Book Review
Somebody Should Do Something
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Philosophers Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly’s social science study "Somebody Should Do Something" maps how well-meaning people get stuck between personal virtue and structural inertia when confronting “everything...
Book Review
Dialogues from Beyond
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Growth is not only possible but the purpose for being, according to "Dialogues from Beyond", a lengthy record of personal interactions with a higher spiritual plane. Frances Gaik’s spiritual memoir "Dialogues from Beyond" addresses...
Book Review
The Saundra Gray Affair
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"The Saundra Gray Affair" is a political thriller about the personal costs of leading a public life. Set in Washington, DC, Daniel Yager’s "The Saundra Gray Affair" is a tense thriller about political scandals and their personal costs....
Book Review
The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions
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Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance...
Book Review
The End of Meaning
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"The End of Meaning" is a sweeping, somber philosophy text that describes a bevy of cultural losses and bemoans the fragility of social conditions for meaning. William A. Sikes’s cultural history book "The End of Meaning" is about...
Book Review
Taking the Stairs & Liking It
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Informative and uplifting, the self-help guidebook Taking the Stairs & Liking It models empathetic, values-based self-improvement. Lauren Speeth’s Taking the Stairs & Liking It is a polished motivational guidebook rooted in...
Book Review
Odyssey Moscow
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Questions about the nature of justice, complicity, and where optimism ends arise in "Odyssey Moscow", a memoir about being persecuted by the Russian state. American investor Michael Calvey’s revelatory memoir "Odyssey Moscow"...
Book Review
Chocolate Chip City
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Be Steadwell’s novel "Chocolate Chip City" is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence. The Jones sisters—Ella, Jasmine, and...
