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December 11, 2017

5 HOT Books: An Aristocratic Anti-Nazi Commando, Royal Marriages and More

December 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT Books: An Aristocratic Anti-Nazi Commando, Royal Marriages and More

And a Sharp and Insightful Collection of Musings from Ursula K. Le Guin

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December 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Royalty, Jellyfish, World War II
December 08, 2017

Q&A: A Feminist Take on "Pride and Prejudice" -- with a Christmas Theme

December 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Feminist Take on "Pride and Prejudice" -- with a Christmas Theme

What if the Female Protagonist was Darcy, and She Had More Control Over Her Life?

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December 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
December 06, 2017

REVIEW: In These Fraught Times, Is there a Better Way to Think About Race?

December 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: In These Fraught Times, Is there a Better Way to Think About Race?

A Philosopher, who is Himself Biracial, Offers Up a New Way to Think About an Old Issue

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December 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Race, Racism, Racial Discrimination
December 04, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Planning for Nuclear War, Improv Comedy, and More

December 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Planning for Nuclear War, Improv Comedy, and More

And Actor-Playwright Sam Shepard's Novella, Finished in the Weeks Before His Death

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December 04, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Improvisational Comedy, Nuclear War, Sam Shepard
November 29, 2017

REVIEW: Trumpian Fantasies Have a Long History -- and Perhaps a Dire Future

November 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Trumpian Fantasies Have a Long History -- and Perhaps a Dire Future

Kurt Andersen Says America Has Always Believed in Hokum -- but It's Looking Darker These Days

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November 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
American History, Intellectual History, Fantasy
November 27, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Why Resilience Matters, an Inside Look at Chemical Weapons, and More

November 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Why Resilience Matters, an Inside Look at Chemical Weapons, and More

And a Rich, Wide-Ranging Collection of African-American Folklore

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November 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
African-American Literature, Chemical Weapons, Refugees
November 22, 2017

ESSAY: Teaching at Georgetown-Qatar: Liberal Education Amid Illiberalism

November 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: Teaching at Georgetown-Qatar: Liberal Education Amid Illiberalism

American Universities in the Mideast Dwell in a Realpolitik World of Wealth, Exploitation and Oppression

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November 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Qatar, Middle East, Higher Education, Liberalism
November 20, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Bestselling Photo Album of the Obamas, Cartoons, and More

November 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Bestselling Photo Album of the Obamas, Cartoons, and More

And a Look at the Real Laura Ingalls Wilder (an anti-New Deal anti-Semite)

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November 20, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Photography, Appalachia, Cartoons
November 17, 2017

REVIEW: 'How to Behave in a Crowd,' a Too-Clever Novel of Family Life

November 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'How to Behave in a Crowd,' a Too-Clever Novel of Family Life

Poor Dory, Surrounded by Five Very Brilliant -- and Off-Putting -- Older Siblings

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November 17, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
France, Families, Young People
November 15, 2017

REVIEW: Alice McDermott's 'The Ninth Hour' Looks at a Woman on the Verge

November 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Alice McDermott's 'The Ninth Hour' Looks at a Woman on the Verge

A Young Widow Finds an Unholy Love, and Puts Her Soul in the Balance

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November 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Catholicism, Nuns, Religion
November 13, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A History of Bunk, the Fall of Rome (with Modern Parallels) and More

November 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A History of Bunk, the Fall of Rome (with Modern Parallels) and More

And a Look at Today's Tech Titans, and Some of the Ways they are Hurting Society

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November 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bunk, The Roman Empire, Women, The Russian Revolution, Technology
November 09, 2017

Q&A: Lauren-Brooke Eisen Talks Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, and X-Box's

November 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Lauren-Brooke Eisen Talks Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, and X-Box's

And an Ex-Inmate's Lament that "Private Companies are Now Making Money off of Our Incarceration”

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November 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Private Prisons, Mass Incarceration, Prisons
November 06, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Election, Mad Men's Creator Writes a Novel, and More

November 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Election, Mad Men's Creator Writes a Novel, and More

And Environmentalist Bill McKibben Tries His Hand at Fiction

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November 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
1968 Presidential Election, Wine
November 03, 2017

READ THIS: Holocaust Classic 'Night' is Re-Released, with an Essay by Barack Obama

November 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Holocaust Classic 'Night' is Re-Released, with an Essay by Barack Obama

The Former President Calls the Late Wiesel 'in Many Ways, the Conscience of the World'

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November 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust, President Obama
November 01, 2017

REVIEW: A Top Academic Tries to Save Her Troubled Cousin

November 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Top Academic Tries to Save Her Troubled Cousin

A Tragedy of a Life Cut Short that Shines a Light on the Problem of Overincarceration

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November 01, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Overincarceration
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
5 Hot Books
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
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