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“The Gift of Rest is not a book predominately about politics; rather, stories related to Senator Lieberman’s political work are used to demonstrate the conflicts that arise between

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“The sun has a heartbeat . . . is in fact a third generation star, . . . [and] The fate of our sun at the very end will not be a supernova, but . . .

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“Michelle Owens does not ‘presume to dictate something so personal’ as the ‘rules for making a garden.’ Rather, her stated intention in this delightful book is ‘to suggest ways to think abo

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“a fascinating, illuminating, engaging story of what it takes to be successful at the highest levels.

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“Such promise. Such disappointment. . . .

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“Simply put, a book that lingers, chapter after chapter, on the merits of other works, novels, shorts stories, memoirs and nonfiction, must itself be able to withstand comparisons to these

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“. . . one of the hardest books you will ever read because it is so devastating and harsh and truthful, . . .”

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“The author offers considerable insight into the political climate in the country at that time—particularly President Woodrow Wilson’s tormented conscience regarding entry into the fray.”

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“The book provides an academically oriented but clearly conveyed analysis of what earlier decades in the past century have judged right and wrong about Northern Irish women and their sexual

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“For the architect long out of school, yet still passionate about the profession, this series of extended essays should be a welcome addition to their reading lists.”

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“Yoani Sanchez is a remarkable woman.”

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“Alan Jacobs’ bright, broad paean to reading is a sort of secular prayer book. It instructs, exhorts, laments, reveres; it has great faith and—best of all—shows the Way.”

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An Ideal Wine is highly recommended for anyone wanting to know more about the California wine scene, both today and how it came to be that way.”

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“the . . . condition opened up a new life for him. ‘Amnesia,’ Mr. Zeman writes, ‘is God’s reset button.’”

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Écoutez et répétez. Listen and repeat.

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“Mr. Arquilla adds to his academic muscle with an enjoyable work that reads less like history and more like an adventure story.”

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“While Waltzing with the Enemy contains an historic and personal account of life during the Holocaust, it also delves into the lasting repercussions such tragedies provoke in futur

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“Setting up and arguing with a straw man is a good philosophical technique. The problem here is that the straw man appears to have won the argument.”

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“This biography is a comprehensive journal of Frederick Law Olmsted’s life written with great precision and exhaustive historical specifications; but these elements do not get in the way of

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I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl appears to be an example of the difficulty some poets have in translating poetic images into effective prose.

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