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August 29, 2019

Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King

August 29, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King

An account of the birth of the discipline we now think of as anthropology, bristling with the warts-and-all personalities of its pioneers.

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August 29, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Charles King, anthropology, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Doubleday, Steve Donoghue
April 26, 2019

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

April 26, 2019/ Tom LeClair
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Whitehead constantly plays off optimistic idealism against cynical trickery.

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April 26, 2019/ Tom LeClair/
Literary Fiction
Colson Whitehead, literary fiction, Doubleday, Tom LeClair
April 05, 2019

The Damascus Road by Jay Parini

April 05, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Damascus Road by Jay Parini

A squarely straight-laced affair, a prosier elaboration of the Epistles, an Act Two of the Apostles.

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April 05, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Religion
Jay Parini, Doubleday, historical fiction, religious fiction, literary fiction, Steve Donoghue
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
September 24, 2018

Schumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernaik

September 24, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Schumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernaik

The story of the music and the man, from his criminally underrated symphonies to his long struggle for personal happiness.

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September 24, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Art & Music
Judith Chernaik, Doubleday, classical music, composers, Robert Schumann, biography, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Steve Donoghue
September 06, 2018

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

September 06, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Based on The Iliad, a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of captured women in the final weeks of the Trojan War.

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September 06, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Pat Barker, Doubleday, literary fiction, historical fiction, military fiction, French history, Steve Donoghue
July 31, 2018

It’s a Mystery:  Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer

July 31, 2018/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer

This is a world-class trip with a lovable psychopath.

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July 31, 2018/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Mystery/Suspense
Aidan Truhen, Doubleday, suspense, noir, crime fiction, Irma Heldman, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, mystery fiction
June 12, 2018

The Secret Token by Andrew Lawler

June 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
The Secret Token by Andrew Lawler

A new understanding of how this colony’s disappearance continues to define–and divide–America.

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June 12, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Andrew Lawler, Doubleday, American History, unsolved mysteries, Penguin Random House, Steve Donoghue
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