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In her latest essay collection, We’re Alone, award-winning Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat has shared eight powerful essays that bring to life Haiti’s history and culture, the Haitian dias

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“The Indian Card is about growing up as an enrolled Native American and what that means, from the harsh treatment in Indian schools to hardly making any difference

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Negotiating the terms of grief and time, Mojave Ghost, by Forrest Gander, creates an atmosphere suffused with intellectual rigor and emotional rawness.

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In her first memoir, The Places We Left Behind, Jennifer Lang attempted to examine, in a series of short reflections and vignettes, her complex but loving relationship with her French-born

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“In his latest book War, Woodward’s obvious purpose is to help Kamala Harris defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming 2024 election.”

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“Using a wealth of information and his own naval background, the author makes a convincing case that really transforms the traditional views of the American victory at Midway.”

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“we may notice the profound and exhausting connections between the eternal and the everyday.

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“Even if you don’t happen to love opera, it’s possible to appreciate how the medium works to create a visceral, moving experience.

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“More than any Lewis biography to date, John Lewis: A Life captures that life’s complex, magnificent, and underappreciated second act.”

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written with sharp humor the perspective of someone who’s seen it all and knows it.”

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“a timely, sensitive, informative, and important memoir, particularly for those who are straddling the political fence . . .”

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“The cuisine of Iran, with origins dating back centuries, is arguably one of the most sophisticated in the world, offering an incredible array of dishes.

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A serious cookbook with luscious photos and easy-to-follow receipts (more about that later), Stephen and Evie McGee Colbert still manage to have fun, their individual repartee introducing each dish

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“part memoir, part travelogue, part guide for writers, part polemic.”

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In The Use of Photography, the Nobel Prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux, following up on her recent book, The Young Man, continues her reporting of transient love affairs wi

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“tells the story of one of England’s most successful monarchs, especially given the challenges he faced on his way to the throne.”

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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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