book review
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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
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in ReviewAuthor: George Packer (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2013) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman In the prologue to The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New […]
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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
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in ReviewAuthor: Ari Shavit (Spiegel and Grau/Random House, New York, 2013) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Ari Shavit, the left-wing Israeli journalist, is an uncommonly brave writer. In My Promised Land (2013), […]
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The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
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in ReviewAuthor: Rod Dreher (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, 2013) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman The author, Rod Dreher, and his sister, Ruthie, grew up in Starhill, Louisiana, a tiny community […]
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Mortality
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Author: Christopher Hitchens (2012, Twelve, Hachette Book Group) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Christopher Hitchens took on death much the same way he took on life—with an unsparing, combative […]
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The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
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Authors: Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin (2012, Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Timing, as we know, is (almost) everything. This is the case […]
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Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
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in ReviewAuthor: Robert Emmons (2007, Houghton Mifflin) Reviewed by Marc Bernstein I discovered Robert Emmons’ book, Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, at a difficult moment […]
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Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future
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Author: Climate Central (2012, Pantheon Books, a division of Random House) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Ideally, science and journalism are non-partisan. Ideally, discussions about global warming are also […]
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Not Working: The Stories Behind the Unemployment Statistics
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in ReviewAuthor D.W. Gibson (2012, Penguin Books) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman More than 12 million Americans are unemployed today. That’s 12 million stories of being laid off, fired, riffed […]
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
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Author: Isabel Wilkerson (2010, Random House) Reviewed by Marc Bernstein The American civil-rights movement has never wanted for chroniclers. Authors, filmmakers, and photographers have all been drawn to […]
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