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- Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock ‘n’ Roll
This intelligent examination of the career of Bruce Springsteen traces the rock icon's ability to balance two disparate identities.
- Reader recommendation: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
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- Does Oprah still have her book mojo?
Many in the book world are eager to discover if Oprah's book club – after a two-year hiatus and now on the lower-profile OWN network – will still draw readers in massive numbers.
- More Powerful Than Dynamite
Author Thai Jones is an assured narrator and brings the book's setting of 1914 New York vividly to life.
- Love, Fiercely
'Love, Fiercely' is evocative and often captivating, but Zimmerman is forced too often to speculate about her historical subjects.
- Reader recommendation: Great Expectations
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- 10 cars that tell the story of America From Paul Ingrassia's book 'Engines of Change,' the author and car aficionado tells the story of America through automobiles.
- The Influencing Machine
NPR’s Brooke Gladstone entertainingly recounts media history in a graphic novel.