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“Through it all, Deutsch is relentlessly honest about her experience.”

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“‘As Homo narrans, we aren’t just beings who are being told stories, but beings who tell and retell stories ourselves.’”

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“This book is a work of art, a tour de force of text and graphics that belongs in the personal library of everyone who values the moving image.”

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“Leslie does a fantastic job here of writing in a compelling way . . .”

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On Memorial Day in 2019, 35 years into a happy marriage, novelist Geraldine Brooks’ beloved husband Tony Horwitz drops dead on a Washington D.C. street.

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An engrossing book that inspires the reader to consider a life of adventure, history, science, or, in the case of some of the characters in this story, combinatio

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The Portable Feminist Reader is far from portable at nearly 600 pages, and is divided into nine sections.

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“Professor Ferling weaves the political, military, social, and economic aspects of the war seamlessly together into a highly readable narrative . . .”

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The first six months after Pearl Harbor were a very dismal time for America. Facing nothing but constant defeat at the hands of the Japanese Empire, America desperately needed heroes.

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First and foremost, Gothic Modern is a collection of essays intended to accompany a museum exhibition held at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and The National Museum in Oslo, N

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Freedom at Dawn shines in its ability to introduce an important, non-white historical figure and his courageous actions.”

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“Kingwell’s book is not meant to provide readers with easy answers for mending our nation’s fractured politics.”

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Conley’s new science of nature and nurture suggests that humanity is on the verge of a brave new world.”

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“a story of a brutal crime, a broken justice system, and after a long 15 years, redemption in a frigid Alaska town.

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As both muse and career manager of her husband Salvador, Gala Dalí was a central figure in one of the most interesting and provocative art movements of the 20th century, surrealism.

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For several decades, historians plumbing the depths of Native American history have enriched our understanding of their culture, lives, and travails.  

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“For art lovers and lovers of fine books, Monet: The Bigger Picture is an essential purchase. The work‘s  presentation and construction is a high art in itself.“

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On April 1, 2025, the new memoir by the lauded biographer Blake Bailey hits the bookstores.

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"Readers will find much to spark their curiosity."

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The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor Zmigrod is a book that must go to the top of your ‘to be read’ pile.

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“‘There is a lineage to the American hard right of today and to understand it, we need to understand its roots in the Red Scare.’” 

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“She was hounded by the Gestapo, which during the war visited her very often in the palace. Officers of the secret police demanded that she bring her children back to the Third Reich.

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“There is no middle ground with Andrea Dworkin. She writes with a force that compels a reader to think.”

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“The potential readership for this book is not limited to Austen fans—of which there are legions—but also to those interested in the work of women writers and . . .

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