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Sasse makes a host of debatable assertions, but he also makes a simple, sensible call for an informed electorate.

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Abdul-Jabbar’s style is free and easy, with some flashes of humor. An occasional error appears on the score sheet...but the author is candid about his attitudes toward the racial turmoil of the 1960s...

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“The Captain Class” will fascinate any lover of sports history as it offers a thoroughly-informed and engagingly-written look at greatness. The depth of research is matched only by the depth of Walker’s passion ... If you’ve ever been curious regarding the “why” of historic team brilliance, you’ll never find a better explanation.

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Readers who have already canonized Big Papi will be reassured, but those who hoped to meet a more rounded, multidimensional human will struggle to find him here.

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“Sting Like a Bee” offers a long look at a trying time in the life of a nigh-mythic figure. Thanks to Montville, we can experience these years alongside Ali. And a moment is captured, a unique time in American history filtered through the prism of one man. The Greatest.

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Thoughtful ruminations about current language mixed with praise for clarity and disdain for murkiness.

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Statistics wonks will find much of interest in this survey. For the rest of us, this book offers as many reasons to be dispirited about the human condition as the daily headlines.

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Too long by half but consistently readable—an impressive work that will provide grist for the former president’s detractors and admirers alike.

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McKeon’s delightful memories have been tucked away for 50 years, and thankfully, she has brought them out to share the enchanting magic of Camelot with us all.

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At times the book lacks vivid descriptions of events chronicled...There are also hilarious moments with clerics. Most amusing are the many anecdotes involving her disagreements with peevish Donald Rumsfeld...

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...so far, all evidence suggests life emerged just once on Earth, meaning it can’t be all that easy to get going. Nevertheless, Aliens takes us on a whistle-stop tour from Mars to Europa – Jupiter’s frozen moon – and on to recently discovered worlds beyond our solar system...

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In short order, you’ll be conversant in mind-bending trivia about “star stuff” that may fundamentally shift your perspective of our place in the universe—and convince you to pursue some of the many fine longer-form books on the subject.

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As in many collections, some of the pieces are disposable, but the best ones are honest, opinionated, and spirited.

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Koul’s personal writing indeed reads like very good fiction, but speaking to the author you see how people who could otherwise be cast for anyone’s life story in a great book’s realization become so much bigger than themselves.

National Post arts

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...perhaps this would have been the place for some letter extracts. But these are minor complaints in an otherwise deeply welcome book.

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Dromgoole is wise and witty; thoughtful, self-assured, even cocky; and, at times, verbose and esoteric. But he is never dull. His mission was to bring Hamlet to the world to show that Hamlet is the world, and he succeeded admirably.

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Much like Jenner herself, the book is both compelling and maddening, both sympathetic and exasperating. Even before her coming out, Jenner was a polarizing figure.

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Whatever controversy might ensue, most of the memoir is enlightening about military special forces, especially the SEAL component.

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This exceptional debut is sure to inspire greater confidence in readers and enable them to create better meals on their own.

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The loss of the violin represents the “Gone” of this remarkable and original memoir, though only in the context of all the other things that are taken...

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