Nonfiction

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“Mr. Wendel engagingly presents the facts of what was a game-changing year in American history for baseball, . . .”

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“How many other magazines of any kind of during that era that included articles about Zen Buddhism, diamond shopping, and art appreciation—all with a masculine slant?”

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“It’s comforting to know that the people we rely on care about us and their work with all their hearts.

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“Ms. Emling’s riveting new biography reveals in page-turning prose the life-balance struggles of a true genius.”

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“. . . not about brands; he is about style, make, quality, fabric, as well as type of manufacture including machine made, hand finish, handmade, and bespoke.

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“Perhaps because of his peripatetic upbringing, David Hockney allowed himself to take risks with new media and ideas.”

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“This Pulitzer Prize winner’s universal appeal . . . shines through in Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake . . .”

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evasive, cloying, and from time to time even ponderous. . . . completely oblivious memoir”

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“. . . a primer into the world of haute couture . . . ”

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“exhausting . . . The next time an economist invites you to lunch to talk about food . . . Consult your calendar and then reply, ‘How ’bout never? Is never good for you?”

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“gripping . . . find out how American taxpayers, insurance premium payers, and patients are literally getting mistreated. . . . No one is spared.

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“There are very few designers who can claim this much of a lasting influence in a business where change is worshiped.”

Let’s talk “Schaip!”

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“entertaining and eclectic, engaging and informative.”

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“. . . brings some balance into the picture, and fans would do well to add it to their understanding of their National Game.”

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“Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation from the 1950s to Hollywood Today (quite the mouthful, that) is essential reading.”

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“Considering adding to your collection of Civil War books? Mr.

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“The basic theme of the book is that one comes to know God in a learning process. . . . an insightful, sensitive, and compassionate study . . .”

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“In Pursuit of the Unknown is a really fun read. . . . Ian Stewart is a genius . . .”

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“The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present is definitely one book that it is quite all right to skim.”

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