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Connecting emotionally with a memoir is a tricky thing.

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"Crystalline and poetic, philosophical and evocative, each short section of such brilliance it demands being savored and read over and over again."

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“offers moments of wonder, exploring how stars are built, the mysteries of time travel, and the composition of the universe.”

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For anyone who learned navigation before the advent of GPS and the ubiquitous blue line on cell phone maps, the use of map and compass to go from one place to another was as much an art as a scienc

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“speaks to both the mystery and thrill of becoming completely preoccupied with someone else and its accompanying pains and intense pleasures.”

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"a dramatic reading of how wars are fought and intelligence used."

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Lazarus Man turns an ancient biblical miracle into a modern story of how we can weather the worst so long as we have each other. . . .

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Throughout the 19th century, America dealt with the self-inflicted curse of slavery and its legacy in different ways, both before and after Emancipation.

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"a cogent and deeply disturbing exploration of today’s political and ideological landscape and the daunting challenges of transforming it."

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“Dying really didn’t hurt,” Navalny’s memoir begins, as he describes lying on the filthy floor of an airplane in August 2020 flying to Moscow from Tomsk, Siberia, where, he had been poisoned by Put

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“provides an outstanding primer to understanding Russia’s military and strategic mindset and why and how Russia is conducting military operations under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.”

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One might expect the 14-page Introduction to provide the author's raison d'être for the book but that doesn't happen.

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“one of the most beautiful and captivating collections of poetry about mental illness by a contemporary author.”

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“The warning here is clear. Overdevelopment of fragile, arid lands in places like the Intermountain and Desert Southwest is doomed to disaster.” 

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“a fascinating comparison between these two men and their development under the pressures of war.”

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“The book is beautiful from beginning to end. . . . She was a pioneer in her field of acting, modeling, and portraying her people in a positive light.”

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“Wilson succeeded as President of the United States with reforms outside of social issues that, then and now, were used to thwart needed change.”

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In 2002, Bill Zehme conducted the first interview with Johnny Carson since his retirement from The Tonight Show a decade earlier.

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With chapters named after each of Hemingway’s five greatest lovers, author Nancy W.

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“Fascinating and well-written, Eden Undone expertly weaves together this complex tale of a doomed utopian vision. It’s compelling and unsettling and hard to put down.”

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“For anyone interested in the B-29 and the men who flew it during the closing period of the war in the Pacific, this is a fascinating and deeply personal book . . .”

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If you’re looking for a juicy exposé about the Trump family, you won’t find it in this autobiography.

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“a narrative that’s deeply insightful and thoroughly convincing in its condemnation of the city of Greensboro, its police force, and the FBI for their complicity in a deadly Klan and Nazi a

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Luis Buñuel—the great Spanish Mexican film director—brought to the big screen the lives of homeless, derelict kids in Los Olvidados (The Forgotten). The movie was released in the US as

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“this is not a balanced and academic book, but it does provide a vibrant narrative for those already skeptical of the tech industry.”

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