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January 22, 2016

An Interview with Ross Melnick

The following is an interview with Ross Melnick, author of  American Showman: Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935nnFor more on the book, read excerpts from the book looking at The Birth of Radio City Music...

January 22, 2016

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January 22, 2016

An Interview with Todd McGowan

In The Impossible David Lynch, Todd McGowan launches a provocative exploration of weirdness and fantasy in David Lynch’s groundbreaking oeuvre. He studies Lynch’s talent for blending the bizarre and the normal to emphasize the odd nature of normality itself.nnQ: There...

January 22, 2016

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January 22, 2016

An Interview with Daniel McCool

The following is an interview with  Daniel McCool, author of  River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America’s Rivers:nnQuestion: Why should people care about rivers?nnDaniel McCool: To start with, their lives depend on them. Rivers are our source of water,...

January 22, 2016

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January 22, 2016

An Interview with Michael Mauboussin

In More Than You Know, Mauboussin shares his secret to becoming an insightful investor and provides invaluable tools to better understand the concepts of choice and risk.nnQuestion: More Than You Know comes at the world of investing from a very...

January 22, 2016

Alexandra Lutnick on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains

Read excerpts from a Twitter Chat interview with Alexandra Lutnick, author of DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING: BEYOND VICTIMS AND VILLAINS, hosted by @DontSellBodies.

January 22, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's Introduction to Geoffrey Scott's THE PORTRAIT OF ZÉLIDE

Shirley Hazzard discusses Zélide, a fascinating character from the eighteenth century perhaps best known for her romantic connections to James Boswell and Benjamin Constant, in this excerpt from WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS!

January 22, 2016

An Interview with Siddharth Kara

Q: Since sex slaves are a small percentage of slaves worldwide, why did you focus your book on this small category of slavery?nnSK: Sex slavery is the first form of slavery I (consciously) encountered. I first came across sex trafficking...

January 22, 2016

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