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Book of the week: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
feature Reza Aslan's “tough-minded” book “does full justice” to Jesus’ radical tendencies.
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Also of interest...in villains and anti-heroes
feature I Wear the Black Hat; Confessions of a Sociopath; Tampa; The Execution of Noa P. Singleton
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Mother, Daughter, Me by Katie Hafner
feature When Katie Hafner invited her 77-year-old mother to live with her, she had visions of a deep connection blossoming.
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Author of the week: Sahar Delijani
feature Sahar Delijani came into the world under harrowing circumstances.
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Author of the week: Sophie Fontanel
feature Even in France, Sophie Fontanel’s sex life rates as cause for an uproar.
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The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing by Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul
feature Finally, a history of surfing not written by one of the cool kids.
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The Bone Season: A Novel by Samantha Shannon
feature “It’s tricky when a book arrives with such preliminary brouhaha.”
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Author of the week: Emily Oster
feature Emily Oster has declared war on the rules governing pregnancy.
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Also of interest…in living in danger zones
feature Buck; The Daughters of Mars; The Love-charm of Bombs; Brief Encounters With the Enemy
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Book of the week: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism by Naoki Higashida
feature The author lives with a form of autism so severe that he had to compose each sentence by pointing to letters on an alphabet chart.
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Book of the week: The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
feature David Epstein has sifted through the latest science for his new book on athletic achievement.
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Also of interest...in affairs to remember
feature The Silent Wife; My Education; The Spy Who Loved; The Rest of Us
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The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker’s Journey by Lawrence Osborne
feature Nondrinkers and drinkers have “two very different ways of engaging with the world.”
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Author of the week: Marisha Pessl
feature Marisha Pessl keeps getting more perfect.
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