NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Elizabeth Drew
References to Watergate, impeachment, even Richard Nixon, are being tossed around these days as if they were analogous to the current so-called scandals. But the furors over the IRS, Benghazi, and...
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' by Katherine Boo won the 2012 nonfiction National Book Award and received almost universal critical praise.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The third book in the series, 'Dreams of Gods and Monsters,' will conclude the trilogy that started with Taylor's book 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone.'
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The student-inmates in my prison lit class were attracted to 'Gatsby' by scenes of opulence – and the thought of self-improvement.
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SALON
When it comes to autism, Grandin argues we're paying too much attention to labels -- and not enough to individuals
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NPR
In this Q&A, author Elliott Holt discusses her six favorite novels about expatriates. She also talks about what it's like to be in your 20s, and the importance of travel and exploration.
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NPR
There isn't enough time in this world to grow your own tree. That tree is a plum baby still, never mind it's tall as the house those men are taking from us. It grew up with me.
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NPR
Colin Broderick's new memoir, That's That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day "Troubles." Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him at the time.
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NPR
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
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CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW
Biographies of famous people are often huge, all-encompassing tomes of scholarly information. But a recent crop of books aims to introduce the youngest readers to key historical figures while explaining, in simple terms, some of their most...
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