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October 29, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Death-Defying Mission to the South Pole, a Heavy Memoir, and More

October 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Death-Defying Mission to the South Pole, a Heavy Memoir, and More

And a Sobering Look at Chicago’s Failing Schools

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October 29, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
October 25, 2018

Q&A: Ben Bradlee Jr. on His Illuminating Investigation into Why Trump Won

October 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Ben Bradlee Jr. on His Illuminating Investigation into Why Trump Won

Exploring Why One Pennsylvania County, Which Supported Obama, Became Trumpland

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October 25, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Donald Trump, Pennsylvania, 2016 Election
October 22, 2018

5 Hot Books: A New John Grisham Novel, Exploring Trump's Women and More

October 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A New John Grisham Novel, Exploring Trump's Women and More

And a Fascinating, Definitive Biography of Fryderyk Chopin

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October 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
John Grisham, Fryderyk Chopin
October 18, 2018

REVIEW: A Gripping True Story of Drugs, Race, and Making it in America

October 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Gripping True Story of Drugs, Race, and Making it in America

A Family Struggles with Poverty, Jim Crow — and the War on Drugs

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October 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Drugs, Poverty
October 15, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Big New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography, Babe Ruth, and More

October 15, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Big New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography, Babe Ruth, and More

And a Stately and Compelling Biography of Frederick Douglass

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October 15, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frederick Douglass, Babe Ruth
October 11, 2018

REVIEW: A Fine Kathryn Harrison Memoir, this One Without Father-Daughter Incest

October 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Fine Kathryn Harrison Memoir, this One Without Father-Daughter Incest

The Author of ‘The Kiss’ Weaves a Less Creepy, but Still Fascinating Family Story

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October 11, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoir, Los Angeles, Incest
October 09, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Pioneering Black Woman Lawyer, Leonard Cohen, and More

October 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Pioneering Black Woman Lawyer, Leonard Cohen, and More

And a Gripping Account of Napoleon’s Exile in Elba

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October 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Leonard Cohen, Napoleon, African-American History
October 04, 2018

REVIEW: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Trump Horror Show

October 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Trump Horror Show

A Close Look at a Man Who is Temperamentally Unsuited to His Job

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October 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Trump, Woodward, White House
October 01, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Appreciating Women's Anger, Michael Lewis, and More

October 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Appreciating Women's Anger, Michael Lewis, and More

And a Graphic Artist Comes to Terms with Her Nazi Grandparents

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October 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Anger, Federal Government, Nazis
September 27, 2018

Q&A: 'Run for Your Life': A Guide To How to Run -- and Why

September 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: 'Run for Your Life': A Guide To How to Run -- and Why

With a Tip on Running Style: ‘Start by Imitating Kids”

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September 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Running, Jogging, Exercise
September 24, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Poisonous Food, Remembering Lorraine Hansberry, and More

September 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Poisonous Food, Remembering Lorraine Hansberry, and More

And a Cartoon Book About the Life of Political Theorist Hannah Arendt

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September 24, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Food Safety, Lorraine Hansberry, Hannah Arendt
September 20, 2018

REVIEW: From a Barbados Sugar Plantation to Freedom, or Something Like It

September 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: From a Barbados Sugar Plantation to Freedom, or Something Like It

A Man Booker Prize Shortlist Novel Wrestles with the Agonies of Slavery

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September 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Slavery, Barbados, Afro-Canadian literature
September 17, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Being Broke in America, the Prison Business, and More

September 17, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Being Broke in America, the Prison Business, and More

And Jill Lepore’s Fine History of the United States, from Columbus to Trump

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September 17, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Poverty, Prisons, American History
September 14, 2018

READ THIS: An Eloquent Plea to End Discrimination Against Atheists

September 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: An Eloquent Plea to End Discrimination Against Atheists

And a Survey of America’s Long History of Bigotry Toward Non-Believers

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September 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Atheism, Religion
September 10, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: Woodward on Trump, Dinosaur Fossil Hunters, and More

September 10, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Woodward on Trump, Dinosaur Fossil Hunters, and More

And a Surprising History of Congressmen in the 1800s Beating Each Other Up

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September 10, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Dinosaurs, Fossils, Congress, Myers-Briggs Tests
September 06, 2018

REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Yale Law Professor's Big Look at How We Punish Small Crimes

Exploring the Nearly Law-Free World of ‘Misdemeanorland’

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September 06, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Criminal Justice, Petty Crimes, Misdemeanors, Prisons
September 04, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Gov. Brown's Family, and More

September 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Gov. Brown's Family, and More

And a Google Engineer’s Literate Reflections on Code and Philosophy

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September 04, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Black Lives Matter, Jerry Brown, Computer Coding
August 30, 2018

Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

Talking with an Historian who Rescued a Fascinating Character from Obscurity

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August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Medicine, Coney Island, Premature Babies
August 27, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, Identity Politics, and More

August 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Trump is Destroying America, Identity Politics, and More

And Steve Jobs’ Daughter on Her Difficult Relationship with Her Father

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August 27, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, Steve Jobs
August 23, 2018

Q&A: On the Pain and Heartbreak of College Admissions

August 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: On the Pain and Heartbreak of College Admissions

A Novel for Those Who Fear Being Turned Down Everywhere, Including Their Safety School

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August 23, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
College Admissions, High School, Teenagers
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