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The Swerve - Book Review

Before reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, I had vaguely heard of Epicurus...

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Sapiens - Book Review

The Israeli scholar Yuval Harari takes on the most basic, yet difficult subjects in his fascinating history Sapiens.

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Mudbound - Book Review

Mudbound takes on a variety of salient topics, utilizing a number of unique voices.

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The Hummingbird - Book Review

Stephen Kiernan’s book The Hummingbird tells the story of Deborah, a dedicated hospice nurse who is struggling...

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Third Down and a War to Go - Book Review

For college football fans and history buffs, I highly recommend Terry Frei’s book Third Down and a War to Go.

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Big Rock Candy Mountain - Book Review

The Big Rock Candy Mountain is a book set in the Mountain West and Canada in the first three decades of the 20th century.

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Return of a King - Book Review

It was with this in mind and to try to better understand the situation, that I took up William Dalrymple’s history Return of a King.

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Manhattan Beach - Book Review

Jennifer Egan’s novel Manhattan Beach is one of the best-written books I have read recently. The language is rich, and the nuanced story...