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May 11, 2018

READ THIS: Jim Holt's Profound, Entertaining Exploration of Life's Great Mysteries

May 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Jim Holt's Profound, Entertaining Exploration of Life's Great Mysteries

Drawing on the Thinking of Einstein, Heidegger, and Fran Lebowitz

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May 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Einstein, Philosophy, The universe
May 09, 2018

REVIEW: 'Warlight' Explores the Shadow Cast by War, which Can Last a Lifetime

May 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Warlight' Explores the Shadow Cast by War, which Can Last a Lifetime

Wars Have Profound Impacts, Even on Non-Combatants

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May 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
World War II, England
May 07, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Hillary Clinton Reporter Tells All, Atticus Finch, and More

May 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Hillary Clinton Reporter Tells All, Atticus Finch, and More

And James and Deborah Fallows’ Journalistic Journey into the Heart of America

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May 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Hillary Clinton, Atticus Finch, James Fallows
May 04, 2018

Q&A: A Child-Star-Turned-Journalist on Life Lessons from 'Little House on the Prairie'

May 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Child-Star-Turned-Journalist on Life Lessons from 'Little House on the Prairie'

And Adopting the Adult Mantra, “I’m Doing the Best I Can!”

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May 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
Melissa Francis, Little House on the Prairie, Child Stars
May 02, 2018

READ THIS: A Haunting Collection of Eyewitness Accounts of American Slavery

May 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: A Haunting Collection of Eyewitness Accounts of American Slavery

First-Hand Recollections of the Middle Passage, Enslavement, Rebellion, and Escape

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May 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Slavery, Oral History, American History
April 30, 2018

5 HOT Books: Trump as a Shakespearean Tyrant, Nazis and Asperger's, and More

April 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT Books: Trump as a Shakespearean Tyrant, Nazis and Asperger's, and More

And Unraveling the Mystery of a Disaster at Sea that Left 33 Dead

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April 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Shakespeare, Asperger's, Disasters at Sea
April 27, 2018

Q&A: Author Robert Dugoni Talks About 'The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell'

April 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Author Robert Dugoni Talks About 'The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell'

A Coming of Age Novel, with a Protagonist Who Was Bullied for Being Different

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April 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
Robert Dugoni, Police Procedurals, Writing Techniques
April 25, 2018

NEWS: Waiting for the Next 'Game of Thrones' Book? Keep Waiting.

April 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Waiting for the Next 'Game of Thrones' Book?  Keep Waiting.

The Book Won’t Be Ready, the Author Says, in 2018

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April 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
George R.R. Martin
April 25, 2018

REVIEW: How to Be a Writer? Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Russo Tells All

April 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How to Be a Writer? Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Russo Tells All

An Eye-Opening Series of Essays About Writing and the Writing Life

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April 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Richard Russo, Writing Techniques, Writers
April 23, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Stunning Tale of Racial Injustice in the South, Woodrow Wilson, and More

April 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Stunning Tale of Racial Injustice in the South, Woodrow Wilson, and More

And Ronan Farrow on America’s Declining Place on the World Stage

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April 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Woodrow Wilson, Ronan Farrow, Alexander Chee
April 20, 2018

REVIEW: Julian Barnes's Dismaying Novel Weighs the Pros and Cons of Love

April 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Julian Barnes's Dismaying Novel Weighs the Pros and Cons of Love

Would You Rather Love More and Suffer More or Love Less and Suffer Less?

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April 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Julian Barnes, English Literature, Love Stories
April 18, 2018

READ THIS: Racism and Beaches – a Surprisingly Fascinating History

April 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Racism and Beaches – a Surprisingly Fascinating History

A Popular Uprising in Connecticut in the 1960s, Where Just 7 of 253 Miles of Shoreline Were Public

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April 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Connecticut, Beaches, Racism
April 16, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Comey's Blockbuster, What Does Texas Mean?, and More

April 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Comey's Blockbuster, What Does Texas Mean?, and More

And Investigating the Mysterious Death of 12 Nepalese Men in the Middle East

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April 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Texas, James Comey, Nepal
April 13, 2018

REVIEW: In JFK's White House: The Greatest Dinner Party of All Time

April 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: In JFK's White House: The Greatest Dinner Party of All Time

Nobel Prize Winners, Distinguished Authors, John Glenn -- and John and Jackie Kennedy

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April 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Camelot
April 11, 2018

REVIEW: What Should We Do About China? Robert Kaplan Has Some Ideas

April 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: What Should We Do About China? Robert Kaplan Has Some Ideas

Some Well-Considered Advice that a Certain President Should Contemplate

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April 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
China, Asia, Diplomacy
April 09, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Warning About the Rise of Fascism, Gun History, and More

April 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Warning About the Rise of Fascism, Gun History, and More

And a Biography of the Underappreciated Pioneering Photographer Berenice Abbott

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April 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Fascism, Berenice Abbott, Guns
April 06, 2018

REVIEW: A Famous Russian Pogrom Whose Horror Resonates Strongly Today

April 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Famous Russian Pogrom Whose Horror Resonates Strongly Today

A Moment When Russian Christians Turned Violently on their Jewish Neighbors

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April 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Pogroms, Anti-Semitism, Russia
April 04, 2018

REVIEW: The Remarkable True-Life Story of the Original Siamese Twins

April 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The Remarkable True-Life Story of the Original Siamese Twins

Chang and Eng Gained Fame in America -- and Were Called a "Freak of Nature"

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April 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, American History
April 02, 2018

5 Hot Books: Meg Wolitzer's Buzzy New Novel, Apollo 8, and More

April 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Meg Wolitzer's Buzzy New Novel, Apollo 8, and More

And Sloane Crosley's Hilarious New Collection of Essays

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April 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Meg Wolitzer, Apollo 8
March 30, 2018

REVIEW: A Spectacular Novel of Gay Lives, and Loves, Over Time

March 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Spectacular Novel of Gay Lives, and Loves, Over Time

It's the Latest Work from Man Booker Prize Winner Alan Hollinghurst

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March 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Gay Literature, England, British Fiction
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