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In Defense of a Liberal Education
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Fareed Zakaria
RBHolb
, June 02, 2015
An excellent discussion that does not (unlike other books on this topic) patronize the reader. There is no preaching, but there is a very well-reasoned presentation. I recommend this book for parents of college-bound students and for the students themselves. I especially recommend this book for older students returning to or starting college after some years away. In my experience, many of these students resent the idea that they have to take classes outside their main field of interest. Mr. Zakaria lets them know why these subjects are just as important as anything else they may study.
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Black Count Glory Revolution Betrayal & the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Tom Reiss
RBHolb
, January 02, 2013
Every bit as good as The Orientalist.
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Just Ride A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
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Grant Petersen
RBHolb
, January 02, 2013
Mr. Petersen has the outlandish notion that one can ride one's bike for pleasure or commuting without spending hundreds of dollars on accessories and nutritional supplements. Apparently, wearing spandex is also optional. Where he gets these ideas is frankly beyond me.
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State by State A Panoramic Portrait of America
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Matt Weiland
RBHolb
, January 02, 2013
Some of the essays were very good. A few of the contributions raised my eyebrows: Could they not find a capable writer who spent more than a fortnight in South Dakota? Was Anthony Bourdain really a good choice for New Jersey? Why does everything written about Minnesota have to pay homage to Garrison Keillor?
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Defending Jacob
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Landay, William
RBHolb
, May 07, 2012
This is much more than another crime novel or courtroom thriller. It's a series of questions we all want to avoid. What do you think when your child is accused of an unspeakable crime? What do you think when all of the evidence makes him look guilty? And what do you think when your spouse has been hiding a horrible secret about his family--the kind of secret that may have made you run the other way, if you had known about it before? Defending Jacob puts the reader in the shoes of people who are--ready or not--given those questions to deal with.
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Sam Lipsyte
RBHolb
, July 08, 2010
To be truthful, I don't understand all the fuss about this book. The characters are distinguished by their unlikeability, and the plot is cliched almost to the point of being empty. There are a few amusing and well-drawn vignettes of contemporary life, but these were not enough for me.
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Quicksilver Baroque Cycle 01
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Neal Stephenson
RBHolb
, February 13, 2007
Yes, it starts slowly--no argument there. By the time I got halfway through the book, I was hooked. This is the first book that ever got me so engrossed that I missed my bus stop while reading it.
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Confederates in the Attic
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Tony Horwitz
RBHolb
, October 31, 2006
Four years of war seem to define the United States more than any other historical era. Our politics, our culture, our society have either been shaped by the Civil War, or are a reaction to it. The gray states have turned to red states, but the divisions are no less real than they were in the 1860s. Tony Horwitz has done an excellent job of exploring, if not explaining, the aftershocks of the war. His own fascination with the subject lets him report without irony, even when the subjects of his reportage are downright bizarre. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the impact of historical myth.
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