When I became a doctor 40 years ago, a diagnosis of metastatic cancer – cancer that has spread from its …
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When I became a doctor 40 years ago, a diagnosis of metastatic cancer – cancer that has spread from its …
Fiona Barton is a former longtime reporter-turned fiction writer. Her first novel introduced readers to Kate Waters, a reporter sharing …
In the TED Talk, ‘The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of ‘Americanah,” explains that the understanding …
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Last month I recommended a stack of non-fiction; this month, it’s juicy novels. Why? Hey, I don’t make the publishers’ …
In 2009, researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles put cameras and microphones into the homes of 30 …
CHICAGO – About seven years ago, when writer Ling Ma was a fact checker in the Chicago office of Playboy, …
The University of Iowa Press Fandom & Culture series, edited by Paul Booth and Katherine Larsen, is dedicated to innovative …
This mesmerizing book by London neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan is a true gift to readers who may have brain injuries or …
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American 12-year-old Marwand is visiting his parents’ homeland in Afghanistan’s Logar Province – happily reunited with a crew of cousins …
Jill Abramson owes two debts to David Halberstam and ‘The Powers That Be,” the late writer’s epic 1979 examination of …
Set in a dazzling alternate version of Paris during the days leading up the 1889 World Exposition, ‘The Gilded Wolves” …
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