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#7: High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

Amazon Top Ten - Wed, 08/16/2017 - 4:59am

High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
Brendon Burchard (Author)
Release Date: September 19, 2017

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#2: Body Love: Live in Balance, Weigh What You Want, and Free Yourself from Food Drama Forever

Amazon Top Ten - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 1:56pm

Body Love: Live in Balance, Weigh What You Want, and Free Yourself from Food Drama Forever
Kelly LeVeque (Author)
(51)

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'Home Fire' Puts A Topical Spin On Ancient Greek Tragedy

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 10:00am

Kamila Shamsie's new book — beautifully written and paced — updates the ancient story of Antigone to tell an explosive story of two families tangled together by love, grief and religious radicalism.

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'Hail To The Chin': B-List Actor Bruce Campbell Returns With A Memoir Of Middle Age

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 7:00am

Campbell's second collection of rants and ruminations is just as enjoyably smarmy as his first, though the actor's ruthlessly sardonic outlook has mellowed.

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Nonfiction: How the Radical Right Played the Long Game and Won

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 5:00am

In “Democracy in Chains,” Nancy MacLean digs into the work of the economist James McGill Buchanan, who paved the way for our current political moment.

Fiction: An Art World Mystery Wrapped in the Story of a Young Woman Coming Unglued

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 5:00am

Lucy Ives’s “Impossible Views of the World” is a fictional work about a disappearance in the art community.

Nonfiction: An Intellectual Historian Argues His Case Against Identity Politics

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 5:00am

In his slim polemic “The Once and Future Liberal,” Mark Lilla urges the left to overcome its differences.

Match Book: Desperately Seeking Love Stories With a Temporal Twist

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 08/15/2017 - 2:45am

A reader desires romance — dazzling, literary, unsettled by time. Our columnist responds with titles by John Fowles, Italo Calvino, A. S. Byatt and others.

#6: Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump

Amazon Top Ten - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 10:55pm

Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump
Shannon Wheeler (Author)
Release Date: August 15, 2017

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#10: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Amazon Top Ten - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 7:55pm

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Robert T. Kiyosaki (Author)
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 6:32pm

In light of the deadly violence during a white supremacist rally in Virginia this weekend, here are books to help you discuss racism and anti-Semitism at home.

#10: She's Still There: Rescuing the Girl in You

Amazon Top Ten - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 1:55pm

She's Still There: Rescuing the Girl in You
Chrystal Evans Hurst (Author), Priscilla Shirer (Foreword)
(144)

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Nonfiction: The Curious Conundrum of Freud’s Persistent Influence

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 5:00am

“Freud,” a critical biography by Frederick Crews, asks why the creator of a scientifically delegitimized blueprint of the mind still carries so much sway.

Fiction: In Delhi or America, the Men in These Stories Behave Badly

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 5:00am

Akhil Sharma’s story collection, “A Life of Adventure and Delight,” is a cultural exposé and a lacerating critique of a certain type of male ego.

Nonfiction: How the Lincoln-Douglas Rivalry Defined a Nation

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 5:00am

In “Wrestling With His Angel,” the second volume of his biography of Abraham Lincoln, Sidney Blumenthal tells of Lincoln’s circuitous journey to Republican embrace.

#10: Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary for Students, Second Edition

Amazon Top Ten - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 1:51am

Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary for Students, Second Edition
Merriam-Webster (Author)
(292)

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#4: Martha Stewart's Slow Cooker: 110 Recipes for Flavorful, Foolproof Dishes (Including Desserts!), Plus Test- Kitchen Tips and Strategies

Amazon Top Ten - Sun, 08/13/2017 - 4:49pm

Martha Stewart's Slow Cooker: 110 Recipes for Flavorful, Foolproof Dishes (Including Desserts!), Plus Test- Kitchen Tips and Strategies
Editors of Martha Stewart Living (Author)
Release Date: August 29, 2017

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'Ghost Of The Innocent Man' Chronicles Justice Too Long Delayed

NPR Book Reviews - Sun, 08/13/2017 - 7:00am

Benjamin Rachlin's crisply-written new book tells the story of Willie Grimes, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit — and the tortuous legal struggle that eventually freed him.

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L'Oreal's Dark Roots Are On Display In 'The Bettencourt Affair'

NPR Book Reviews - Sat, 08/12/2017 - 7:00am

A former Paris bureau chief for Time, Tom Sancton is the perfect chronicler of l'affaire Bettencourt — the juicy swirl of scandal, bribery and dark doings that fascinated France for a decade.

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The Book Review Podcast: New Books About Parenting

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 08/11/2017 - 12:13pm

Judith Newman discusses a recent crop of books about parenting, and Bill Goldstein talks about “The World Broke in Two.”

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