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October 23, 2018

It’s a Mystery: “Life is never good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil”

October 23, 2018/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  “Life is never good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil”

Felix Francis pens another edge-of-your-seat thriller in the tradition of his father Dick Francis.

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October 23, 2018/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Felix Francis, Dick Francis, suspense, thrillers, crime fiction, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, mystery fiction
October 22, 2018

Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart

October 22, 2018/ Kip Wedel
Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart

More than just a a thinly veiled historical warning about the present.

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October 22, 2018/ Kip Wedel/
Politics & Economics, History
Bradley W. Hart, Nazism, Nazi Germany, white supremacy, WWII, World War II, American extremism, Kip Wedel, History
October 18, 2018

1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn

October 18, 2018/ Kip Wedel
1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn

The story of the remarkable juxtaposition of two events: the establishment of Virginia's first General Assembly and the arrival of its first African slaves.

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October 18, 2018/ Kip Wedel/
History
James Horn, American History, Jamestown, Kip Wedel
October 17, 2018

Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman

October 17, 2018/ Logan Mortenson
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman

This biography provides both a novel and substantive introduction to an extraordinary figure.

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October 17, 2018/ Logan Mortenson/
Biography/Memoir, History, Politics & Economics
Lillian Faderman, Logan Mortenson, biography, assassination
October 16, 2018

My Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother

October 16, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
My Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother

A surprisingly dark addition to the nearly endless library of Winston Churchill biographies.

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October 16, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History
Pegasus Books, English history, biography, Steve Donoghue, History, Winston Churchill
October 15, 2018

Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

October 15, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

A thoroughly human portrait that serves to clarify the greatness of the leading orator and writer of the era.

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October 15, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History
David W. Blight, Simon & Schuster, biography, 19th Century, American History, slavery, writers, Steve Donoghue, History
October 14, 2018

The Witch Elm by Tana French

October 14, 2018/ Olive Fellows
The Witch Elm by Tana French

An intricately woven and and spellbinding stand-alone.

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October 14, 2018/ Olive Fellows/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Tana French, suspense, thrillers, literary fiction, mystery fiction, Penguin Random House, Olive Fellows
October 13, 2018

Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha

October 13, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha

This is the Gandhi with a sweeping, multifaceted intelligence hidden behind a faux-folksy facade.

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October 13, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History
Ramachandra Guha, biography, Doubleday, India, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Steve Donoghue, Gandhi
October 12, 2018

Reagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz

October 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Reagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz

An extensively researched biography of Reagan with solid scholarly underpinnings and very little mythologizing.

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October 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Politics & Economics, History
Ronald Reagan, Bob Spitz, American Presidents, American politics, biography, American History, Penguin Random House, Steve Donoghue
October 11, 2018

Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West

October 11, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West

How to deal with people who believe bunk, falsehoods, mistakes, and outright lies

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October 11, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Escaping the Rabbit Hole, Mick West, conspiracies, the internet, social media, Flat Earthers, Skyhorse Publishing, Steve Donoghue
October 10, 2018

LikeWar by P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking

October 10, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
LikeWar by P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking

Technology, politics, and war have merged into a new battlefield where strategies are played out on smartphones.

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October 10, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Science/Technology, Society & Culture
P.W. Singer, Emerson T. Booking, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, social media, the internet, infowars, Steve Donoghue
October 08, 2018

Future Politics by Jamie Susskind

October 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Future Politics by Jamie Susskind

Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.

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October 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
Jamie Susskind, Oxford University Press, society, culture, politics, technology, Steve Donoghue
October 07, 2018

Characters: An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior by Theophrastus

October 07, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Characters: An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior by Theophrastus

This classical Greek text has been newly translated for a modern audience.

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October 07, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Nonfiction Translations, Philosophy
Theophrastus, Pamela Mensch, Andre Carrilho, Callaway, philosophy, stoicism, Greek Literature, Steve Donoghue, translations
October 05, 2018

The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen

October 05, 2018/ Alex Sorondo
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen

The final work of Leonard Cohen, revered poet and musician whose career spans generations.

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October 05, 2018/ Alex Sorondo/
Poetry
Leonard Cohen, Farrar Straus Giroux Books, musicians, composers, poetry, MacMillan Publishers
October 02, 2018

Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

October 02, 2018/ Michael Feeney
Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

Although this book is the second in a trilogy, it can easily be read without reading the first book.

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October 02, 2018/ Michael Feeney/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Bloody Rose, Nicholas Eames, Orbit Books, Michael Feeney, science fiction, fantasy, epic fantasy, series, trilogy, Kings of the Wyld, Hachette Book Group
October 01, 2018

Sons of Freedom by Geoffrey Wawro

October 01, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Sons of Freedom by Geoffrey Wawro

A methodical and utterly convincing account of the role of America played in the outcome of World War I.

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October 01, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Geoffrey Wawro, Basic Books, WWI, Germany, military history, Steve Donoghue
September 30, 2018

Penguins on Parade: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories!

September 30, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Penguins on Parade: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories!

Readers ready for an adventurous alternative to the many Japanese short story collections that have preceded it will find it here.

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September 30, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Anthologies/Short Stories, Stevereads
Stevereads, Penguins on Parade, Penguin Classics, Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami, short stories, Japanese fiction, Steve Donoghue
September 28, 2018

One of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On

September 28, 2018/ Michael Adams
One of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On

The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking play that premiered off-Broadway in 1968, and told the story of a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City.

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September 28, 2018/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
Broadway, play, LGBTQ, American culture, Michael Adams
September 26, 2018

Foe by Iain Reid

September 26, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Foe by Iain Reid

This little “what-if” story develops into a complex tale bristling with unease and tension.

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September 26, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, Literary Fiction
Iain Reid, Simon & Schuster, thrillers, suspense, literary fiction, science fiction, Steve Donoghue
September 25, 2018

It’s a Mystery: “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed”

September 25, 2018/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed”

Inside the select clubs of the world’s most prestigious places of higher learning.

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September 25, 2018/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense
Ian K. Smith, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, conspiracies, Harvard University, secret societies, St. Martin's Press, MacMillan Publishers, mystery fiction
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