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The eye-catching, and perhaps misleading to many, title of Susanna Rustin’s book is brought to earth by its sober subtitle.

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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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"Based on Gore's research, it appears Opus Dei is not founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ and that would not be someone they would attempt to recruit because poor carpenters are not Op

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A magical and cleverly woven series, The Norendy Tales currently consists of two distinct titles: The Puppets of Spelhorst (Candlewick 2023) and The Hotel Balzaar.

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Blood Test may offer a dark view of aspects of middle America, but it is consistently amusing and is an expression of its author’s deep fascination with and love

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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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“This Bostwana series is reliably satisfying in how the ‘people problems’ eventually resolve, and Book 25 is no exception. . . .

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Ostensibly set in the mid-19th century American West, In the Distance actually exists somewhere in the realm between the unlikely and the impossible.

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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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“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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"The joke of daily things being scary to vampires is the clever core of the story."

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