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"The experience to be gathered from books, Though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; Whereas the experience gained from actual life, Is of the nature of wisdom; And a small store of the latter Is worth vastly more than a stock of the former."
—Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Self Help -1859
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Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:51:32 GMT
The themes of this collection are a good way to characterize the author himself: a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning.
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Nabokov’s Last Puzzle
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:49 GMT
The unfinished “Original of Laura” comes ready for devotees to read and remix.
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The Morning After
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:10:29 GMT
Mary Karr’s third memoir layers the pangs of recovery with those of motherhood, divorce and making art.
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Performance Anxiety
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:08 GMT
Philip Roth’s novel stars an aging actor who can no longer act.
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The Cheating Game
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:39:54 GMT
James McManus explores the characteristically American history of poker.
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Road Trip
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:51:05 GMT
Chaucer’s lusty pilgrims return in a Modern English incarnation.
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When Type Was Poured Hot
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:16:45 GMT
In his new memoir, Harold Evans recalls an exuberant run in 20th-century journalism.
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The Lies They Told
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:16 GMT
Reconstructing officials’ false and ineffectual responses to 9/11.
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Rational Irrationality
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:36:09 GMT
The story of 2008’s crash, and an effort to size up the problem.
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Love Crimes
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:46:05 GMT
In Paul Auster’s latest novel, the protagonist indulges passions new and forbidden.
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Angels and Insects
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:36:38 GMT
A fictional metamorphosis conveys what it means to be alien.
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November Song
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:44:15 GMT
In the autumnal novel of Maureen Howard’s cycle of seasons, an 80-something narrator shares her inner Manhattan.
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Illness and Intimacy
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:40 GMT
The professor of psychiatry who discussed her own manic depression in “An Unquiet Mind” revisits her husband’s death from cancer.
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Hardcover Fiction
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:59:44 GMT
Top 5 at a Glance
1. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham
2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
3. KINDRED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
4. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
5. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:38 GMT
Top 5 at a Glance
1. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others
5. THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, by Bill Simmons
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Review-a-Day for Fri, Nov 20: The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
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Review-a-Day for Thu, Nov 19: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
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Review-a-Day for Wed, Nov 18: The Ninth (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
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This RSS has moved
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:27:37 -0800
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Tracking A 'Missing' Man By Virtual Bread Crumbs
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500
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Military Unaware Of Hasan E-Mails To Radical Cleric
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:00 -0500
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Leader Of Sears Tower Plot Sentenced To 13 Years
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:00 -0500
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Sri Lanka refugees 'to be freed'
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:17:55 GMT
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'Big Bang machine' working again
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT
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Childhood abuse 'quickens ageing'
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:48:10 GMT
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