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Nonfiction: Did Max Boot Turn His Back on the Republican Party, or Did the Party Turn Its Back on Him?

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 2:30pm

In “The Corrosion of Conservatism,” Max Boot explains why, after many years, he changed his politics.

#9: The Power of Love: Sermons, reflections, and wisdom to uplift and inspire

Amazon Top Ten - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 1:34pm

The Power of Love: Sermons, reflections, and wisdom to uplift and inspire
Michael Curry (Author)

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'Punks Not Dead,' And Neither Is This Intrepid Granny

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 7:00am

David Barnett and Martin Simmonds' comic about a troubled teen haunted by the ghost of Sid Vicious really gets going when it introduces centenarian (but immortal) ghost-buster Dorothy Culpepper.

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By the Book: Elaine Pagels: By the Book

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 5:00am

The scholar and author, most recently, of “Why Religion?” tends to avoid reading science fiction: “Religious traditions already are packed with fantasy stories.”

Nonfiction: Thinking Clearly About Immigration

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 10/31/2018 - 2:00pm

Reihan Salam’s “Melting Pot or Civil War?” tries to lower the temperature of our heated immigration debate.

Essay: What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 10/31/2018 - 5:00am

Alec Nevala-Lee considers the science fiction writer’s concept of “psychohistory,” a fictional method for predicting the future dreamed up during turbulent times.

#10: Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)

Amazon Top Ten - Wed, 10/31/2018 - 4:31am

Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)
Michael Connelly (Author)
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#6: Hindsight: & All the Things I Can't See in Front of Me

Amazon Top Ten - Tue, 10/30/2018 - 10:30pm

Hindsight: & All the Things I Can't See in Front of Me
Justin Timberlake (Author)
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Nonfiction: Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 10/30/2018 - 2:30pm

“We Are the Nerds,” by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, tells the story of the popular internet platform whose unfettered embrace of free expression has proved controversial.

#7: Elevation

Amazon Top Ten - Tue, 10/30/2018 - 1:30pm

Elevation
Stephen King (Author)
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'Let The People See': It Took Courage To Keep Emmett Till's Memory Alive

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 10/30/2018 - 1:24pm

Historian Elliott J. Gorn's new book revisits the 1955 death and public funeral of the African-American teen. Critic Maureen Corrigan says it's a timely story about the fragility of collective memory.

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'The Proposal' Knocks It Out Of The Park

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 10/30/2018 - 7:00am

Jasmine Guillory's new romance kicks off with her heroine rejecting an over-the-top public proposal at a ball game — luckily, there's a hot, sensitive doctor on hand to help her with the backlash.

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Nonfiction: Did Max Boot Turn His Back on the Republican Party, or Did the Party Turn Its Back on Him?

#9: The Power of Love: Sermons, reflections, and wisdom to uplift and inspire

'Punks Not Dead,' And Neither Is This Intrepid Granny

By the Book: Elaine Pagels: By the Book

Nonfiction: Thinking Clearly About Immigration

Essay: What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future

#10: Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)

#6: Hindsight: & All the Things I Can't See in Front of Me

Nonfiction: Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit

#7: Elevation

'Let The People See': It Took Courage To Keep Emmett Till's Memory Alive

'The Proposal' Knocks It Out Of The Park

Nonfiction: The Founders Look at Modern America

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#6: Disconnected: How To Reconnect Our Digitally Distracted Kids

Front Burner: The Dish on Fishs Eddy

#7: Beastie Boys Book

Nonfiction: From Top Law School Grad to Notorious R.B.G.: The Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice

Nonfiction: Jill Soloway Goes Completely Transparent in a New Memoir

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