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“perfect for anyone who loves film, Turner Classic Movies, PBS, or show business.”

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“What is family? Is it something we inherit, or is it something that we build? The book was the key to everything, the key to my life.

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The Eureka Factor is a plunge into the neuroscience of insight. Where do brainwaves come from? And how can we have more of them?

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When the state of Indiana recently passed the Orwellian-sounding Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015, little did the lawmakers and Governor Mike Pence expect a swift blowback.

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“What you say and what the other hears won’t coincide. There are gaps between . . . what we say and what we mean.”

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“Although the true strategic and tactical success of the American stand at Khe Sanh will continue to be debated . . .

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Fashion Lives should become a textbook or at least mandatory reading for all budding designers, future fashionphiles, and anyone who inhabits the fashion business or considers themselves a

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“For those who like history and drama, there is plenty of both in this novel, with good plot twists and turns.”

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Writer Dale Peck was a journalism student at Columbia University when he joined ACT-UP at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

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WOW and OMG come to mind after just having just completed Patricia Underwood: The Way You Wear Your Hat.

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“Poignant sometimes to point of inducing tears, Be Safe, Love Mom is not easy reading.”

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This is an artful, idiosyncratic book.”

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Black Broadway is a wonderful book. . . . lushly illustrated with oversized historic photographs . . . genius . . .”

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The year 2015 has started off in an unusual way for the world of fashion, especially when it comes to books.

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The New York based collective DIS, with its focus on art, pop culture, documentation, and exhibition, explores the roots and use of the selfie as an art form in their book DIS #artselfie.

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It’s Not Over is Michelangelo Signorile’s rallying cry to gay America that despite the huge victories of same-sex marriage, and gays and lesbians being able to serve openly in the military

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“a well-written story of a truly epic World War II fight . . .”

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“We don’t like mental illness. We have no time or desire to engage with it in others except as something to gawp at and to define ourselves against.”

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“Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning,” says Mary Norris. “I didn’t set out to be a comma queen.

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Here’s the thing about fashion, taste and style: for many of us who have lived a life of fashion we have learned that maybe two of those qualities can be taught in a cursory way at best.

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“Finlay is expert in her knowledge and delves beneath the superficial to reveal why colors captivate our imaginations.”

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This joint biography is fun to read and sheds enormous light on the relationship between two of the most influential women of the first half of the 20th century. Alice was social; Eleanor was not.

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“a must read for all healthcare professionals and a highly recommended read for patients and their families.”

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