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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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Urging the imperative “to distinguish between the desirable and the vital as well as between the feasible and the impossible,” Richard Haass forcefully, cogently, and compellingly makes the case th

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“Unmitigated seriousness has no place in human affairs.”

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“In all actions, consequences must be anticipated and personal responsibility taken.”

“We are the underminers. And this is our time.”

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“. . . pretty damned good . . .”

Sinemania! is a madcap of a thing—in the Schiaparelli sense of the word.

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“We—mainstream society—cannot afford to ignore their needs and potential contributions.”

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The Dean of Harvard Law School was famous for his mid-20th century opening day talk to first year law students, proclaiming “Look to the left of you, look to the right of you, one of the three of y

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