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August 13, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

August 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

And a Fascinating New Take on How Humans Evolved, and Keep Evolving

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5 Hot Books
Internet, Holocaust
August 08, 2018

REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

August 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Heart-Searing Look At America's Opioid Crisis and its Victims

The Author’s Hometown of Roanoke, Va., on the Edge of Appalachia, is Near Ground Zero

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August 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Review
Opiod Crisis, Drug Addiction, Appalachia
August 05, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Opioid Addiction Destroying America, a Cop Speaks, and More

August 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Opioid Addiction Destroying America, a Cop Speaks, and More

And a New York Times Correspondent’s Clear-Eyed Look at the Middle East

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August 05, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Opioid Addiction, Egypt, Police
August 01, 2018

REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

God and an Air of Menace are in Kwon’s Details

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August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
College, Campus Novels, Religion
July 30, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Princess Margaret, Adventures in the American South, and More

July 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Princess Margaret, Adventures in the American South, and More

And a Memoir of Life as a Hostage of Somali Pirates

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July 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Princess Margaret, The South
July 26, 2018

REVIEW: How Flint, Michigan Became America's Poisoned City

July 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Flint, Michigan Became America's Poisoned City

A Story of Race, Class, and Violated Public Trust

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July 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Flint, Michigan, Flint Water Crisis
July 23, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's (Disturbing!) Twitter Library, Guaranteed Income, and More

July 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Trump's (Disturbing!) Twitter Library, Guaranteed Income, and More

And a Fascinating Memoir About the Family that Invented Jell-O

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July 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Jello, Trump's Tweets, Guaranteed Basic Income
July 20, 2018

Q&A: So, What's the Matter with Wisconsin?

July 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: So, What's the Matter with Wisconsin?

How a Quintessential Blue State Became Trump Country

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July 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Wisconsin, Trump, Republicans, State Politics
July 18, 2018

REVIEW: A Great Writer Ponders Death, With Despair and Comedy

July 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Great Writer Ponders Death, With Despair and Comedy

“Why should the nonagenarian hold anything back?” he says.

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July 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoirs, Old Age, Aging
July 16, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Kakutani on the Trump Era, Patsy Cline's Hometown, and More

July 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Kakutani on the Trump Era, Patsy Cline's Hometown, and More

And Gory War Stories from an Urban Ambulance Attendant

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July 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Michiko Kakutani, Virginia History, Ambulances
July 13, 2018

NEWS: Obama Has New Book Recommendations--Based on His Travel Plans

July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Obama Has New Book Recommendations--Based on His Travel Plans

The Former President Lists Some of His Favorite Books About Africa

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July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
Barack Obama, Africa, Reading Lists
July 13, 2018

Q&A: Rachel Arndt on How Society Measures Women. And on Trump.

July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Rachel Arndt on How Society Measures Women.  And on Trump.

And on Bed, Bath & Beyond’s Return Policy

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July 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Essays, Women, Feminism
July 11, 2018

REVIEW: The G.O.P. is Destroying Wisconsin -- and We Should All Be Worried

July 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: The G.O.P. is Destroying Wisconsin -- and We Should All Be Worried

They Are Taking the Playbook of Killing Unions and the Social Safety Net National

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July 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Politics, Republicans
July 09, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: An Oral History of Silicon Valley, Cyberwarfare, and More

July 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: An Oral History of Silicon Valley, Cyberwarfare, and More

And a Stenographer in the Obama White House Tells All

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July 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Silicon Valley, Obama White House
July 08, 2018

NEWS: And the Best Man Booker Prize Winner is . . . The English Patient

July 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: And the Best Man Booker Prize Winner is . . . The English Patient

“Few novels really deserve the praise: transformative. This one does.”

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July 08, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
Man Booker Prize, The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
July 06, 2018

Q&A: Steve Almond Talks About His New Book on the Trump Calamity

July 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Steve Almond Talks About His New Book on the Trump Calamity

America’s Fall Came ‘a Little Bit at a Time, then All of a Sudden’

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July 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Steve Almond, Donald Trump, The Presidency
July 02, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Protests Around the World, the Grand Canyon, and More

July 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: 1968 Protests Around the World, the Grand Canyon, and More

And an Atmospheric Look at the Criminal Underworld of 1930s Shanghai

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July 02, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
1968, Shanghai, Rocky Marciano
June 29, 2018

REVIEW: A Haunting Memoir from a Woman Struggling with Lyme Disease

June 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Haunting Memoir from a Woman Struggling with Lyme Disease

“My Full-Time Job,” the Author Writes, “Became my Health,”

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June 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Lyme Disease, Illness, Memoirs
June 26, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A. Conan Doyle's Real-Life Murder Mystery, Middle Class in Peril and More

And ‘Selfie,’ a Critical Look at Today’s Narcissistic Culture

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June 26, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Arthur Conan Doyle, Middle Class, Narcissism
June 24, 2018

REMEMBRANCE: Donald Hall, a New England Poet of the First Order

June 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REMEMBRANCE: Donald Hall, a New England Poet of the First Order

“I Was Created to Love New Hampshire,” Hall Said — and he Showed that Love in Verse

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June 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
REMEMBRANCE
Donald Hall, Poetry, New Hampshire
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