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Author Paige Williams brings the discussion to life by recounting the exploits of commercial fossil hunter Eric Prokopi, highlighting one find — a 24-ft.-long Tarbosaurus fossil, the book's star.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

By the Book: Bob Woodward: By the Book

Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 5:00am

The journalist, whose new book is “Fear: Trump in the White House,” remembers reading “The Swiss Family Robinson” as a child: “It was, I believe, the first time I dropped out of my own world into another for a sustained period of time.”

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 1:00pm

By JAMES A. MORONE

Allan J. Lichtman’s “The Embattled Vote in America” looks at how some Americans have tried to restrict the vote of other Americans.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

'Football For A Buck' Tells The Story Of The USFL In All Its Doomed Glory

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 7:01am

By Michael Schaub

For three years in the 1980s, sports fans could enjoy football in the Spring. Master storyteller Jeff Pearlman describes the league's wild games, wilder players, and owners — including Donald Trump.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

Essay: Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 5:00am

By SAM TANENHAUS

Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” continue to be controversial even today.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 3:00pm

By PETER BEINART

Jason Stanley’s “How Fascism Works” sees parallels in the appeals the president makes to his base.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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