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REVIEW: ‘The Conundrum’ by David Owen
Green is the color of the twenty-first century. The Jonses are now toting their new eco-friendly tech toys in reusable shopping bags to their ridiculously shaped Prius with the word HYBRID plastered on each
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REVIEW: ‘Treasure Island!!!’ by Sara Levine
Sara Levine turns the adventure novel on its head in her new book 'Treasure Island!!!'. The novel is a humorous and thoughtful look at today's post-collegiate twenty-something with overreaching expectations
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REVIEW: ‘The Marriage Plot’ by Jeffrey Eugenides
'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides fails to deliver on the same level of quality as his previous works
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REVIEW: ‘The Twoweeks’ by Larry Duberstein
The writing of Larry Duberstein is in fine form through much of 'The Twoweeks' but weaknesses in the plot make it hard to enjoy the fine passages at the heart of this novel
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REVIEW: ‘The Train of Small Mercies’ by David Rowell
David Rowell's first novel focuses on the lives of six families as they face personal crises along the route of Robert Kennedy's funeral train
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REVIEW: ‘You Deserve Nothing’ by Alexander Maksik
I will let you know, before you read any further, that 'You Deserve Nothing' by Alexadenr Maksik is the best new book I have read in quite a while. I would suggest—if my recommendation
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REVIEW: ‘Tension City’ by Jim Lehrer
Host of PBS NewsHour and perennial presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer has put together an anecdotal history of the televised presidential debate, from the groundbreaking first that pitted John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon
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REVIEW: ‘Spit Back a Boy’ by Iain Haley Pollock
A student of MIT once remarked that attending that particular institution as an undergraduate was much like taking a drink of water from a firehose. The same could be said about reading Iain Haley
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REVIEW: ‘Supergods’ by Grant Morrison
Comic book writer Grant Morrison explores the relationship between superheroes and humans in his first nonfiction book "Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being
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REVIEW: ‘The Greatest Brigade’ by Thomas Craughwell
In the fine tradition of Irish exaggeration—I am sure we all recall the unfortunately-titled 'How the Irish Saved Civilization'—comes 'The Greatest Brigade' by Thomas J. Craughwell. Fortunately, like his predecessor Thomas Cahill, Mr.
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