Nonfiction

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"part history, part murder mystery, part sea-going adventure—entirely captivating."

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“Richard Pavlick can now be discussed in the same breath with other of America’s would-be presidential assassins . . .”

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In her Acknowledgements, author Amy Gamerman writes, “A story like this comes along once in a lifetime.” Readers can be grateful that Gamerman was there when this story came along, and that she—as

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“This book shares two important lessons: Don’t take selfies with wild elephants or let fear keep you from your dreams.”

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“Lai’s story, Clifford writes, has ‘exposed the cruelty and barbarity of the Chinese communist system.’”

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Eva Payne’s invaluable study, Empire of Purity, sheds fresh light on a critical moment of U.S.

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"Ironic, isn't it, that people professing to be ‘Christians’ adamantly oppose the instructions and teachings of the person they claim to have accepted as their ‘personal savior.’"

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A Little Queer Natural History showcases species from across the animal kingdom, such as the bicolor parrotfish, which can change biological sex during its lifetime, or the western lowland

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“Our senses don’t lie. Nature is good for us, and Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health is a brilliant read.”

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“I found myself, in short, finding existing intolerable . . . I was in the grip of one might term a lethal neurosis.”

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Brimhall’s Love Prodigal presents her flayed heart from wounds inflicted during a divorce with poetic verse that will linger like a perfume of the ethereal realm.

The title, Devil in the Stack: A Code Odyssey, hints at a serious critique of coding and Big Tech, but what emerges is a sort of literary algorithm that fails to “compile”—that is, to tran

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“offers a vivid portrayal of colorful, controversial politicians—figures less concerned with governance than with self-preservation, headline-grabbing antics, and stoking public outrage.”

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"an exceptional job bringing this complicated and compelling history to light"

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A convincing portrait of the artist as a young man—defiant, reckless, ruthless, and teeming with talent and ambition—Dead Air packs delights worthy of its subject

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The vibrant, highly graphic cover and satisfying dense shape and weight of Michael Craig-Martin: The Complete Prints and Multiples certainly signal that this is the definitive cof

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“There is a kind of sterility, a lifelessness, that emanates from his career, a reflection of the spiritual barrenness that marks power seekers.

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“Pamuk compels the reader to gaze at his colorful drawings and, almost like an afterthought or footnote, offer a paragraph or line of wisdom or autobiographical insight on each page . .

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“documents the show, but goes beyond the confines of that experience to deliver a richer, more complete picture of the curator’s thesis through deeply researched, informative essays and com

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Trial by Ambush is a historic case study of prosecutorial behavior at one of its ugliest moments—a moment that served no one, not the innocent, the guilty, or society in general.”

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“offers hours of entertainment in bites of a few minutes’ time. It will, no doubt, find a deserved place on many a bedside table . . .”

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“Oller has produced another work of dramatic reality and reading far superior to Hollywood myth and popular misunderstandings.”

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“‘They don’t elect us. If they don’t like what we’re doing, it’s more or less just too bad.’”

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“a compelling journey of a fascinating spirit seeped in history, nostalgia, and legend.”

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