. Full review >
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LIFE AFTER DEATHEssential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir. Full review >
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NOW ALL ROADS LEAD TO FRANCEThis diligently researched and masterfully written exposition will appeal to Anglophiles and fans of literary biography. Full review >
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THE LAST VIKINGA superb biography of a fiercely driven explorer who traveled across the last inaccessible areas on earth before technical... Full review >
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JUST PLAIN DICKIn that sense—and given the talk of “real” American-ness that persists today—Mattson’s excellent book is a timely companion... Full review >
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MORTALITYCertainly, Hitchens died too soon. May this moving little visit to his hospital room not be the last word from him. Full review >
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HOW MUSIC WORKSby David Byrne
Highly recommended—anyone at all interested in music will learn a lot from this book. Full review >
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EVERY LOVE STORY IS A GHOST STORYby D.T. Max
A stellar biography of a complicated subject: Max's portrait skillfully unites Wallace’s external and internal lives. Full review >
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DEADLINES AND DISRUPTIONInsightful and convivial account of a bright, bountiful life dedicated to words, information and wonder. Full review >
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THE FINE PRINTInvestigative journalism at its best, as Johnston seeks to comfort the afflicted while afflicting the comfortable. Full review >
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WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM?Not flawless, but one of the best recent analyses of the contemporary woes of American economics and politics. Full review >
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THE VOYEURSby Gabrielle Bell illustrated by Gabrielle Bell
Playfully drawn and provocatively written, the memoir reinforces Bell's standing among the first rank of the genre’s artists. Full review >
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CYNDI LAUPERby Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
A moving story of an American musical original. Full review >
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I'M YOUR MANTaking on a looming subject with intelligence and wit, Simmons manages to take the full measure of her man. Full review >
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