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Children ages four to eight naturally ask a lot of “how” questions, and National Geographic Kids Little Kids First Big Book of How by Jill Esbaum attempts to answer every single one of the

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The well-known author and biographer, Claire Harman, has given us what could be the definitive biography on Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855).

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This fantastic book owes a great debt to Carl Sagan’s original Cosmos series and bestselling book.

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"poems that are truly memorable, full of sorrow yet open to redemption and beauty."

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Girl meets boy through an online dating account, and they take off to see the world after only a few weeks of dating.

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In a year when the electorate is embracing angry old white men, discovering that a dead white man who was best known for his roles in horror movies was not only a serious gourmet cook, but coauthor

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The travails experienced by transgender persons in the United States are receiving an increasing amount of publicity.

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In the 19th century there were many individuals who could be considered larger than life, particularly in the United States.

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“no less than a clarion call to the American people to rise up and release these ties that bind.”

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“For Christians wanting to understand the first followers of their faith, or the skeptic wanting to understand how this faith was formed, this book is a good place to start

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This book addresses the issue of societal transformation “from male to female dominance” drawing on a range of statistical sources, publications, and anecdotal experiences, plus eight stories “from

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In the interest of full disclosure, an uncle of this reviewer was present at Iwo Jima during the course of the main invasion and fighting there.

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The timing of the release of The Italian Art of Shoemaking: Works of Art in Leather is curious as it seems to encourage a comparison to a very recently released book honoring the anniversa

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Frank Horvat is considered to be one of the most influential and notable photographers of the 20th century, and yet he is not as well known as many of his colleagues.

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After the release of his quirky 2014 movie The Grand Budapest Hotel, director/writer Wes Anderson confessed to The Daily Telegraph in London, “I stole from Stefan Zweig,” though n

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In the United States, the current election season has brought forth a motley grab bag of presidential candidates.

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More Was Lost is a memoir of two parts; the first reads like a fairy tale and the second like a nightmare.”

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While academic readers interested in celebrity studies will want to pick up this slim volume, readers should be aware that the references made will be to primarily Indian culture and will be lost o

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Charles Moore’s second volume biography of Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher at Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow addresses her rise to the top and her stay there for eleven

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“as timely as the headlines in the morning newspaper with regard to one of the knottiest issues in modern jurisprudence.”

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Those readers interested in Napoleon will want to give this slim volume a pass—this is a book for academics interested specifically in leadership.

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Yaakov Wodzislawski was not quite 14 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. A Jew, he survived harsh ghetto life and a labor camp in his home town, Czestochowa.

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Anthologies by authors that reproduce previous writings do not always make the best reading and can appear unconnected, dated, and stale.

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