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The rewards are slight in new politically-minded books by a pair of shrewd and perceptive women.
Notwithstanding the book’s research foundation, albeit colorfully amplified with personal and historical anecdotes, as a civilizational story Inheritance is a lightweight effort.
“The Horse” probes the psyche of a man who believes, despite all that has happened to him, in the possibility of renewal.
From a rollicking, multicultural family dinner, to a walk through the zoo, to precious together time between a mother-and-son, to a new dress for a toy bunny, these books introduce readers to the many ways families spread love.
Amy Leach’s book may help you understand the rewards of Christian fundamentalism for its followers — and how much richer a non-fundamentalist life can be.
This collection of observational essays by online musical theater parodist and insta-celebrity Randy Rainbow is a Birkin bag full of snarky social commentary about the most pressing issues facing the US, from dancing TikTok grandmas to Donald Jessica Trump.
“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
A translator must meet a compelling need — to reinvent Franz Kafka’s voice in an English that resounds in the present moment.
This collection of essays, excerpts, letters, and a few poems is a powerful and necessary tool for educating anyone willing to learn about — and confront — the injustice and hypocrisy of our country’s monstrous system of incarceration.
Book Review: Neoliberal Soup for the Fledgling Capitalist Soul — “The Algebra of Wealth”
Serious individuals of all stripes seeking candid yet pragmatic life, career, and financial guidance will find much to savor in this book.
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