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“Whatever you take away from this book, I hope the woman you walk alone with is one you can trust even more now.

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Nearly 80 years since Hiroshima and 40 years since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine, some citizens of the world have become complacent about the

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“a jumping off point for anyone interested in a bird’s-eye view of women sculptors.”

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In a time when every designer seems to be getting their first, if not second or third, coffee table book, it was only a matter of time before Christian Siriano received a follow-up volume to Dr

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“argues successfully that hope is rational and can be cultivated as a skill, instead of being purely emotional and naive.”

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"Readers will not agree with everything he writes, but isn't that the whole point of a book like this?

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"For those wondering why they should bother to vote, these pages effectively dramatize why it matters and the cost we all pay when elections aren't free and fair."

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“a compelling story of the destruction and vileness [the protagonists] set in motion and the efforts to finally bring them to justice.”

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On page 173 of Teresa Wong’s excellent new graphic memoir All Our Ordinary Stories, we learn that monarch butterflies take multiple generations to compl

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"Historically women are taught that it is unladylike to call attention to themselves and one should always defer to men, and this book offers evidence-based rebuttals to th

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In an era more susceptible than ever to cults of personality elevating the foolish and the dangerous, America First recounts a cautionary tale well worth knowing.

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“Leavitt gives an intimate, honest depiction of how she moves from the blackest days slowly into the sunlight. There is no way out of grief other than through it.”

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“The legion of admirers of Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant films will find The Last Dream an interesting supplement to his body of cinematic work.”

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Why We Love Football is Joe Posnanski’s latest in a series of sports books that include Why We Love Baseball and The Baseball 100.

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“the Bronx surely is a cornucopia of stories, and it’s hard to imagine anyone who could tell those stories with more clarity, optimism, and love.”

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Thomas Piketty is a French economist who got his PhD at the London School of Economics and began his teaching career at MIT.

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“What did it mean to be American Jew when the country seemed on the verge of implosion?”

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“Silver takes on the ambitious goal of reconciling the two groups that he sees driving America’s divisiveness.”

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“an education, a history lesson, a whodunit, and a wonderful introduction to the world of art—and crime.”

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Danez Smith is a well-recognized poet from Minnesota. After two years of “artistic silence,” Smith comes out with Bluff, a collection of over 50 poems.

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“should be considered as a great, unit-driven classroom text for young people as it offers inroads to a variety of artists across numerous mediums from around the world.”

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“So why did the world need another film poster book? The answer is fairly simple: because the public will love it.”

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“Boot’s biography is not compelling, nor does it reveal the real Ronald Reagan.”

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“With Scandals, we are here to respect the camp, and the irreverent, flamboyant, and countercultural ethos. Osman’s willingness to defy expectations is admirable.”

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“For the interested casual reader who loves history, The Muse of History is a worthy read . . .”

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