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JAMerica is a fascinating read . . .”

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From Project to Object might be an apt subtitle for this glorious love letter about one of the most revered and notable jewelers or “maisons of jewelry” that the world will ever know.

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Annick Cojean documents certain abuses of power during the Gaddafi regime in Libya—a period of more than 40 years.

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“. . . exciting, provocative, and even dangerous . . .”

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Fashion House is an ambitious undertaking on a subject that has probably entered every fashioncentric person’s mind at one time or another: How does a certain designer live his or her life

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“A highly readable account of a war Europe completely misjudged in terms of bloodshed and cost . . .”

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“Mr. Butler is to be applauded.”

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“In Wild Cards, both the premise and the hero are irresistible.”

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“. . . an extraordinarily valuable compendium of insight and perspective . . .”

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If you are one of those folks who feels it’s never too early to shop for holiday gifts, get this beguiling little book for the dog lover on your list.

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“. . . thoroughly researched, cogently argued, and elegantly expressed . . .”

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“. . . educates and entertains in equal measure, . . .”

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Somehow, it does not seem quite prudent, fair, or even possible to assess Salinger, David Shields and Shane Salerno’s Double-Whopper-with-Cheese biography of J. D.

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“. . . an excitingly different read.”

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In the opening essay of Distant Reading, Franco Moretti advances the provocative question, “Would there be Shakespeare, had England not been an island?”

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“You have to admire their consistent and scientific approach; other commentators basically just wing it.”

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