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The Way We Were
The Ends of Life Roads to Fulfillment in Early Modern EnglandKeith ThomasOxford University Press, $24.95, 416 pp.
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Burned Down & Out
Stealing FatimaFrank X. GasparCounterpoint, $15.95, 416 pp.
Stealing Fatima is memorably many things: a story of discovery and surprise, of friendship and love, of the intricate web that binds our personal and social lives with our lives of faith.
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Backstage Pass
The PromisePresident Obama, Year OneJonathan AlterSimon & Schuster, $28, 480 pp.
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Conciliator-in-Chief
The BridgeThe Life and Rise of Barack ObamaDavid RemnickAlfred A. Knopf, $29.95, 672 pp.
The Bridge is the latest entry in an already crowded field, the Obama biography sweepstakes. Remnick is editor of the New Yorker, and this unfailingly lucid narrative has the welcome feel of a leisurely magazine profile.
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Last Testament
Ill Fares the LandTony JudtPenguin Press, $25.95, 256 pp.
A review of Ill Fares the Land, the late Tony Judt's final book
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Humane Society?
Why Animal Suffering MattersPhilosophy, Theology, and Practical EthicsAndrew LinzeyOxford University Press, $29.95, 206 pp.
Andrew Linzey was among the first to open up the field of “animal theology." This book is neither his best nor his most original work, but it is still worth recommending to anyone unfamiliar with his arguments.
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Mind the Gap
The Spirit LevelWhy Greater Equality Makes Societies StrongerRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettBloomsbury Press, $28, 352 pp.
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