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Thomas King asks: What do whites want?
Taylor Prize nominee argues the issue that came ashore with the French and the English was—and remains—land
Is the ’cultural edge’ just a paper tiger?
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld discuss ’tiger parenting’ and if certain ethnic groups have an advantage
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This week’s reviews + the bestseller list
The Staples Singers on a Mission
A review of Greg Kot’s biography on gospel singer Mavis Staples
Romance Is My Day Job
From alphas to betas and Harlequin novels, Patience Bloom knows romance
The book that takes you inside the turbulent world of NFL football
A review of Nicholas Dawidoff’s Collision Low Crossers
The secret program that brought Nazi scientists to America
A review of Annie Jacobsen’s Operation Paperclip
A bear. A five-year-old. Unthinkable terror.
A book review about the quest for survival after a bear attacks a family’s campsite
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