"Gabriel Zaid's defense of books is genuinely exhilarating. It is not pious, it is wise; and its wisdom is del
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Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir
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A vivid description of the Russian-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by Alan Levy, an American journalist who lived
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Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books is a comprehensive resource that builds bridges between the traditional
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Between 1975 and 2007, the American incarceration rate increased nearly fivefold, a historic increase that puts the Unit
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The publishing phenomenon of summer reading, often focused on novels set in vacation destinations, started in the ninete
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