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Our Faltering Vigilance: Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny

The lessons of history must not be forgotten if our democracies are to survive the current crisis.

Aug 5, 2017

Our Faltering Vigilance: Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny

Aug 5, 2017

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Strange News out of Essex: The Essex Serpent — Sarah Perry

Gothic but cheerful, drawing inspiration from Victorian paleontology and the King James Bible, this a strange and lovely book.

Jun 24, 2017

Strange News out of Essex: The Essex Serpent — Sarah Perry

Jun 24, 2017

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In the Aftermath: Hisham Matar’s The Return

A moving, and thought provoking journey into the remains of Qaddafi’s Libya.

May 8, 2017

In the Aftermath: Hisham Matar’s The Return

May 8, 2017

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First Create the Universe: Julian Guthrie’s How to Make a Spaceship

Innovation, inspiration, and the minds that dreamed the private space industry into existence.

Apr 9, 2017

First Create the Universe: Julian Guthrie’s How to Make a Spaceship

Apr 9, 2017

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The Tempo of Friendship: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet

A story that does not have a plot as a life, with a life’s ambiguities and digressions.

Apr 2, 2017

The Tempo of Friendship: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet

Apr 2, 2017

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The Most Astonishing Fact: Stefan Klein’s We Are Stardust

Scientists can be the best poets

Mar 28, 2017

The Most Astonishing Fact: Stefan Klein’s We Are Stardust

Mar 28, 2017

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A Matter of Perspective: Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland

The ongoing relevance of life in two dimensions

Mar 25, 2017

A Matter of Perspective: Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland

Mar 25, 2017

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A Curated Life: Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum

A long look at life, memory, and York, the city of Kate Atkinson’s birth.

Mar 18, 2017

A Curated Life: Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Mar 18, 2017

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Shining Stars and Hidden Moons: Joe Hills’s The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

Today’s science fiction and fantasy stories offer a revealing reflection of our present fears, dreams, and troubles.

Mar 13, 2017

Shining Stars and Hidden Moons: Joe Hills’s The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

Mar 13, 2017

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The General on the Pedestal: Victor Davis Hanson’s The Savior Generals

Hanson’s has written a book that concerns politics as much as it does history.

Mar 11, 2017

Mar 11, 2017

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Book reviews and recommendations from a rather nebulous bookstore. We don’t care whether a book is good, so much as how it makes you feel.

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