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The Book Review Podcast: Preet Bharara on the Rule of Law

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 2:45pm
Bharara discusses “Doing Justice,” and Senator Doug Jones talks about “Bending Toward Justice.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Inside the List: The Debut Novel That Rules the Best-Seller List

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:57pm
By TINA JORDAN
“Where the Crawdads Sing,” which came out last August, got an initial boost from Reese Witherspoon. It’s now sold over 1.5 million copies.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Sketchbook | Graphic Review: A Comic Look at Nixon’s ‘Marihuana’ Report

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:22pm
By BOX BROWN
The graphic novelist Box Brown looks at the government report that anticipated our current debates about the legalization of weed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘No Turning Back,’ ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:31am
By JOUMANA KHATIB
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In 'She Could Fly,' A Teen Wrestles With A Host Of Psychological Mysteries

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 7:00am
By Etelka Lehoczky

Christopher Cantwell's new graphic novel follows teenaged Luna, who's struggling with mental health issues and finds a kind of hope in the appearance of a mysterious flying woman in the Chicago skies.

(Image credit: Berger Books)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Children’s Books: Kids Searching for the Complicated Truth

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 5:00am
By LENORA TODARO
On the cusp of their teenage years, the protagonists of these novels deal with death in the family, remembered childhood trauma and many varieties of parental pressure.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: The Poet Family Who Were Icons of Spanish Nationalism

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 5:00am
By AMANDA VAILL
“The Age of Disenchantments,” by Aaron Shulman, chronicles the turbulent lives of Leopoldo Panero, the unofficial poet laureate of Francoism, and his wife and children.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Families Banter and Bicker Their Way Through Three New Novels

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 5:00am
By JENNIFER REESE
In Julie Langsdorf’s “White Elephant,” Nickolas Butler’s “Little Faith” and Benjamin Markovits’s “A Weekend in New York,” you’ll find squabbling siblings, rebellious daughters and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: Unraveling the Putin Enigma

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 5:00am
By OLIVER BULLOUGH
“Putin’s World,” by Angela E. Stent, seeks to put Russia’s relations with the West into long-term perspective.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: A History of American Jewish Women Shows How the Country Influenced Them, and Vice Versa

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 5:00am
By JORDANA HORN
In “America’s Jewish Women” Pamela S. Nadell offers a sweeping historical tour, moving from colonial times through the feminist struggles and until today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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