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What happens when the world’s greatest mystery writer is asked to solve a real murder? Not exactly what you would expect.

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“Alice Sparberg Alexiou makes us miss the Bowery— more than we ever knew we could.”

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“These poems glow with interiority—profound, intense, spiritual.”

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What can we learn about the current president of the United States from his children?

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“a powerful book that delves deep into a seriously deranged mind.”

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“wonderful photos and illustrations make this book entertaining . . .”

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“let’s also turn back to myth, reframing our scientific narrative within the history of the stories we tell ourselves about what we’re still trying to understand.”

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In 1346 Edward of Woodstock commanded the frontline at the Battle of Crécy, his father King Edward III of England, intentionally left him unsupported to win the battle, so he could “earn his spurs”

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“Although science is under siege,” Offit writes toward the end of the book, “science advocates are fighting back.”

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“The Boys of Fairy Town is an informative, entertaining, and often eye-opening book that examines the complexity of male queer culture in one of the nation’s most

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Learning a new language can be daunting, but Chineasy for Children makes it fun, if not exactly easy.

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First things first: Michèle Mendelssohn’s Making Oscar Wilde is not a biography.

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David Lynch, Nudes by David Lynch is a lavishly produced book of contemporary photographic art.

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“an unsettling resonance that more triumphantly framed survivor stories rarely achieve.”

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“In spite of the tragedy and difficulty of reading about man’s inhumanity to man, this should be required reading for all . . .”

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Readers may open this book expecting to find a familiar story.

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“Duberman’s book is deliberately uncomfortable. It raises difficult questions, and does not provide easy answers.”

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“delightful and original.”

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These are the first words you read upon opening this book:

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“I believe that the principal reason we are on this planet is to have our noses constantly rubbed in our obligation to care about people who are strangers to us.

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Verdi’s life was the stuff operas are made of: sex scandals, political turmoil, creative pitfalls, testy divas, and meddling producers, but nothing stopped him from becoming the most famous opera c

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Scientific literacy is important, so it’s no surprise that Guy P.

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“I got the Simpsons job the same way I got a wife,” writes Mike Reiss. “I was not the first choice, but I was available.”

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