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“Watching the trials, ‘Is drama in its purest form . . .’”

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“I stare into the eyes of the patient sitting in front of me . . .

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“The Oxford debate is but one worthy page in that unending story of humans understanding the world they live in.”

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Since the beginning of maritime trade, bands of pirates, privateers, or brigands have plundered ships.

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“. . . an admiring, but not uncritical, portrait of one of the great national security ‘experts’ of the second-half of the 20th century.”

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“Charlotte Markey, PhD, speaks to those who let dissatisfaction with their bodies gnaw away at their happiness and prevent them from living their best lives.”

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“a compelling look at a dynamic trailblazer who broke into a field that was male dominated and leading the way for other women . . .”

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“For the general reader or the beginning scholar of the ancient world on the path to become more, The Missing Thread is one of the works that makes a good starting point.”

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a fascinating read that reveals the importance of horses in world history.”

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“Bernstein balances a keen sense of moral outrage with an impassioned commitment to facts and the historical record. . . .

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Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America’s Greatest Female Impersonator depicts vividly, and in great detail, the extraordinary career of Julian Eltinge (1881–1941), born William Da

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This charmingly produced little book is a new volume in the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series put out by Princeton University Press that aims to show how our contemporary preoccupat

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It may seem simple and trite to start off a review by saying, “WOW,” so please forgive the cliché, but: WOW.

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“But just as a drowned body will rise to the surface, whatever is repressed will always return.”

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“It is a long story set to music, a rich and jeweled history sung to the rhythm of the decades, each poet making a case for joy . . .”

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The Rev. William J. Barber II is one of the nation’s foremost civil rights and anti-poverty leaders. Although African American, he has always insisted on a multiracial agenda in his activism.

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Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, has written a hybrid book that combines family history, a wider examination of China through the ages, snippets of reportage

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“an exceptional account of the impact of trauma, the struggle for healing, and the very real chance to find freedom.”

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“an exciting, disturbing portrait of Hollywood’s cultural power during its heyday.” 

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Tiger, Tiger is not the first, nor will it most likely be the last, attempt to write the definitive biography of Tiger Woods, arguably the greatest golfer in the history of the game.

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“Muir’s ideas on race and religion . . . were far from remarkable and very much congruous with contemporaneous ideological hegemony. What stands out . . .

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“Buckle your seatbelts and look forward to the futuristic ride of your lifetime.”

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We Refuse goes a long way to helping us understand an important part of our national past, slavery, racism and resistance.” 

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