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October 30, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone, Comfort Food, and More

October 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone, Comfort Food, and More

And 'The Water Will Come' Warns of Rising Seas and Sinking Cities

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October 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Rolling Stone, American Food
October 27, 2017

REVIEW: Katy Tur on How Donald Trump Released America's Political Devils

October 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Katy Tur on How Donald Trump Released America's Political Devils

An Honest, and at Times Alarming, Journal from the 2016 Campaign Trail

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October 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Journalism, Presidential Campaigns, Donald Trump
October 25, 2017

REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's New Novel Combines Two of His Interests: Music and Abuse

October 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's New Novel Combines Two of His Interests: Music and Abuse

The Protagonist Wrestles with What in His Sometimes-Difficult Past was Real

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October 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Irish Literature, Sexual Abuse, Music
October 23, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A New John Grisham Thriller, Is Chinese Education Better?, and More

October 23, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A New John Grisham Thriller, Is Chinese Education Better?, and More

And Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s '100 Amazing Facts'

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October 23, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John Grisham, Eric Garner, African-American History
October 20, 2017

REVIEW: Jeffrey Eugenides' Fine New Story Collection is Full of 'Attention Grabbers'

October 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Jeffrey Eugenides' Fine New Story Collection is Full of 'Attention Grabbers'

A Diverse Set of Lives, Full of Emotional Intensity

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October 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Jeff Eugenides, Short Stories
October 18, 2017

REVIEW: Reexamining a Lost Era in American History: the Post-Civil War Years

October 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Reexamining a Lost Era in American History: the Post-Civil War Years

An Illuminating Survey of 1865-1896, Critical Years for the American Republic

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October 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Gilded Era, American History
October 16, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Tom Hanks's Short Stories, Walter Isaacson on da Vinci, and More

October 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Tom Hanks's Short Stories, Walter Isaacson on da Vinci, and More

And a Joni Mitchell Biography that Covers Her Complex Personality and Her Genius

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October 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Leonardo da Vinci, Tom Hanks, Russia
October 13, 2017

Q&A: Barack Obama Speechwriter Tells All (Spoiler: He's a Big Fan)

October 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Barack Obama Speechwriter Tells All (Spoiler: He's a Big Fan)

Trying Hard Not to Hand the President a Draft with Coffee Stains on It

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October 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Barack Obama, Speechwriting, Presidency, White House
October 11, 2017

REVIEW: A Novel of Fathers, Sons, Small-Town Virtues -- and Baseball

October 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Novel of Fathers, Sons, Small-Town Virtues -- and Baseball

A Game that is, as the Saying Goes, "Dull Only to Dull Minds"

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October 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 4 Comments
5 Hot Books
Baseball, Midwest, Small Towns
October 09, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Chernow on President Grant, Photographer Vivian Maier, and More

October 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Chernow on President Grant, Photographer Vivian Maier, and More

And a Provocative Look at Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook

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October 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Ulysses S. Grant, Vivian Maier, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook
October 06, 2017

REVIEW: 'Doughnut Economics': A Humane, 21st Century Take on the Dismal Science

October 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Doughnut Economics': A Humane, 21st Century Take on the Dismal Science

With a Focus on Ensuring that Humanity's Basic Needs Get Met

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October 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Economics, Money
October 04, 2017

REVIEW: Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach' is an 'Astounding Eye-Opener'

October 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach' is an 'Astounding Eye-Opener'

A Rich Period Story with a Blockbuster of an Ending

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October 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
New York City, Novels, Women in Literature
October 02, 2017

5 Hot Books: A Muhammad Ali Biography, Jennifer Egan's New Novel, and More

October 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Muhammad Ali Biography, Jennifer Egan's New Novel, and More

And Ta-Nehisi Coates's Lament: 'We Were Eight Years in Power'

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October 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Muhammad Ali, Chicago Cubs, African-American History
September 29, 2017

Q&A: Adam McOmber on Writing Horror, Growing up Gay in Ohio, and Church

September 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Adam McOmber on Writing Horror, Growing up Gay in Ohio, and Church

"Religion was everywhere, and I understood that it was against me."

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September 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
Horror, Gay Literature, Ohio
September 27, 2017

READ THIS: Jennet Conant's Superb Biography of Harvard President James Conant

September 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Jennet Conant's Superb Biography of Harvard President James Conant

University Reformer, FDR Advisor, and a Key Player in Developing the Atom Bomb

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September 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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James Conant, Harvard University, Atom Bomb
September 25, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: The Battle of Dunkirk, Art Garfunkel Looks Back, and More

September 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Battle of Dunkirk, Art Garfunkel Looks Back, and More

And a Media Entrepreneur's 400-Year History of American Capitalism

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September 25, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
September 22, 2017

Q&A: A Family Memoir of Abraham Zapruder's JFK Assassination Film

September 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Family Memoir of Abraham Zapruder's JFK Assassination Film

A Granddaughter's Perspective on an Iconic Piece of American History

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September 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Kennedy Assassination, Abraham Zapruder, Films
September 20, 2017

Q&A: 'It's My Party': The Story of a Glittering Life, with a Few Demons

September 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: 'It's My Party': The Story of a Glittering Life, with a Few Demons

Jeannette Watson Talks About Privilege, Setbacks, and Writing Her Memoir

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September 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
IBM, Depression, Book Stores
September 18, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Concentration Camps, Sexism in Silicon Valley, and More

September 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Concentration Camps, Sexism in Silicon Valley, and More

And Americans Scraping by in an Increasingly Brutal Labor Market

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September 18, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Concentration Camps, Sexism
September 15, 2017

REVIEW: A Stanford Professor's Guide to Handling Workplace 'Assholes'

September 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Stanford Professor's Guide to Handling Workplace 'Assholes'

You Need a Plan, He Says, for Dealing with Toxic Colleagues

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September 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Bullying, Workplaces, Assholes, E, Employment
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HOT FIVE: A Thrilling New Book from Scott Turow, a CBS Anchor's Memoir, and More
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Fine Writing that is a Break from Our Current Chaos

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Q&A: A Novel About Life in a Chicago Condo, and Dreams of a Better Path for Gaza
Q&A: A Novel About Life in a Chicago Condo, and Dreams of a Better Path for Gaza

A Man’s Meditation on Homeland and Exile

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REVIEW: Elizabeth McCracken Tells Us How to Write Fiction
REVIEW: Elizabeth McCracken Tells Us How to Write Fiction

“It’s a long game,” McCracken says. “That’s all I ever want to impart to my students.”

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Q&A:  Grand Design: Barry Pearce’s Short Story Collection, The Plan of Chicago
Q&A: Grand Design: Barry Pearce’s Short Story Collection, The Plan of Chicago
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