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'Democracy In One Book Or Less' Proposes Solutions To U.S. Government Ills

Friday, June 19, 2020 - 4:25pm
By Martha Anne Toll

David Litt, former speechwriter to President Obama and author of Thanks, Obama, refreshingly debunks myths about our founders, pointing up false narratives and warped historical perceptions.

(Image credit: Ecco)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay? In These Novels, It Does

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 6:45pm
By Marilyn Stasio
Marilyn Stasio investigates summer’s newest mysteries.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Is Donald Trump a Danger to Democracy?

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 6:00pm
By Yascha Mounk
Two new books, Masha Gessen’s “Surviving Autocracy” and Eric A. Posner’s “The Demagogue’s Handbook,” assess what we do — and don’t — know about the president.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Remembering Wallace and Stegner and Other Letters to the Editor

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 2:12pm
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Patsy’ and ‘Information Wars’

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 2:12pm
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


10 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 2:09pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


André Leon Talley on ‘The Chiffon Trenches’

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 2:04pm
Talley talks about his new memoir; Claudia Rankine and Jericho Brown read new poems; and Megha Majumdar discusses her debut novel, “A Burning.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Love In The Eye Of A Hurricane In 'Last Train To Key West'

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 11:00am
By Denny S. Bryce

In Chanel Cleeton's latest, three women from very different backgrounds — and with different goals in life and love — converge on Key West as the devastating Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 bears down.

(Image credit: Berkley)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


‘Billion Dollar Burger,’ by Chase Purdy: An Excerpt

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 9:17am
An excerpt from “Billion Dollar Burger,” by Chase Purdy
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Odd, Unpopular and Reticent’: The Books That Sing to Wayne Koestenbaum

Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 5:00am
“When I was younger, I craved novels. … Now, I read more poetry and nonfiction.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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